# Council Decision of 22 December 2009 amending the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) (2009/1024/EU), Annex III

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Part 3 of the Schengen consultation network (technical specifications) is amended as follows:
1.. Point 3.1. shall be replaced by the following:
‘3.1.
LIST OF FUNCTIONALITIES
For every form of type …:
A Consultation request regarding visa application
B Reply to consultation request
C Notification of issue of VLTV
F Visa applications in the framework of representation
G Reply to a visa application in the framework of representation
E Error form
H Notification of issue of a visa
The communication system has to perform the following functionalities:
Prepare the form
Send the form via the network
Retrieve the form
Prepare, send and retrieve a “R — Delivery Notification” form
In addition the communication system also has to perform the functionalities:
Procedures to be applied for receiving a Form E
Error Management
Logs
The schemes below illustrate the position of the functions and the sequence of the different stages.
Send form types A, B, C, E, G, F or H:’;
2.. In point 3.2.1., the title shall be replaced by the following:
‘Preparing Form “A, B, C, E, G, F or H”’;
3.. In point 3.2.2., the title shall be replaced by the following:
‘Sending Form “A, B, C, E, G, F or H” via the Network’;
4.. In point 3.2.3., the title shall be replaced by the following:
‘Retrieving Form “A, B, C, E, G, F or H”’;
5.. In point 3.2.4., the following changes shall be introduced:
the title shall be replaced by the following:
‘Preparing, Transmitting and Retrieving a Delivery Notification for Form “A, B, C, E, G, F or H”’;
paragraph a.) shall be replaced by the following:
‘a.)
Preparing a delivery notification for the form
When the national application has received the form it shall prepare an “R” form in order to acknowledge the form of type “A, B, C, E, G, F and H” (each document that contains a line that starts with ′000.′) that was received.
The structure of the “R” form is described in 2.1.10 FORM R: “DELIVERY NOTIFICATION”
The “R” Form is to be prepared and transmitted in direct connection to the reception of the form of type “A, B, C, E, G, F or H”.
The procedure for preparing, sending and retrieving the “R” Form is otherwise the same as described in steps 1, 2 and 3 above for the normal forms.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/1024/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-1024/annex-III
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