{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2046/article-9",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/2046",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2046",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "External border checks",
  "text": "1. The entry checks carried out on members of the Olympic family who have been issued visas in accordance with this Regulation shall, when such members cross the external borders of the Member States, be limited to checking compliance with the conditions set out in Article 3.\n2. For the duration of the Winter Olympic and/or Paralympic Games:\n(a) entry and exit stamps shall be affixed to the first free page of the passport of those members of the Olympic family for whom it is necessary to affix such stamps in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2133/2004 of 13 December 2004 on the requirement for the competent authorities of the Member States to stamp systematically the travel documents of third-country nationals when they cross the external borders of the Member States. Upon first entry, the visa number shall be indicated on that same page;\n(b) the conditions for entry provided in Article 5(1)(c) of the Schengen Convention shall be presumed to be fulfilled once a member of the Olympic family has been duly accredited.\n3. Paragraph 2 shall apply to members of the Olympic family who are third-country nationals, whether or not they are subject to the visa requirement under Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 5."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2046/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:04.784510+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."
}