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Article 1Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1683/95#
Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 is amended as follows:
(1)Article 1 is replaced by the following:‘Article 11.Visas issued by the Member States in conformity with Article 5 shall be produced in a uniform digital format (“digital visa”). They shall contain the data fields set out in the Annex.2.The digital visa shall:
(a)be issued as a 2D barcode which shall be cryptographically signed by the Country Signing Certificate Authority of the issuing Member State;
(b)contain the facial image of the visa holder; and
(c)be printable.
3.Member States may add national entries in the “comments” section in accordance with Article 10(1), point (n) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.note;
(2)Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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