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

Member States shall apply this Regulation at the latest 15 months after the adoption of the further technical specifications referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1683/95.

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

Done at Strasbourg, 4 July 2017.

For the European Parliament

The President

A. TAJANI

For the Council

The President

M. MAASIKAS

( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 1 June 2017 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 20 June 2017.

( 2 ) 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 ).

( 3 ) Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis ( OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43 ).

( 4 ) 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 ).

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

( 6 ) 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 ).

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

( 8 ) 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 ).

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

( 10 ) 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 ).

REGULATION (EU) 2017/1370 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 4 July 2017 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas ANNEX ‘ANNEX