Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the date set by the Commission in accordance with Article 2(1), with the exception of Article 1, point 2, which shall apply from 27 December 2023.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Strasbourg, 22 November 2023.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. METSOLA

For the Council

The President

P. NAVARRO RÍOS

( 1 ) OJ C 75, 28.2.2023, p. 150 .

( 2 ) Position of the European Parliament of 18 October 2023 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 13 November 2023.

( 3 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas ( OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p. 1 ).

( 4 ) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers ( OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13 ).

( 5 ) Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis ( OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20 ).

( 6 ) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36 .

( 7 ) Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis ( OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31 ).

( 8 ) OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52 .

( 9 ) Council Decision 2008/146/EC of 28 January 2008 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis ( OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 1 ).

( 10 ) OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 21 .

( 11 ) Council Decision 2011/350/EU of 7 March 2011 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis , relating to the abolition of checks at internal borders and movement of persons ( OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 19 ).

( 12 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).

( 13 ) OJ C 277, 19.7.2022, p. 7 .

( 14 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99 ).

REGULATION (EU) 2023/2685 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 November 2023 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure ANNEX ‘ANNEX