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EUROPEAN UNION
DELEGATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND COMESA
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16 May 2014
LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION (LSC) ZAMBIA
2013-2014 REPORT 101
1. Introduction
Compared to the situation prevailing in 2012-2013, there have been some changes, in particular in
the representation arrangements between Schengen countries. After the closing of the embassies of
Denmark and the Netherlands, there are now only 5 EU Schengen Member States present in
Zambia, plus Norway, out of which only 4 issue Schengen visas (Finland and Norway are
represented by Sweden).
The representation arrangements are now as follows:
France represents
Germany represents
Italy represents
Sweden represents
Portugal
Austria, Hungary and Slovenia
Greece and Malta
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Iceland
During the reporting time, the Embassy of Sweden has taken over the issuance of visas for
Switzerland and Denmark, as well as for some of the countries previously represented by Denmark
(Norway, and Iceland). Since the end of the reporting period, the German Embassy also represents
Slovenia. The collection of visa applications is not externalised, although Sweden is considering the
option of an external service.
2. LSC meetings held in 2013-2014
Between April 2013 and March 2014, 4 local Schengen meetings were organised, as well as one ad
hoc meeting in September 2013 in order to finalise the draft harmonized list of visa documents.
There were fewer meetings held during the second half of 2013 than the rest of the reporting period,
mainly due to change/lack of staff in the EU Delegation.
The meetings were mainly attended by those MS who are representing themselves and others. One
meeting was also attended by three colleagues of the Norwegian Embassy in Malawi which has
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