2012/274/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 24 April 2012 determining the second set of regions for the start of operations of the Visa Information System (VIS) (notified under document C(2012) 2505)

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Article 1

The regions where the collection and transmission of data to the Visa Information System (VIS) shall start, after the regions determined by Decision 2010/49/EC, according to Article 48(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, are the following:

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The fourth region:

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Benin,

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Burkina Faso,

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Cape Verde,

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Côte d’Ivoire,

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The Gambia,

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Ghana,

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Guinea,

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Guinea-Bissau,

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Liberia,

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Mali,

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Niger,

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Nigeria,

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Senegal,

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Sierra Leone,

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Togo.

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The fifth region:

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Burundi,

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Cameroon,

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Central African Republic,

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Chad,

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Congo,

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Democratic Republic of the Congo,

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Equatorial Guinea,

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Gabon,

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Rwanda,

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São Tomé and Príncipe.

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The sixth region:

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Comoros,

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Djibouti,

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Eritrea,

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Ethiopia,

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Kenya,

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Madagascar,

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Mauritius,

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Seychelles,

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Somalia,

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South Sudan,

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Sudan,

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Tanzania,

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Uganda.

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The seventh region:

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Angola,

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Botswana,

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Lesotho,

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Malawi,

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Mozambique,

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Namibia,

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South Africa,

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Swaziland,

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Zambia,

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Zimbabwe.

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The eighth region:

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Argentina,

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Bolivia,

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Brazil,

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Chile,

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Colombia,

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Ecuador,

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Paraguay,

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Peru,

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Uruguay,

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Venezuela.

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The ninth region:

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Kazakhstan,

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Kyrgyzstan,

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Tajikistan,

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Turkmenistan,

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Uzbekistan.

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The 10th region:

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Brunei,

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Burma/Myanmar,

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Cambodia,

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Indonesia,

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Laos,

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Malaysia,

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Philippines,

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Singapore,

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Thailand,

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Vietnam.

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The 11th region:

The occupied Palestinian territory.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden.