
Article 1 
Part II of the Common Manual is hereby amended as follows:

1.. the following sentence shall be added at the end of Section 1.4.1:
'To that end a standard form for refusal of entry at the border as contained in Annex 16 shall be filled in and handed to the alien concerned.';
2.. Section 1.4.1a shall be replaced by the following:
'
1.4.1a When refusing entry, the checking officer will affix an entry stamp on the passport, cancelled by an indelible cross in black ink, and enter on the right hand side in indelible ink the letter(s) indicating the reason(s) for refusal of entry as set out in the standard form for refusal of entry at the border as contained in Annex 16
'.
Article 2 
The standard form for refusal of entry at the border, as contained in the Annex to this Decision, shall be added as Annex 16 to the Common Manual.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply from 1 June 2004.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.
Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004.
For the Council
The President
M. McDOWELL
ANNEX


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