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2. Entry to the territory of the Contracting Parties shall be

refused to any alien who does not fulfil all the above conditions unless a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate from that principle on humanitarian grounds or in the national interest or because of international obligations. In such cases permission to enter will be restricted to the territory of the Contracting Party concerned, which must inform the other Contracting Parties

accordingly.

These rules shall not preclude the application of special

provisions concerning the right of asylum or of the provisions of

Article 18.

3. An alien who holds a residence permit or a return visa issued

by one of the Contracting Parties or, if required, both documents,

shall be permitted to enter in transit, unless that alien is on

the national list of persons to be refused entry which is held by

the Contracting Party at the external borders of which they

arrive.

Article 16

If a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate, on of the grounds listed in Article 5(2), from the principle

enunciated in Article 15 and issues a visa to an alien who does

not fulfil all the conditions of entry referred to in Article

5(1), the validity of that visa shall be restricted to the

territory of that Contracting Party, which must inform the other

Contracting Parties accordingly.

5Translator's Note:

Our copy of the English text reads

. the

national list of persons reported as not to be refused entry"

whereas the Spanish reads "...the national list of persons to be

refused entry".

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