
Article 1 
This Decision introduces a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders whereby Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania may recognise unilaterally as equivalent to their national visas for transit through or intended stays on their territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period the documents referred to in Article 2(1) and Article 3 of this Decision issued to third-country nationals subject to a visa obligation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.
The implementation of this Decision shall not affect the checks to be carried out on persons at the external borders in accordance with Articles 5 to 13 and 18 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006.
Article 2 

1. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania may consider as equivalent to their national visas, for transit through or intended stays on their territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period, the following documents issued by the Member States fully implementing the Schengen acquis, irrespective of the nationality of the holders:
(a) a ‘uniform visa’ as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of the Visa Code, valid for two or multiple entries;
(b) a ‘long-stay visa’ as referred to in Article 18 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement;
(c) a ‘residence permit’ as defined in point (15) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006.
2. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania may also consider as equivalent to their national visas, for transit through or intended stays on their territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period visas with limited territorial validity issued in accordance with the first sentence of Article 25(3) of the Visa Code.
3. If Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus or Romania decide to apply this Decision, they shall recognise all the documents referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, regardless of which Member State issued the document, unless they are affixed to travel documents that they do not recognise or to travel documents issued by a third country with which they do not have diplomatic relations.
Article 3 

1. If Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus or Romania decide to apply Article 2, they may, in addition to the documents referred to in that Article, recognise as equivalent to their national visas for transit through or intended stays on their territory not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period:
(a) national short-stay visas and national long-stay visas issued by Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, or Romania in the uniform format laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95;
(b) residence permits issued by Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus or Romania in accordance with the uniform format laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002,
unless such visas and residence permits are affixed to travel documents that those Member States do not recognise or to travel documents issued by a third country with which they do not have diplomatic relations.
2. Documents issued by Bulgaria which may be recognised are listed in Annex I.Documents issued by Croatia which may be recognised are listed in Annex II.Documents issued by Cyprus which may be recognised are listed in Annex III.Documents issued by Romania which may be recognised are listed in Annex IV.
Article 4 
The period of validity of the documents referred to in Articles 2 and 3 shall cover the duration of the transit or stay.
Article 5 
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania shall notify the Commission within 20 working days of the entry into force of this Decision, if they decide to apply this Decision. The Commission shall publish the information communicated by those Member States in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Those notifications shall, where relevant, specify the third countries with regard to which Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania do not, in the absence of diplomatic relations, apply this Decision pursuant to Article 2(3) and Article 3(1).
Article 6 
Decisions No 895/2006/EC and No 582/2008/EC are repealed.
Article 7 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply until the date determined by a Council decision adopted pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession in respect of Cyprus, to the first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession in respect of Bulgaria and Romania and to the first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of the 2011 Act of Accession in respect of Croatia, on which all the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the field of the common visa policy and the movement of third-country nationals legally residing within the territory of the Member States shall apply to the Member State concerned.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania.
Done at Brussels, 15 May 2014.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
D. KOURKOULAS
ANNEX I
Bulgaria issues the following types of visas in compliance with the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act


— Виза за летищен транзит (виза вид А) — Airport transit visa (type A)
— Виза за краткосрочно пребиваване (виза вид С) — Short — stay visa (type C)
— Виза за дългосрочно пребиваване (виза вид D) — Long — term residence visa (type D)

Bulgaria issues the following residence permits mentioned in point 15 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006:


