Article 1
1. Part II of the Common Manual shall be declassified. 2. Annexes 14b, 6b and 6c of the Common Manual, corresponding to Annexes 5, 9 and 10 of the Common Consular Instructions, shall remain classified as confidential.
2002/353/EC: Council Decision of 25 April 2002 on declassifying Part II of the Common Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985
2002/353/EC: Council Decision of 25 April 2002 on declassifying Part II of the Common Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985
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Article 2
Part II of the Common Manual shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 3
1. The decisions of the Schengen Executive Committee of 14 December 1993 (SCH/Com-ex (93) 22 rev) and of 23 June 1998 (SCH/Com-ex (98) 17) shall be repealed in so far as they relate to the Common Consular Instructions and the Common Manual. 2. Future decisions on the classification of the Common Consular Instructions and the Common Manual shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of Decision 2001/264/EC.
Article 4
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Luxembourg, 25 April 2002. For the Council The President M. Rajoy Brey (1) The Common Manual as last amended by Council Decision 2002/352/EC (page 47 of this Official Journal). (2) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 1. (3) OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 29. (4) OJ L 101, 11.4.2001, p. 1.
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