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8 MS currently have offices in Gaza and are able to collect biometrics and or receive visa applications there (BE, DK, NO, SE, AT, DE and FR + Spain via outsourcing). 2. LSC meetings held in 2013-2014 All LSC meetings in the jurisdiction are held in the office of the EU Delegation in Jerusalem irrespectively of the location of each MS visa office. Six regular LSC meetings were scheduled between April 2013 and March 2014. One extraordinary meeting was organised in July concerning the use of portable biometric equipment that could be provided by BE to interested MS in Gaza. For more information see point 3.4 below. Compared to the meetings 2012 – 2013 the attendance slightly decreased with an average of 12 MS present at each meeting. Since September 2013,following the depart of the SE coordinator who co-chaired the LSC meeting, the EU Delegation is solely in charge of the coordination of the meetings, of drafting agenda and communications for the different working groups as well as of elaborating the summary reports. For the time being, no MS wishes to take over the role of the coordinator and LSC Jerusalem decided then to evaluate the necessity of having a new coordinator during the next months. MS are asked to share the LSC summary reports with their capitals. 3. State of play 3.1 Application of the Visa Code MS and EUD’s preparedness to ensure the tasks to be carried out in the LSC under the Visa Code is high. The roll-out of the new Visa Information System VIS for LSC Jerusalem locations went live on 14th of November 2013. In agreement with LSC Jerusalem, the following actions were taken by EUDEL to inform the local authorities and the general public: - a note verbal was sent by EUDEL to Palestinian Authorities - a press Release in English and Arabic was published both in EUDEL local website and Schengen Member States Consular Websites - brochures and information sheets in English and Arabic were made available to LSC Member States in order to be placed in the local consular offices - a meeting with Head of the Visa Department at the Palestinian MFA was organised where EUDEL presented the plans for the role-out for VIS. Others minor issues remain as described below. 12893/14 PR/lm 199 DG D 1 A EN
3.2 Assessment of the need to harmonise the lists of supporting documents Work is on-going. The draft harmonized list of supporting documents has been agreed upon and sent to the Visa Committee in March 2014. Following the Visa Committee report of 10/03/2014, a task force of 4 MSs (BE, SE, EL and LT) has been created to prepare a draft reply to each comment of the report and revise the harmonised list accordingly. Both documents are currently being examined by LSC Jerusalem. 3.3 Exchange of information Monthly statistics A biometrics and VIS Implementation --overview countries questionnaire that also contains statistics regarding the number of Schengen Visa applications received from Gaza and West Bank is shared between LSC Member States Travel Medical Insurance The TMI working group (SE, BE, CH) has identified to-date five companies active in the West Bank and Gaza that provide TMI which fulfils the criteria set out in the Visa Code (see also 4). Two other insurance companies submitted several requests in order to be added to the list of the recognized insurances companies. Both insurance policies have been checked by TMI working group and further clarification has been requested but the TMI working group currently considers that both policies are still not in conformity with the requirements of the Visa Code (EC Regulation 810/2009, article 15). The information on the approved TMI’s has been circulated within the LSC together with a standard text named – "Travel insurance when applying for a Schengen visa" for each mission's website, setting out which TMI’s are accepted. A translation into Arabic of the above mentioned document is available. Cases of fraud Individual cases of fraud continue to be shared among the MS. The Anti-fraud Working Group has been split into a West Bank Working Group composed by DE, MT and RO and a Gaza Group composed by EL, SE and ES. The Anti-fraud Working Group for Gaza has initiated work on a best practice guide to anti-fraud assessment for visa applications from Gaza. The draft of a best practice manual concerning documents issued in the two above mentioned locations is expected to be presented to LSC Jerusalem during 2014. Moreover, following a request from several MS, DE would organise during the second half of 2014 a presentation on fraud issues given by the Advisor of the German police to the German Embassy in Amman. 3.4 Any other initiative taken in LSC 12893/14 PR/lm 200 DG D 1 A EN
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