Article 9 Issuing conditionsX1

Local border traffic permits may be issued to border residents who:

1. (a)

   are in possession of a valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 17(3)(a) of the Schengen Convention, entitling them to cross the external borders;

2. (b)

   produce documents proving their status as border residents and proving the existence of legitimate reasons frequently to cross an external land border under the local border traffic regime;

3. (c)

   are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing them entry;

4. (d)

   are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds.