Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1945 of 21 February 2020 on documents to be issued by Member States pursuant to Article 18(1) and (4) and Article 26 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (notified under document C(2020) 1114)

When issuing a residence document pursuant to Article 18(1) or (4) of the Agreement, Member States shall use the format laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1954. The entry in field No 10 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 ‘Type of permit’ shall be ‘Article 50 TEU’. Member States shall indicate in field No 12 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 ‘Remarks’ whether the document is issued under Article 18(1) or 18(4) of the Agreement. The validity of the residence document shall be of minimum five and of maximum 10 years.

Member States shall issue the documents pursuant to Article 26 of the Agreement in the form of the uniform format for local border traffic permits for third country nationals, laid down by Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1954. The entry in field No 10 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 ‘Type of permit’ shall be ‘Art. 50 TEU- Frontier worker’. The validity of the document shall be of minimum five and of maximum 10 years.

Until Member States have implemented Regulation (EU) 2017/1954, they shall use the format laid down in in Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 380/2008, using the same entries as set out in Articles 1 and 2 of this Decision.

Member States shall apply this Decision on the day following that of the end of the transition period at the latest.

This Decision is addressed to all Member States.