# Regulation (EC) No 2046/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2005 relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Turin, Article 3: Conditions

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

A visa may be issued pursuant to this Regulation only where the person concerned:
(a) has been designated by one of the responsible organisations and accredited by the Organising Committee of the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as a participant in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Games;
(b) holds a valid travel document authorising the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5 of the Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (hereinafter referred to as the Schengen Convention);
(c) is not a person for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry;
(d) is not considered to be a threat to public policy, national security or the international relations of any of the Member States.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2046/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2046/article-3
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