Regulation (EU) 2019/592 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 April 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement, as regards the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 6(2), point (d) is replaced by the following: ‘(d) without prejudice to the requirements stemming from the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees of the Council of Europe signed at Strasbourg on 20 April 1959, recognised refugees and stateless persons and other persons who do not hold the nationality of any country who reside in Ireland and are holders of a travel document issued by Ireland, which is recognised by the Member State concerned.’; (2) in Part 1 of Annex II, the following is inserted: ‘United Kingdom (excluding British nationals as referred to in Part 3)’; (3) the title of Part 3 of Annex II is replaced by the following: ‘BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE NOT BRITISH CITIZENS’; (4) in Part 3 of Annex II, the following is added after the words ‘British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)’: ‘Those territories include Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar , Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Where the United Kingdom introduces a visa requirement for nationals of at least one Member State, the reciprocity mechanism provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 shall apply. The European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States shall act without delay in applying the reciprocity mechanism.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that on which Union law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom.