Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
Basic information
Dates Date of document:
  • March 15, 2001
Date of publication:
  • March 21, 2001
Date of effect:
  • April 10, 2001
    • Entry into force - Date pub. + 20 See Art 8
Date of end of validity:
Modified by
Modified by:
Amendment proposed by:
Repealed by:
Modifies
Modifies:
  • The Schengen acquis - Decision of the Executive Committee of 28 April 1999 on the definitive versions of the Common Manual and the Common Consular Instructions (SCH/Com-ex (99) 13)
Repeal:
  • The Schengen acquis - Decision of the Executive Committee of 15 December 1997 on the harmonisation of visa policy (SCH/Com-ex (97) 32)
  • The Schengen acquis - Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 December 1998 on the abolition of the grey list of States whose nationals are subject to the visa requirement by certain Schengen States (SCH/Com-ex (98) 53, rev. 2)
Affected by case
Legal basis
  • Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title IV: Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons Article 62
EuroVoc Vocabulary
  • EU visa policy
  • Foreign national
  • Crossing external borders
  • Free movement of persons
  • Third country
  • External border of the EU
  • Schengen Agreement