Article 6 · Regulation (EU) 2023/2667

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Article 6Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 327, 9.12.2017, p. 20).#

Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 16(2), point (d) is replaced by the following:

(d)where applicable, the number of the short-stay visa, including the three-letter code of the issuing Member State, the type of short-stay visa, the end date of the maximum duration of the stay as authorised by the short-stay visa, which shall be updated at each entry, and the date of expiry of the validity of the short-stay visa;’;

(2)Article 19 is amended as follows:

(a)the title is replaced by the following:‘Data to be added where an authorisation for short stay is revoked, annulled or extended and when a valid visa is confirmed in a new travel document’;

(b)in paragraph 1, point (d) is replaced by the following:

(d)where applicable, the new number of the visa, including the three letter code of the issuing country;’;

(c)the following paragraph is added:‘7.Where a decision has been taken to confirm a valid visa in a new travel document, the visa authority which has taken the decision shall immediately retrieve the data provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article from the VIS and import them directly into the EES in accordance with Articles 12a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008.’;

(3)in Article 24(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:

(b)the number of the short-stay visa, including the three-letter code of the issuing Member State referred to in Article 16(2), point (d);’;

(4)in Article 32(5), point (c) is replaced by the following:

(c)number of the visa and the date of expiry of the validity of the visa;’.

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application form
means the harmonised application form set out in Annex I, available either online via the EU Visa Application Platform (EU VAP) established in accordance with the VIS Regulation or on paper;’;
chatbot
means software that simulates human conversation through interaction by text or voice.’;
digital visa
means a visa issued in digital format in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95;
electronic message
means a communication sent by electronic means notifying the recipient that new information is available in their secure account.’;
electronically signed
means the confirmation of agreement online on the EU VAP through the ticking of an appropriate box on the application form;’;
read-only copy of VIS database
means a subset of VIS data relevant for the purpose of this Regulation with exception of biometric data;