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Visa abolition (5°
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1. THE MFA HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY WANT TO RETAIN LANGUAGE TO THE EFFECT THAT EACH PARTY UNDERTAKES TO READMIT ITS CITIZENS ''WITHOUT FORMALITY'' THEY AGREE THAT THE LANGUAGE SHOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY ASYMMETRY AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO OMIT ANY MENTION OF LOST PASSPORTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF NEW PASSPORTS.
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2. THE MFA HAVE GIVEN US THE TEXTS OF ARTICLES FROM POLISH AGREEMENTS WITH THE SCHENGEN COUNTRIES AND DENMARK WHICH SET A PRECEDENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP AND WHICH MIGHT PROVIDE A MODEL FOR LANGUAGE IN THE PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WITH HONG KONG:
A) ARTICLE 1 OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHENGEN COUNTRIES.
''CHAQUE PARTIE CONTRACTANTE READMET SUR SON TERRITOIRE, A LA DEMANDE D'UNE AUTRE PARTIE CONTRACTANTE ET SANS FORMALITES, TOUTE PERSONNE QUI NE REMPLIT PAS OU NE REMPLIT PLUS LES CONDITIONS D'ENTREE OU DE SEJOUR APPLICABLES SUR LE TERRITOIRE DE LA PARTIE CONTRACTANTE REQUERANTE POUR AUTANT QU'IL EST ETABLI OU PRESUME QU'ELLE POSSEDE LA NATIONALITE DE LA PARTIE CONTRACTANTE REQUISE''.
B) ARTICLE 5 OF THE AGREEMENT WITH DENMARK:
''THE AUTHORITIES OF EACH COUNTRY UNDERTAKE TO READMIT WITHOUT FORMALITY, INTO ITS TERRITORY, ANY OF ITS NATIONALS THAT ENTERED THE TERRITORY OF THE OTHER STATE ON THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE PRESENT AGREEMENT INCLUDING THOSE WHO ENTERED THAT TERRITORY ILLEGALLY''.
OF THE TWO, THE MFA AGREE THAT THE DANISH TEXT OFFERS THE SIMPLER MODEL.
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