Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2023/2424 of 28 July 2023 specifying the content and format of the questions and laying down the additional set of predetermined questions for the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) pursuant to Articles 17(5) and (6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2023/2424 of 28 July 2023 specifying the content and format of the questions and laying down the additional set of predetermined questions for the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) pursuant to Articles 17(5) and (6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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This Decision establishes the format and contents of the questions and answers to be included in the application form for the purposes of Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and the additional set of predetermined questions and answers pursuant to Article 17(6) of that Regulation.
Content and format of questions and predetermined set of questions and answers related to criminal offences to be declared in the application form
1. The applicant shall be presented with the following questions:
(a)
‘ Have you been convicted in the last 15 years of one or more of the criminal offences listed below? ’; and
(b)
‘Have you been convicted in the last 25 years for terrorist offences? ’.
In relation to point (a), the applicant shall be presented at the same time with a list containing the criminal offences listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The applicant shall be requested to answer the question for each criminal offence by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields ‘yes’ and ‘no’. The applicant shall also be presented with the option to answer ‘no’ all at once for the criminal offences listed in relation to point (a).
In relation to the question referred to in point (b), the applicant shall be requested to answer by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
2. Where a positive reply is provided for the questions referred to in paragraph 1, the applicant shall be presented with:
(a)
the following instruction:
‘Please indicate the country of conviction as well as the date of each conviction and provide answers to the additional questions. ’;
(b)
a predetermined list of countries;
(c)
a fixed format field for the completion of the dates (day – if available/month as word/year); and
(d)
a predetermined list of additional questions.
For the purpose of point (c), it shall not be possible to select a conviction date earlier than 15 years for criminal offences or 25 years for terrorist offences from the date of the application. In addition, the applicant shall be informed that the word ‘conviction date’ shall be understood as the date of the official judgment issued by a court.
For each category of criminal offences, the applicant shall be able to record multiple convictions, countries and dates.
3. The predetermined list of additional questions referred to in paragraph 2, point (d), shall be the following:
(a)
‘ Is the conviction final? ’; and
(b)
‘ Have you completed that sentence? ’.
The applicant shall be requested to answer the questions referred to in points (a) and (b) by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
For the purpose of point (a), the applicant shall be informed that the word ‘final’ shall be understood as convictions that cannot be subject to further appeal at national level.
4. For the predetermined list of countries, the ISO 3166-1 standard shall apply (or newer version), including countries that no longer exist but have existed in the last 25 years.
Content and format of questions and predetermined set of questions and answers related to a stay in specific war or conflict zones to be declared in the application form
1. The applicant shall be presented with:
(a)
the following question: ‘ Have you stayed in one or more of the following areas in the past 10 years? ’;
(b)
a predetermined list of countries within which the specific war or conflict zones, established in accordance with Annexes I and II, are located, containing, for each country, selectable fields ‘ yes ’ and ‘ no ’; and
(c)
for each country selected as ‘ yes ’, a predetermined list of specific war or conflict zones located within that country and established in accordance with Annexes I and II, containing, for each war or conflict zone, selectable fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
The applicant shall also be presented with the option to answer ‘no’ all at once for the countries listed in relation to point (b) or for the specific war or conflict zones listed in relation to point (c). Where the applicant answers ‘no’ all at once for the countries listed in relation to point (b), the ETIAS information system shall automatically answer ‘no’ for all the specific war or conflict zones listed in relation to point (c).
2. Where a positive reply is provided to the question referred to in paragraph 1, the applicant shall be presented with:
(a)
the following instruction:
‘For each area selected as ‘yes’, please indicate the period(s) and the main reason(s) of each stay. Where required, please provide replies to additional questions.’
;
(b)
a fixed format field for the selection of the start and end of the period (day – if available/month as word/year) for each area selected and the possibility to enter multiple periods; and
(c)
reasons and sub-reasons for each stay.
For the purpose of point (b), it shall not be possible to select a start date of a period earlier than 10 years from the date of the application. The applicant shall be informed that, if their stay started on a date earlier than 10 years from the date of application but finished on a date within that 10-year period, the applicant shall select the earliest applicable date as the start date of their stay.
The ETIAS information system shall determine automatically, based on the applicant’s reply, whether the applicant was present in an area in a period during which it was considered to be a specific war or conflict zone, in accordance with Annex II to this Decision. For the purpose of the application form, the ETIAS information system shall only record those relevant periods of stay.
3. The reason(s) and sub-reason(s), where applicable, referred to in paragraph 2, point (c), shall be:
(a)
permanent residence or citizenship;
(b)
family visit:
(i)
parents;
(ii)
grandparents;
(iii)
children;
(iv)
grandchildren;
(v)
brother/sister;
(vi)
spouse/partner;
(vii)
other;
(c)
friend visit;
(d)
tourism;
(e)
professional reasons:
(i)
governmental work;
(ii)
humanitarian assistance;
(iii)
international organisation;
(iv)
journalism;
(v)
military mission;
(vi)
posted work;
(vii)
business trip/congress/conference;
(viii)
other;
(f)
other.
