# Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation), Article 18a: Retrieval of VIS data for creating or updating an entry/exit record or a refusal of entry record of a visa holder in the EES

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

Solely for the purpose of creating or updating an entry/exit record or a refusal of entry record of a visa holder in the EES in accordance with Article 14(2) and Articles 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the competent authority for carrying out checks at borders at which the EES is operated shall be given access to retrieve from the VIS and import into the EES the data stored in the VIS and listed in points (c) to (f) of Article 16(2) of that Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/767/article/18a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-18a
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