{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-519/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-519/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2007/519",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 July 2007 amending Part 2 of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) (2007/519/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-519",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Part 2 of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) is hereby amended as follows:\n1.. in the tables in respectively sections 2.1.4, 2.1.6 and 2.1.7 after No 32 the following number shall be added:\nM: Mandatory heading; O: Optional heading.\n(*3): Each Member State specifies a central clearing point which is permanently accessible by e-mail. The central clearing point communicates the reasons for the refusal by secure means of communication – depending on the content – to the central clearing point of the requesting Member State where the visa application is pending.’;\nNo\nHeading\nM/O\nFormat\nExamples/Comments\n‘033\nPrivileged member of a Union citizen’s family\nO (*3)\ncode (1)\n1 (see 2.2.6)\n2.. in the explanations following the table in section 2.1.4 the following shall be added:\n‘Heading No 033: Privileged member of a Union citizen’s family format: code (1)\nIt can be indicated here whether the visa applicant is a privileged member of a Union citizen’s family, under Directive 2004/38/EC (to be ascertained by the consulting authority).\nFor the code to be used, see section 2.2.6.’;\n3.. after section 2.2.5 the following section shall be inserted:\n‘2.2.6.\nPrivileged member of a Union citizen’s family (Heading 33)\n0.\nnot a privileged member of a Union citizen’s family\n1.\nprivileged member of a Union citizen’s family.\nSee footnote to field 033 (technical specifications 2.1.4)’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "M: Mandatory heading; O: Optional heading."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/519/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}