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EUROPEAN UNION
DELEGATION TO INDONESIA, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND ASEAN
25/04/2014
LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION (LSC) IN INDONESIA
2013-2014 REPORT 62
1. Introduction
In Indonesia 20 EU Member States are represented and 18 Schengen Member States. Several
Member States use external service providers for collecting applications. Under a global reciprocal
arrangement, one Member State issues visas on behalf of another Member State which is also
represented locally. These arrangements have not changed since last year.
2. LSC meetings held in 2013-2014
Five LSC meetings were held during the year to coincide with meetings of Consular Counsellors.
They were chaired by the EU Delegation and well attended by Member States. Reports were drawn
up by the Delegation and shared with DG HOME and Member State Embassies, who shared them
with their capitals. The Delegation did not co-ordinate directly on matters related to LSC outside
Jakarta, which were ensured by the Member States concerned themselves.
3. State of play
3.1 Application of the Visa Code
Member States and the EU Delegation worked well together on fulfilling the Visa Code
requirements. The Deputy Head of the Delegation took responsibility for LSC, supported on ad hoc
enquiries by DG HOME. He was also supported in preparing statistics, agendas and reports by
trainees within the Delegation.
3.2 Assessment of the need to harmonise the lists of supporting documents
A harmonised list of supporting documents to be submitted by applicants in Indonesia was agreed
by the Visa Committee in August 2011. This list is applied by Member States in Indonesia.
3.3 Exchange of information
The EU Delegation and Member States exchanged information on statistics for issuing and refusing
Schengen visas in their LSC meetings. They used these meetings to discuss trends, anomalies and
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