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chambres de commerce et d'industrie (CCI), chambres des métiers et chambres d'agriculture

Based on Chapter VIII of the Common Consular Instructions (CCI)(1) on consular cooperation at local level;

As a consequence of point 2, Chapter VIII of the CCI shall be amended as follows: "The exchange of information between missions and posts and the identification of applications by means of a stamp or by other means are aimed at preventing the same person from lodging multiple or successive visa applications, either whilst an application is being examined, or after an application has been refused, with the same mission or post or by a different mission or post.

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to liaise with the CCI for the purposes of:

In Annex 6 to the CCI the second indent shall be deleted.

this date can be checked and if necessary reviewed by the CCI.

Community Coordinating Institute for foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (CCI):

Samples of the cells used to produce the virus should be submitted 0 the CCI 1:

part III of Annex 1 to the CCI and part III of Annex 5 of the CM shall be deleted.

The concentration and quality of the vaccine adjuvants will be agreed with the CCI.

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As a consequence of point 2, Chapter VIII of the CCI(*) shall be amended as follows:

potency of the vaccines prepared from the concentrated antigen will be tested by the CCI.

Based on Chapter VIII of the Common Consular Instructions (CCI) (*) on consular cooperation at local level;

Samples of each master seed virus must be submitted to the CCI for confirmatory tests of identity and purity.

the heading of Annex 1, part I of the CCI and of Annex 5, part I of the CM, shall be replaced by the following:

the heading of Annex 1, part II of the CCI and of Annex 5, part II of the CM shall be replaced by the following:

In example 14 of Annex 13 to the CCI and example 14 of Annex 6 (a) to the CM the following codes shall be added:

The third indent of section 1. 1 ('VALID FOR' heading) of Part VI of the CCI shall be replaced by the following:

The specimen harmonised uniform-visa application form annexed to this Decision shall become Annex 16 to the CCI.

An Annex, numbered 18 and entitled "Table of representations for issuing uniform visas", shall be added to the CCI.

the producer must provide relevant information about the antigen and its formulation into vaccine for consideration by the CCI.

The following sentence shall be added after the first sentence of Section 1 of Part III of the Common Consular Instructions (CCI):

the list in Annex 1, part I of the CCI and in Annex 5, part I of the CM shall be replaced by the list in Annex I to this Regulation;

the list in Annex 1, part II of the CCI and in Annex 5, part II of the CM shall be replaced by the list in Annex II to this Regulation;

(3) It is appropriate moreover, for reasons of transparency, to draw up a new Annex to these CCI, concerning a table of representations for issuing uniform visas.

Example 11 of Annex 13 to the CCI, example 11 of Annex 6(a) to the CM and example 2 of Annex 8 to the CM shall be replaced by the example annexed to this Decision.

the main bulk of the inactivated antigen should be supplied in containers suitable for storage over liquid nitrogen and divided into volumes to be agreed between the producer and the CCI.

Any Member State wishing to make an amendment to Annex 4, 5B, 5C, 7 or 9 to the CCI shall first submit a proposal for amendment to the other Member States and afford them an opportunity to comment on the proposal.

In Part 3 of Annex 3 to the CCI and part 3 of Annex 5(a) to the CM the headings 'Denmark', 'Finland', 'Sweden', 'Iceland' and 'Norway' shall be deleted, together with the lists of residence permits which they contain.

In consultation with, and under the supervision of, the CCI, the producer must also provide 20 representative samples containing at least 1 mg each of concentrated 146S antigen for periodic in vitro and in vivo tests;

On receipt, each batch of concentrated inactivated antigen will be checked by the CCI for possible residual infective virus in vitro and in cattle using the method prescribed for vaccine in the European Pharmacopoeia;

In addition, a manual of documents to which a visa may be affixed, listed under reference SCH/Com-ex (98) 56 and SCH/Com-ex (99) 14 in Annex A to Decision 1999/435/EC, has been established pursuant to Annex 11 of the CCI.

