Content and format of questions and predetermined set of questions and answers related to criminal offences to be declared in the application form
Article 2
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.