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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438/annex/division-I/division-1.5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/438",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/438 of 2 March 2015 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, with regard to the adoption of common guidelines for the implementation of the Agreement",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/1.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.5",
  "heading": "Situation regarding the Member States that do not yet fully apply the Schengen acquis, the Member States that do not participate in the EU Common Visa Policy and associated countries",
  "text": "Member States that joined the Union in 2004 (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia), 2007 (Bulgaria and Romania), and 2013 (Croatia) are bound by the Agreement as from its entry into force.\nOnly Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania do not yet fully implement the Schengen acquis. They will continue issuing national visas with a validity limited to their own national territory. Once those Member States fully implement the Schengen acquis, they will continue to apply the Agreement.\nNational law continues to apply to all issues not covered by the Agreement until the date of full implementation of the Schengen acquis by those Member States. As from that date, Schengen rules/national law will apply to issues not regulated by the Agreement.\nBulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania are authorised to recognise residence permits, D visas and short stay visas issued by Schengen States and associated countries for short stays on their territory.\nAccording to Article 21 of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at the common borders, all Schengen States must recognise the long-stay visas and residence permits issued by each other as valid for short stays on each other's territories. Schengen Member States accept residence permits, D visas and short stay visas of associated countries for entry and short stay and vice versa.\nThe Agreement does not apply to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom but comprises joint declarations about the desirability of those Member States to conclude bilateral agreements on visa facilitation with Ukraine.\nA bilateral agreement on visa facilitation between Denmark and Ukraine entered into force on 1 March 2009. No negotiations on visa facilitation have taken place between Ukraine and, respectively, Ireland and the United Kingdom.\nAlthough associated to Schengen, the Agreement does not apply to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland but comprises joint declarations about the desirability of those Schengen countries to conclude bilateral agreements on visa facilitation with Ukraine.\nNorway has signed a bilateral visa facilitation agreement on 13 February 2008. That agreement entered into force on 1 September 2011.\nSwitzerland finalised the negotiations on a bilateral visa facilitation agreement in November 2011. Iceland has indicated that negotiations with Ukraine have begun.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/438/annex/division/I/division/1.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:26.255968+00:00"
  },
  "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."
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