{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1370/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1370",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/1370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1370",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 is replaced by the following:\n‘ANNEX\nSecurity features\n1.\nAn integrated colour portrait of the holder shall be produced to high security standards.\n2.\nA diffractive optically variable device (“Kinegram” or equivalent) shall appear in this space. Depending on the angle of view, the letters “EU”, “EUE” and kinematic guilloche lines shall become visible in various sizes and colours.\n3.\nThis box shall contain the three-letter country code as set out in ICAO Document 9303 on machine-readable travel documents of the issuing Member State, or the acronym “BNL” if issued by Belgium, Luxembourg or the Netherlands, in optically variable colouring. Depending on the angle of view, it shall appear in different colours.\n4.\nThe following shall appear, in capital letters, in this space:\n(a) the word “VISA”. The issuing Member State may include the equivalent term in another official language of the institutions of the Union;\n(b) the name of the issuing Member State, in English, French and another official language of the institutions of the Union;\n(c) the three-letter country code of the issuing Member State, as set out in ICAO Document 9303.\n5.\nThis box shall contain the nine-digit national number of the visa sticker in horizontal orientation, which shall be pre-printed in black. A special font type shall be used.\n6.\nThis box shall contain the nine-digit national number of the visa sticker in vertical orientation, which shall be pre-printed in red. A special font type shall be used, different from that used in box 5. The “number of the visa sticker” is the three-letter country code as set out in ICAO Document 9303 and the national number as referred to in boxes 5 and 6.\n7.\nThis box shall contain the letters “EU” with a latent image effect. Those letters shall appear dark when tilted away from the viewer and light when then turned by 90°.\n8.\nThis box shall contain the code as referred to in box 3 with a latent image effect. That code shall appear dark when tilted away from the viewer and light when then turned by 90°.\nSections to be completed\nThe captions for the boxes shall appear in English and French. The issuing Member State may add a translation in another official language of the institutions of the Union.\n9.\nThis box shall begin with the words “valid for”. The issuing authority shall indicate the territory in which the visa holder is entitled to travel.\n10.\nThis box shall begin with the word “from” and the word “until” shall appear further along the line. The issuing authority shall indicate the period of the visa holder's stay as authorised by the visa. Further along the line the words “duration of stay” (i.e. the duration of the applicant's intended stay) and again “days” shall appear.\n11.\nThis box shall begin with the words “type of visa”. The issuing authority shall indicate the category of visa. Further along the line the words “Passport No” and “number of entries” shall appear.\n12.\nThis box shall begin with the words “issued in” and shall be used to indicate the location of the issuing authority. Further along the line the word “on” (after which the date of issue shall be filled in by the issuing authority) shall appear.\n13.\nThis box shall begin with the words “Surname, Name”.\n14.\nThis box shall begin with the word “remarks”. The area below the word “remarks” shall be used by the issuing authority to indicate any further information.\n15.\nThis box shall contain the relevant machine-readable information to facilitate external border controls. The machine-readable zone shall contain a printed text in the visible background printing with the words “European Union” in all the official languages of the institutions of the Union. This text shall not affect the technical features of the machine-readable zone or its ability to be read.\n16.\nThis box shall be reserved for the possible addition of a common 2D barcode.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1370/annex",
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  "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."
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