Selection of at least one reason and, where available, at least one sub-reason shall be mandatory.
Selection of multiple reasons and sub-reasons shall be possible.
4. The applicant shall be presented, for each selection made pursuant to this Article, with the following additional questions:
(a)
‘ Are you planning any further trip to this area within the next 3 years? ’
(b)
‘With what frequency? ’
The applicant shall be requested to answer the question referred to in point (a) by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
If the applicant has answered ‘
yes
’ to the question referred to in point (a), they shall be requested to answer the question in point (b) and shall be presented with the following predetermined list of answers:
(i)
several times per week;
(ii)
once per week;
(iii)
more than twice per month;
(iv)
twice per month;
(v)
once per month;
(vi)
more than three times per year;
(vii)
three times per year;
(viii)
twice per year;
(ix)
once per year;
(x)
more than twice within the next three years;
(xi)
twice within the next three years; and
(xii)
once within the next three years.
Content and format of questions and predetermined set of questions and answers related to decisions taken against the applicant to leave a territory or return to be declared in the application form
1. Without prejudice to Article 24(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the applicant shall be presented with the following questions:
(a)
‘ Over the past 10 years, have you been subject to one or more return decisions issued by an EU Member State or any third country? ’ and
(b)
‘ Over the past 10 years, have you been subject to one or more decisions requiring you to leave the territory of an EU Member State or of a third country listed below? ’
The applicant shall be requested to answer the questions referred to in points (a) and (b) by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
For the purpose of point (a), the applicant shall be informed that the word ‘return decision’ shall be understood in accordance with Article 3(4) of Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament ( 11 ) .
For the purpose of point (b), the applicant shall be informed that the word ‘decision requiring to leave the territory’ shall be understood to mean any administrative or judicial decision or act, different from a return decision, requiring the applicant to leave the territory of an EU Member State or of any third country.
2. Where a positive reply is provided for question (a) in paragraph 1, the applicant shall be presented with:
(a)
the following instruction: ‘ Please specify the country, the date of the decision and answer additional questions.’
;
(b)
a predetermined list of countries comprised of: the Member States; the third countries listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ) ; and the list of countries of the ISO 3166-1 standard (or newer version), including countries that ceased to exist during the previous 10 years from the moment of application; and
(c)
a fixed format field for the completion of the dates (day – if available/month as word/year), where it shall not be possible to select a start date of a period earlier than 10 years from the date of the application.
3. Where a positive reply is provided for question (b) in paragraph 1, the applicant shall be presented with:
(a)
the following instruction: ‘ Please specify the country, the date of the decision and answer additional questions. ’;
(b)
a predetermined list of countries comprised of the Member States and the third countries listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 ( 13 ) ; and
(c)
a fixed format field for the completion of the dates (day– if available/month as word/year), where it shall not be possible to select a start date of a period earlier than 10 years from the date of the application.
4. Where a positive reply is provided for one or both of the questions in paragraph 1, the applicant shall also be presented with the following additional question for each positive answer: ‘Did you remain on the said territory or country after the decision was issued?’
The applicant shall be requested to answer the question referred to in this paragraph by selecting an answer from a predetermined list comprised of the fields
‘yes’
and
‘no’
.
In the case of an amendment to the predetermined lists referred to in Articles 2 to 4:
(a)
eu-LISA shall implement without delay the necessary changes to the predetermined lists;
(b)
the European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall implement changes to the factsheets referred to in Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and the information to the general public referred to in Article 71 of that Regulation, if necessary;
(c)
eu-LISA shall communicate the changes in the predetermined lists to the Central Unit and National Units, 20 days before the changes become effective;
(d)
the date of effect of the change shall be recorded in the Central System.
ANNEX I
The methodology to establish the list of specific war and conflict zones (referred to in Article 3(1)(b))
This Annex lays down the methodology to establish the list of specific war and conflict zones referred to in Article 3(1), point (b). The methodology is composed of the following steps:
(a)
yearly extraction of data from the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) databases ( 1 ) , corresponding to the following cumulative criteria:
—
political conflicts corresponding to intensity levels 4 (limited war) and 5 (war), with the exception of conflicts solely between drug cartels or drug trafficking organisations;
—
conflicts having occurred at subnational level outside of the EU;
—
conflicts having occurred in the previous 10 years;
(b)
presentation of the extracted data, in the form of a list, for consultation to the ETIAS sub-group of the Expert Group on Information Systems for Borders and Security (‘the ETIAS subgroup’);
(c)
adoption of the list by the Commission following the consultation of the ETIAS subgroup, as Annex II;
(d)
by March, the year following entry into operation of ETIAS and every year thereafter where amendments are needed, revision of the list following steps referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
( 1 ) https://hiik.de/data-and-maps/datasets/?lang=en
The list of specific war and conflict zones (referred to in Article 3(1), point (b))