1.. Разрешение за пребиваване на продължително пребиваващ в Република България чужденец — Prolonged residence.
2.. Разрешение за пребиваване на дългосрочно пребиваващ в ЕС чужденец — Long-term resident — EC.
3.. Разрешение за пребиваване на постоянно пребиваващ в Република България чужденец — Residence permit.
4.. Разрешение за пребиваване на продължително пребиваващ член на семейството на гражданин на ЕС, който не е упражнил правото си на свободно придвижване, с отбелязване ‘член на семейство’ — Prolonged Residence — Family member under Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
5.. Разрешение за пребиваване на постоянно пребиваващ член на семейството на гражданин на ЕС, който не е упражнил правото си на свободно придвижване, с отбелязване ‘член на семейство’ — Residence permit — Family member under Directive 2004/38/EC.
6.. Разрешение за пребиваване на продължително пребиваващ с отбелязване ‘бенефициер съгласно член 3, параграф 2 от Директива 2004/38/ЕО’ — Prolonged Residence– beneficiary under Article 3(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC.
7.. Разрешение за пребиваване на постоянно пребиваващ с отбелязване ‘бенефициер съгласно член 3, параграф 2 от Директива 2004/38/ЕО’ — Residence permit — beneficiary under Article 3(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC.
8.. Разрешение за пребиваване тип ‘синя карта на ЕС’ — Residence permit — EU Blue Card.
9.. Единно разрешение за пребиваване и работа — Single permit.
10.. Временно разрешение за пребиваване на притежател на синя карта на ЕС, издадена от друга държава — членка на ЕС — Temporary residence permit.
11.. Разрешение за продължително пребиваване на член на семейството на бежанец или на чужденец с предоставено убежище — Prolonged Residence — Family member of refugee or foreigner with granted asylum.
12.. Разрешение за продължително пребиваване на член на семейството на чужденец с хуманитарен статут — Prolonged Residence — Family member of subsidiary protection beneficiary.
13.. Разрешение за продължително пребиваване на член на семейството на чужденец с предоставена временна закрила — Prolonged Residence — Family member of temporary protection beneficiary.
14.. Разрешение за продължително пребиваване на чужденец с отбелязване ‘научен работник’ — Prolonged residence — Researcher.
15.. Удостоверение за завръщане в Република България на чужденец — Temporary passport of a foreigner for return to Republic of Bulgaria.
16.. ‘Карта за пребиваване на член на семейството на гражданин на Съюза’ на продължително пребиваващ член на семейство на гражданин на ЕС — Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen — long term residence.
17.. ‘Карта за пребиваване на член на семейството на гражданин на Съюза’ на постоянно пребиваващ член на семейство на гражданин на ЕС — Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen — residence permit.

ANNEX II

— Kratkotrajna viza (C) — Short-stay visa (C)


— Odobrenje boravka — Approval of stay
— Osobna iskaznica za stranca — Identity card for foreign nationals

ANNEX III

— Θεώρηση διέλευσης — Κατηγορία Β (transit visa — type B)
— Θεώρηση για παραμονή βραχείας διάρκειας — Κατηγορία Γ (short-stay visa — type C)
— Ομαδική θεώρηση — Κατηγορίες Β και Γ (group visa — type B and C)


— Προσωρινή άδεια παραμονής (απασχόληση, επισκέπτης, φοιτητής) — Temporary residence permit (employment, visitor, student)
— Άδεια εισόδου (απασχόληση, φοιτητής) — Entry permit (employment, student)
— Άδεια μετανάστευσης (μόνιμη άδεια) — Immigration permit (permanent permit)

ANNEX IV

— viză de tranzit, identificată prin simbolul B (transit visa, marked B);
— viză de scurtă ședere, identificată prin simbolul C (short stay visa, marked C);
— viză de lungă ședere, identificată prin unul dintre următoarele simboluri, în funcție de activitatea pe care urmează să o desfășoare în România străinul căruia i-a fost acordată (long-stay visa, identified by one of the following symbols, according to the activity that the holder of the visa will carry out in Romania):
((i)) desfășurarea de activități economice, identificată prin simbolul D/AE (economic activities, marked D/AE);
((ii)) desfășurarea de activități profesionale, identificată prin simbolul D/AP (professional activities, marked D/AP);
((iii)) desfășurarea de activități comerciale, identificată prin simbolul D/AC (commercial activities, marked D/AC);
((iv)) angajare în munca, identificată prin simbolul D/AM (employment, marked D/AM);
((v)) detașare, identificată prin simbolul D/DT (secondment, marked D/DT);
((vi)) studii, identificată prin simbolul D/SD (studies, marked D/SD);
((vii)) reîntregirea familiei, identificată prin simbolul D/VF (family reunification, marked D/VF);
((viii)) activități religioase, identificată prin simbolul D/AR (religious activities, marked D/AR);
((ix)) activități de cercetare științifică, identificată prin simbolul D/CS (research activities, marked D/CS);
((x)) viză diplomatică și viză de serviciu, identificată prin simbolul DS (diplomatic and service visa, marked DS);
((xi)) alte scopuri, identificată prin simbolul D/AS (other purposes, marked D/AS).


— permis de ședere (residence permit);
— carte albastra a UE (EU Blue Card);
— carte de rezidență pentru membrul de familie al unui cetățean al Uniunii (residence card for family member of Union citizen);
— carte de rezidență pentru membrul de familie al unui cetățean al Confederației Elvețiene (residence card for family member of citizen of the Swiss Confederation);
— carte de rezidență permanentă pentru membrul de familie al unui cetățean al Uniunii(permanent residence card for family member of Union citizen);
— carte de rezidență permanentă pentru membrul de familie al unui cetățean al Confederației Elvețiene (permanent residence card for family member of citizen of the Swiss Confederation).
