{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810/annex-XI/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810/annex-XI/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/810",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810",
  "path": "annex/XI/article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Form of the visa",
  "text": "1. The visa shall take the form of two numbers entered on the Olympic accreditation card. The first number shall be the visa number. In the case of a uniform visa, that number shall be made up of seven (7) characters comprising six (6) digits preceded by the letter ‘C’. In the case of a visa with limited territorial validity, that number shall be made up of eight (8) characters comprising six (6) digits preceded by the letters ‘XX’. The second number shall be the number of the travel document of the person concerned.\n2. The services responsible for issuing visas shall forward the visa numbers to the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the purpose of issuing Olympic accreditation cards.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Reference to the ISO code of the organising Member State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/810/annex/XI/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:17.278854+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."
}