Update of the notification by Lithuania 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 possibility for a Member State to provide by law for an obligation to hold or carry papers and documents pursuant to Article 21(c)
Date: 2014-05-20
Institutions: Lithuania
Subjects: Lithuania, Schengen Agreement, border control, identity document, national law, residence permit








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20.5.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 152/24





Update of the notification by Lithuania 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 possibility for a Member State to provide by law for an obligation to hold or carry papers and documents pursuant to Article 21(c)
(2014/C 152/05)
LITHUANIA
Amendment to the information provided by Lithuania and published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ C 98 of 29 April 2009).
Lithuanian national legislation does not lay down an obligation to hold or carry papers and documents at all times.
However, pursuant to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (Article 3(4)), when requested to do so by a police officer or any other law enforcement official, foreign nationals must present a personal identification document (travel document, residence permit or the like), as well as other documents specifying the purpose and conditions of their presence in the Republic of Lithuania and attesting to the lawfulness of their stay there.
Furthermore, the Law on National Borders and their Protection (Article 17(5)) and other legislative acts lay down that persons not holding personal identification documents are prohibited from entering areas subject to border regulations. This prohibition does not apply to areas subject to border regulations situated at the internal borders, except where internal border controls are temporarily reinstated. Persons aged 16 and over who are nationals of the Republic of Lithuania or another European Union Member State or who enjoy the right to free movement within the Union are prohibited from entering border areas without a personal identification document. Persons aged under 16 who are nationals of the Republic of Lithuania or another European Union Member State or who enjoy the right to free movement within the Union are prohibited from entering border areas without a birth certificate, or a child’s travel document or other personal identification document. Other persons are prohibited from entering border areas if they are not in possession of a valid third-country citizen’s passport or equivalent travel document, an alien’s passport or other personal identification attesting to the lawfulness of their stay in the Republic of Lithuania.
Persons may enter guarded national border areas only when in possession of a single-use fixed-term or permanent permit issued by the State Border Guard Service, together with the documents referred to above. Such permits are not required in the case of persons crossing the national border and entering a guarded national border area by land, water or air pursuant to procedures laid down in laws and other legislation of the Republic of Lithuania.