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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2024.

For the European

The President

R. METSOLA

Parliament For the Council

The President

BÓKA J.

( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 27 November 2024 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 12 December 2024.

( 2 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 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 ( OJ L 303, 28.11.2018, p. 39 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1806/oj).

( 3 ) OJ L 173, 3.7.2015, p. 48 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2015/1035/oj.

( 4 ) Council Decision (EU) 2022/366 of 3 March 2022 on the partial suspension of the application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on the short-stay visa waiver ( OJ L 69, 4.3.2022, p. 105 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/366/oj).

( 5 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/693 of 27 April 2022 on the temporary suspension of the visa exemption for nationals of Vanuatu ( OJ L 129, 3.5.2022, p. 18 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/693/oj).

( 6 ) Council Decision (EU) 2022/2198 of 8 November 2022 on the suspension in whole of the application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on the short-stay visa waiver ( OJ L 292, 11.11.2022, p. 47 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2198/oj).

( 7 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/222 of 1 December 2022 on the temporary suspension of the visa exemption for all nationals of Vanuatu ( OJ L 32, 3.2.2023, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/222/oj).

( 8 ) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/1999/439(1)/oj.

( 9 ) 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/437/oj).

( 10 ) OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2008/178(1)/oj.

( 11 ) 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2008/146/oj).

( 12 ) OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 21 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/prot/2011/350/oj.

( 13 ) 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/350/oj).

( 14 ) 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2002/192/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/11/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

REGULATION (EU) 2025/11 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu