Agreement of the Federal Chancellor on the amendment of the Annex to the European Agreement on the movement of persons between the Member States of the Council of Europe

According to information from the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, they were annexed to the European Agreement on the regulation of the movement of persons between the Member States of the Council of Europe (BGBl. No 175/1958, as last amended by and last proclamation of the BGBl scope. III No 151/2006) by the following countries:

List Germany 1

-		passport,
-		provisional passport,
-		child's passport or child's travel certificate of the Federal Republic of Germany, valid or expired within the last year,
-		official identity card of the Federal Republic of Germany, valid or expired within the last year,
-		valid provisional identity card of the Federal Republic of Germany.

-		passeport,
-		passeport provisioire,
-		passeport pour enfant ou certificat de voyage pour enfant de la République fédérale d' Allemagne, en cours de validité ou périmé depuis moins d' un,
-		en carte d' identité officielle de la République fédérale d' Allemagne, en cours de validité ou périmée depuis moins d' un,
-		à la carte d' identité provisioire en cours de validité de la République fédérale d' Allemagne.

(Translation)

-		Passport,
-		temporary passport,
-		valid or for less than one year expired passport for children or children's travel document of the Federal Republic of Germany,
-		valid or for less than one year expired identity card of the Federal Republic of Germany,
-		valid provisional identity card of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Greece List 2

-valid "new type" Greek passports (regular passports, diplomatic passports, official passports), issued since 1 January 2006. Since 26 August 2006, those passports include biometric data (photo, personal data) contained in a RF-Chip, while since 26 August 2009 they include, additionally, images of fingerprints of the passport bearer, contained in a chip.

-"new type" Greek Police Identification Cards (morphotype ID1), which are valid as travel documents since 1 June 2010.

-"nouveau type" de passeports grecs en cours de validité (passeports ordinaires, passeports diplomatiques, passeports officiels), délivrés depuis le 1er janvier 2006. Depuis le 26 août 2006, ces passeports incluent des données biométriques (photo, données personnelles) contenues dans une puce RF, tandis que depuis le 26 août 2009, ils comprennent, en outre, des images d' empreintes digital du titulaire du passeport, contenues dans une puce.

-"nouveau type" de cartes d' identité grecques de police (ID1 morphotype), qui sont considérées comme des documents de voyage depuis le 1er Juin 2010.

(Translation)

-valid "new" Greek passports (ordinary passports, diplomatic passports, service passports), issued from 1. Jänner 2006. Since August 26, 2006, these passports have included biometric data (photo, personal data) stored in an RF chip, since August 26, 2009, they also contain fingerprint images of the travel passport holder stored in a chip.

-"new" Greek police identity (morphotype ID1), valid as travel documents since 1 June 2010.

List Switzerland 3

-National passport, valid or expired within the last five years;

-Valid Swiss identity card;

-Laissez-passer issued by a Swiss Representation abroad limited only to a direct return to Switzerland.

-Passeport national en cours de validité ou périmé depuis moins de cinq ans;

-Carte d' identité suisse en cours de validité;

-Laissez-passer délivré par une Représentation suisse à l' étranger uniquement valable pour un retour direct en Suisse.

(Translation)

-a valid national passport or passport which has expired for a maximum of five years;

-valid Swiss identity card;

-a Laisser passer issued by a Swiss representation authority abroad, which entitles the person to return to Switzerland once and for all.

No objections have been raised by the contracting parties to the agreement against the amendment of the lists; they are therefore, in accordance with Article 11 of the Agreement for Germany, with 20 December 2007, for Greece with 17 December 2012 and for the Switzerland entered into force on 12 September 2012.

Faymann