a To ensure that travel or identity documents issued by it are of such quality that they cannot easily be misused and cannot readily be falsified or unlawfully altered, replicated or issued; and

(a) To ensure that travel or identity documents issued by it are of such quality that they cannot easily be misused and cannot readily be falsified or unlawfully altered, replicated or issued; and

It may not, during its official period of validity, be withdrawn or suspended for whatever reason unless the competent authority of a Contracting Party finds that the card has been falsified, or the driver is using a card of which he is not the holder, or that the card held has been obtained on the basis of false declarations and/or forged documents.

the detection of counterfeit and falsified documents,

an entry stamp affixed to a false or falsified travel document by the requested Contracting Party,

In principle, no further investigation shall be carried out. Evidence to the contrary shall, however, be admissible (e.g. showing a document to be falsified or forged).

The security features of the document shall be scrutinised at regular intervals (every two years, if possible) regardless of any general amendments which may prove necessary if the form is falsified by forgers or counterfeiters or if protective measures relating to security features have been revealed.

the detection of counterfeit and falsified documents,

Fishing under cover of one of the above documents, the content of which has been falsified

an entry stamp affixed to a false or falsified travel document by the requested Contracting Party,

Fishing under cover of one of the abovementioned documents the content of which has been falsified.

providing all diplomatic and consular offices with technical equipment for detecting forged and falsified documents.

(*5) "Improperly documented" means that the re-export certificate is either missing from the shipment, incomplete, invalid or falsified.

(a) false or misleading information, false or falsified documents were used, fraud was otherwise committed or other unlawful means were used;

In principle, no further investigation shall be carried out. Evidence to the contrary shall, however, be admissible (e.g. showing a document to be falsified or forged).

The diplomatic mission or consular post must also draw on local consular cooperation to enhance its capacity to detect false or falsified documents submitted in support of some visa applications.

Improperly documented swordfish shipments (i.e. the SWD is either missing from the shipment, incomplete, invalid or falsified) will be considered illegitimate and contrary to ICCAT conservation efforts.

Improve the capacity of public administration to develop an effective border management, including the detection of forged and falsified documents, in line with the acquis and best practices with a view to preventing and combating illegal migration.

Continue alignment with the EU positive and negative visa lists; continue to upgrade the administrative capacity of the Visa Centre and continue to provide all diplomatic and consular offices with technical equipment for detecting forged and falsified documents.

(3) In order to assess an immigration risk, it appears necessary further to step up local consular cooperation in determining what supplementary and/or additional documents should be required for issuing visas and as regards the adoption of common mechanisms for detecting false or falsified documents more effectively.

The security features of the document shall be scrutinised at regular intervals (every two years, if possible) regardless of any general amendments which may prove necessary if the form is falsified by forgers or counterfeiters or if protective measures relating to security features have been revealed.

It may not, during its official period of validity, be withdrawn or suspended for whatever reason unless the competent authority of a Member State finds that the card has been falsified, or the driver is using a card of which he is not the holder, or that the card held has been obtained on the basis of false declarations and/or forged documents.

Information on the following may be exchanged from time to time: persons whose applications have been refused due to the fact that stolen, lost or falsified documents have been used, or that the date of exit on the previous visa was not respected or that there is a risk to security and in particular there is reason to believe that an attempt is being made to illegally immigrate to the territory of the Contracting Parties.

Shipments of bluefin tuna that are accompanied by improperly documented Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents (i.e. improperly documented means that the Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document is either missing from the shipment, incomplete, invalid or falsified) will be considered illegitimate shipments of bluefin tuna, that are contrary to ICCAT conservation efforts, and their entry will be suspended (PENDING RECEIPT OF A PROPERLY COMPLETED DOCUMENT) into the territory of a Contracting Party or subject to administrative or other sanction.

Where a falsified Community licence, falsified authorization or falsified certified true copy thereof is produced, the falsified document shall be withdrawn immediately and, where appropriate, forwarded as soon as possible to the competent authority of the carrier's Member State of establishment.

forged or falsified travel documents;

false or misleading information, false or falsified documents were used, fraud was otherwise committed or other unlawful means were used;

Member States shall take appropriate measures, including adequate means of secure identification, to ensure that the document cannot be falsified.

continue to upgrade the administrative capacity of the Visa Centre and continue to provide all diplomatic and consular offices with technical equipment for detecting forged and falsified documents.

Where a falsified cabotage authorization is produced, the false document shall be confiscated immediately and forwarded as soon as possible to the competent authority of the carrier's Member State of establishment.

presentation, for the purpose of obtaining preferential tariff treatment of goods declared for free circulation, of documents subsequently found to be forged, falsified or not valid for that purpose, even where such documents were presented in good faith.

In order to assess an immigration risk, it appears necessary further to step up local consular cooperation in determining what supplementary and/or additional documents should be required for issuing visas and as regards the adoption of common mechanisms for detecting false or falsified documents more effectively.

Further improve visa arrangements by (i) continuing alignment with the EU positive and negative lists, (ii) making the national visa sticker more secure, (iii) upgrading the administrative capacity of the visa centre and (iv) providing all diplomatic and consular offices with technical equipment for detecting forged and falsified documents.