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Article 1

United Kingdom

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1.

A Member State shall not require a visa of a school pupil who is not a national of a Member State but who is legally resident in another Member State and who seeks to enter its territory either for a short stay or transit if:

(a)

in the framework of a school excursion, the school pupil is travelling as a member of a group of school pupils from a general education school;

(b)

the group is accompanied by a teacher from the school in question who is able to present a list of the schoolchildren he or she is accompanying, issued by the school in question on the common form contained in the Annex:

  • identifying the school pupils being accompanied;

  • documenting the purpose and circumstances of the intended stay or transit;

(c)

the school pupil presents a travel document valid for crossing the border in question, except in cases covered by Article 2,

2.

A Member State may refuse entry of a school pupil if he or she does not fulfil the other relevant national immigration conditions.