2006/684/EC: Council Decision of 5 October 2006 amending Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions on the visa requirements for holders of Indonesian diplomatic and service passports
Date: 2006-10-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU visa policy, Indonesia, Schengen Agreement, admission of aliens, diplomatic profession, free movement of persons

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 October 2006

amending Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions on the visa requirements for
holders of Indonesian diplomatic and service passports

(2006/684/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24
April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with
regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for
examining visa applications (1),

Having regard to the initiative of Belgium, Luxembourg and the
Netherlands,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the

list of

contains

to the Common Consular
Annex 2, Schedule A,
Instructions
countries whose
nationals are not subject to a visa requirement in one
or more Schengen States when they are holders of
diplomatic, official or service passports, but who are
subject to this requirement when they are holders of
ordinary passports.

Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands wish to
Indonesian diplomatic and service
exempt holders of
requirements. The Common
passports
Consular
should therefore be amended
accordingly.

from visa
Instructions

(3)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on
the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on

(1) OJ L 116, 26.4.2001, p. 2.

European Union and to the Treaty establishing the
European Community, Denmark is not taking part in
the adoption of this Decision, and is not bound by it
or subject to its application. Given that this Decision
builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions
of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the
European Community, Denmark shall,
in accordance
with Article 5 of
the said Protocol, decide within a
period of six months after the Council has adopted this
Decision whether it will implement it in its national law.

As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes
a development of provisions of
the Schengen acquis
within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the
the European Union and the Republic of
Council of
Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the
association of those two States with the implementation,
application and development of the Schengen acquis (2),
which fall within the area referred to in Article 1(A) of
Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (3) on
certain arrangements
that
Agreement.

application of

the

for

take part,

This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of
the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does
in accordance with Council Decision
not
2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the
Schengen acquis (4);
the United Kingdom is therefore
not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it
or subject to its application.

(4)

(5)

(2) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.
(4) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

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(6)

(7)

This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of
the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part,
in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28
February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part
the Schengen acquis (1);
in some of
Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and
is not bound by it or subject to its application.

the provisions of

As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a devel-
opment of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within
the Agreement
the meaning of
signed between the
the European Community and the
European Union,
concerning the Swiss Confed-
Swiss Confederation,
eration’s association with the implementation, application
and development of
the Schengen acquis, which fall
within the area referred to in Article 4(1) of Council
Decisions 2004/849/EC (2) and 2004/860/EC (3) on the
signing on behalf of the European Union, and on behalf
of
the European Community, and on the provisional
application of certain provisions of that Agreement.

(8)

This Decision constitutes an act building upon the
Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the
meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex 2, Schedule A, to the Common Consular Instructions is
hereby amended as follows:

Indonesia shall be added and the letters ‘DS’ shall be inserted
against it in the ‘BNL’ column.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 November 2006.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance
with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at Luxembourg, 5 October 2006.

For the Council
The President

K. RAJAMÄKI

(1) OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78.