The final versions of the Common Consular Instruction (CCI) and of the Common Manual (CM), as they result from the Decision of the Schengen Executive Committee of 28 April 1999 (SCH/Com-ex(99) 13) shall be amended as follows:

(1) The possibility of a Member State being represented by another Member State in a third country, as provided for in point 1.2 of Part II of the Common Consular Instructions (CCI), is currently confined to situations where the Member State asking to be represented has no representation in that third country.

The antigen banks, the establishments supplying the antigen and the establishments carrying out formulation and bottling shall operate under strict conditions of hygiene and safety, in accordance with the generally accepted standards for good manufacturing practice in Europe, which shall be monitored by the CCI.

Those elements of the CCI and the Annexes thereto which are not subject to amendment by either of the procedures provided for in this Regulation should be amended in accordance with the provisions of Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular points 2 and 3 of Article 62 and Article 67 thereof.

Various provisions of Title II, Chapter 3, of the Convention, and in particular Article 17 thereof, and of the CCI, provide for implementing decisions to be taken by the Executive Committee, established by the Schengen agreements adopted before 1 May 1999, for which the Council has substituted itself, pursuant to Article 2 of the Protocol.

Further to Council Decision 2000/777/EC of 1 December 2000 on the application of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and in Iceland and Norway (3) it is necessary to update Part VI and Annexes 3, 6 and 13 of the Common Consular Instructions on Visas for the diplomatic missions and consular posts (CCI) (4) and Annexes 5(a), 6(a) and 8 to the Common Manual (CM).

The Council, acting unanimously, at the initiative of one of its members or on a proposal from the Commission, shall amend, as necessary, Parts II, III, V, VI, VII and VIII of the CCI, as well as Annex 2 (with the exception of Schedule B and excepting the visa requirements relating to those countries mentioned in Schedule A which do not need to be the subject of prior consultation) and Parts I and III of Annex 3 as well as Annexes 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 thereto.

The General Secretariat of the Council shall be responsible for the preparation of revised versions of the CCI and the Annexes thereto, of the manual of documents to which a visa may be affixed, of the manual concerning the issuance of Schengen visas in third States where all the Schengen States are not represented, and of the Schengen Consultation Network (Technical Specifications), in order to incorporate amendments made pursuant to Articles 1 and 2. It shall transmit these versions to the Member States as necessary.

Certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications in the diplomatic missions and consular posts of Member States participating in the closer cooperation referred to in Article 1 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol", contained in the CCI and the Annexes thereto, are to be adopted and regularly amended and updated in order to meet the operational requirements of the relevant consular authorities.

Each Member State shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the Council such amendments as it wishes to make to the CCI concerning Part III of Annex 1 thereto, Schedule A of Annex 2 thereto (with the exception of the visa requirements relating to the countries mentioned in that Schedule which must be the subject of prior consultation) and Schedule B of Annex 2, Part II of Annex 3, and to Annexes 4, 5, 7 and 9 thereto, to the manual of documents to which a visa may be affixed, to the manual concerning the issuance of Schengen visas in third States where all the Schengen States are not represented, and to Annexes 6 and 9 of the Schengen Consultation Network (Technical Specifications).

It is also necessary to provide for a procedure whereby the members of the Council and the Commission are informed without delay of all amendments to the manual of documents to which a visa may be affixed, to the manual concerning the issuance of Schengen visas in third States where all the Schengen States are not represented, to Annexes 6 and 9 of the Schengen Consultation Network (Technical Specifications), and to those Annexes to the CCI which consist, in whole or in part, of lists of factual information which must be provided by each Member State in accordance with the rules which it currently applies, and which therefore do not fall to be adopted, amended or updated by an act of the Council.

The Common Consular Instructions (CCI) on Visas for the Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts, listed under reference SCH/Com-ex (99) 13 in Article 1 of Annex A to Council Decision 1999/435/EC of 20 May 1999 concerning the definition of the Schengen acquis for the purpose of determining, in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty on European Union, the legal basis for each of the provisions or decisions which constitute the acquis(3), were established with a view to implementing the provisions of Title II, Chapter 3, of the Convention, signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention".