EN Official Journal of the European Union C 207/10

Notifications by Italy, Malta and Slovakia under Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)

The obligation on third-country nationals to report their presence on the territory of any Member State pursuant to Article 21(d)

(2008/C 207/08)

ITALY

In accordance of the Law No 68 of 28 May 2007, for the stay in Italy for visits, business, tourism and study residence permit is not required if the duration of stay does not exceed three months.

Aliens arriving from a non-Schengen country declare their presence at the Border Police and obtain a stamp in their passport on the day of arrival. This stamp is considered the equivalent of the declaration of presence.

Aliens arriving from countries which apply the Schengen Agreement will submit the statement of presence, within eight days from arrival at the Police Headquarters.

For those staying in hotels copy of the statement made at the hotelkeeper constitutes the declaration of presence.

MALTA

Replacement of the information submitted by Malta and published in Official Journal of the European Union C 18 of 24 January 2008.

By means of Article 31 of the Immigration Act (Chapter 217), a third-country national is obliged to report his/her presence on the territory of Malta in accordance with Article 21(d) of the Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code). Article 31 of the Immigration Act (Chapter 217) reads:

(4) It shall be the duty: (a) of every person above the age of fourteen years staying at any premises to which this Article applies to sign, when so required, a statement as to his nationality, and, if not an exempt person, to furnish and sign a statement of the particulars required under this Article; (b) of the keeper of any premises to which this Article applies to require any person above the age of fourteen years who stays at the premises to sign the statement and furnish the particulars required from him under this Article and to preserve such statements (including any statements supplied under this Article to any previous keeper of the premises) for a period of two years from the date when the statements were signed.

(5) Every register kept, and all particulars furnished, under this Article, shall at all reasonable hours be open for inspection by any Police officer or by the Principal Immigration Officer. …

(7) Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Article shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1 164,69) but not exceeding four thousand and six hundred and fifty-eight euro and seventy-five cents (4 658,75) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(8) This Article applies to any premises, whether furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleeping accommodation is provided for reward.

SLOVAKIA

The obligation of registration of third country citizen under Article 21(d) of the Schengen Borders Code is maintained in the Section 49(2) of Act No 48/2002 Coll.

The third country national is obliged to report his presence to the police on the territory of the Slovak Republic within three days. For this purpose he is obliged to fill in the official form and state his first name, surname, date and place of birth, nationality, permanent residence in the state from which he comes from, purpose of the stay, duration of the stay, the number of travel document, visa number, name and address of accommodation and accompanied children.

In case when the third-country citizen is accommodated in an accommodation facility on the territory of Slovak Republic, the accommodation operator is responsible for reporting the data mentioned above to the police within five days and make an entry into the daily book with all required data.