council regul ec march determin countri nation possess visa cross extern border member state council european union regard treati establish european commun articl thereof regard propos commiss regard opinion european parliament articl treati requir council determin countri nation possess visa cross extern border member state draw common list annex regul repres import step harmonis visa polici subparagraph articl treati stipul intern market compris area intern frontier free movement inter alia person ensur accord treati aspect harmonis visa polici includ condit issu visa matter determin framework risk relat secur illeg immigr prioriti consider common list drawn addit member state intern relat countri plai role principl member state requir visa person wish cross extern border person hold visa issu member state meet harmonis condit govern issu visa valid commun person hold permit issu member state matter determin framework regul prevent member state decid condit nation countri lawfulli resid territori enter left territori member state union period valid permit special case justifi exempt visa requir principl exist member state exempt categori person keep intern law custom nation rule differ stateless person recognis refuge person produc passport travel document issu territori entiti author recognis state member state member state decid visa requir group person territori entiti author common list entiti ad list account diplomat implic guidelin adopt matter european union event inclus countri common list prejudic intern statu determin countri nation possess visa cross extern border member state achiev gradual member state constantli endeavour harmonis visa polici regard countri common list present provis prejudic achiev free movement person provid articl treati commiss draw progress report harmonis half year view ensur system administ openli person concern inform member state commun member state commiss measur pursuant regul reason inform publish offici journal european commun adopt regul articl nation countri common list annex requir possess visa cross extern border member state nation countri part countri common list subject requir paragraph council decid procedur laid relev provis treati articl member state determin visa requir nation countri common list member state determin visa requir stateless person recognis refuge member state determin visa requir person produc passport travel document issu territori entiti author recognis state member state territori entiti author common list work dai entri forc regul member state commun member state commiss measur pursuant paragraph measur pursuant paragraph similarli commun work dai commiss publish measur commun pursuant paragraph updat thereof offici journal european commun inform articl half commiss draw progress report harmonis member state visa polici regard countri common list submit council propos measur requir achiev object harmonis laid treati articl member state exempt nation countri subject visa requir articl requir appli civilian air sea crew flight crew attend emerg rescu flight helper event disast accid holder diplomat passport offici duti passport offici passport articl appli mutati mutandi articl purpos regul visa authoris decis member state requir entri territori view intend stai member state member state month transit territori member state member state transit intern zone airport transfer airport member state articl regul prejudic harmonis individu member state common list determin countri nation possess visa cross extern border articl regul enter forc dai public offici journal european commun regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel march council presid schili oj oj opinion european parliament februari publish offici journal annex common list refer articl state afghanistan albania algeria angola armenia azerbaijan bahrain bangladesh belaru benin bhutan bulgaria burkina faso burma myanmar burundi cambodia cameroon cape verd central african republ chad china comoro congo côte ivoir cuba democrat republ congo djibouti dominican republ egypt equatori guinea eritrea ethiopia feder republ yugoslavia serbia montenegro fiji yugoslav republ macedonia gabon gambia georgia ghana guinea guinea bissau guyana haiti india indonesia iran iraq jordan kazakhstan kyrgyzstan kuwait lao lebanon liberia libya madagascar maldiv mali mauritania mauritiu moldavia mongolia morocco mozambiqu nepal niger nigeria north korea oman pakistan papua guinea peru philippin qatar romania russia rwanda sao tomé princip saudi arabia seneg sierra leon somalia sri lanka sudan surinam syria tajikistan tanzania thailand togo tunisia turkei turkmenistan uganda ukrain unit arab emir uzbekistan vietnam yemen zambia ii territori entiti author recognis state member state taiwan respect china includ holder hong kong special administr region passport articl appli member state decid maintain review visa requir respect person