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INFO ROUTINE ATHENS, BRUSSELS, LUXEMBOURG, MADRID, ROME, BONN INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, LISBON, PARIS, HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 196 TO ATHENS: INCLUSION OF HONG KONG ON COMMON VISA LIST OF SCHENGEN CONVENTION COUNTRIES
SUMMARY
1 DUTCH HAVE NO (NO) PLANS TO REQUIRE VISAS FROM HONG KONG.
DETAIL
2. IN THE ABSENCE OF GOSSCHALK (THE MFA BUREAU DIRECTOR WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCHENGEN MATTERS) WE SPOKE TO LE COMTE, THE LEGAL ADVISER IN THE DUTCH EQUIVALENT OF MVD. WE MADE THE POINTS IN TUR AND LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE BASED ON YOUR PARA 6.
3. SHE SAID THAT THE DUTCH HAD NO (NO) PLANS TO INTRODUCE A VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HONG KONG. ACCORDING TO HER THE CURRENT LIST SIMPLY COMPRISED THOSE COUNTRIES FOR WHICH ONE OR MORE SCHENGEN PARTNER ALREADY REQUIRED VISAS: THERE WAS THEREFORE NO IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENT ON SCHENGEN COUNTRIES TO IMPLEMENT A COMMON VISA REGIME AND THE NETHERLANDS HAD NO INTENTION AT THIS STAGE TO REQUIRE VISAS FROM HONG KONG. SHE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT A LOT MORE WORK WAS NEEDED BEFORE THE CVL WOULD BE READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
COMMENT
4. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET HOLD OF ANYONE MORE CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THE SCHENGEN CVL DUE TO ABSENCES. WE SHALL FOLLOW UP WITH GOSSCHALK WHEN HE RETURNS FROM LEAVE IN SEPTEMBER.
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