COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/331
of 24 February 2021
on the reporting of abuses committed by commercial intermediaries providing application services for travel authorisation under Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Article 1
Form for reporting abuse
Article 2
Additional documentation
Article 3
Notification to applicants
Article 4
Roles of the ETIAS Central Unit
Article 5
Specific security measures
Article 6
Entry into force
ANNEX
FORM FOR REPORTING ABUSE BY COMMERCIAL INTERMEDIARIES SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A TRAVEL AUTHORISATION ON BEHALF OF AN APPLICANT
1.
Introduction
2.
Circumstances of the abuse
Circumstances of the abuse |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
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The applicant must be offered the possibility to indicate whether his/her complaint has arisen in one or more of the following circumstances:
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N/A |
Tick boxes. |
Mandatory. |
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If the reply to the “circumstances of the abuse” is ‘other’. |
N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes and hyphens only. [number of characters permitted: 255] |
Mandatory. |
3.
Information about the traveller reporting the abuse
Information |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
Country of birth |
ISO 3166-1 |
Selection list of all countries, including countries that no longer exist. |
Mandatory. “Unknown” as a selectable option shall be available. |
Nationality |
ISO 3166-1 |
Selection list of all countries, including countries that no longer exist. |
Mandatory. “Unknown” as a selectable option shall be available. |
Age group |
N/A |
18-25 26-40 41-55 > 55 |
Optional. |
Gender |
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Tick boxes: Male/Female/Other |
Optional. |
4.
Details of the abuse
Details of the abuse |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
Date of abuse |
N/A |
DD Month as word/YYYY |
Optional. Mandatory. |
Description and consequences of abuse |
N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes and hyphens only. [Number of characters permitted: to be defined] |
Mandatory. |
Travel authorisation received |
N/A |
Tick boxes: yes/no/I do not know. |
Mandatory. |
The total fee charged for travel authorisation and the provision of intermediary services |
N/A |
Free text (digits and currency). |
Mandatory. “not applicable” option shall be available |
Payment method of fee |
N/A |
Free text. |
Mandatory. “not applicable” option shall be available |
5.
Information regarding the commercial intermediary
Information |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
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Commercial name of the commercial intermediary |
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Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes and hyphens. Other special characters: “!”, “@”, “#”, “$”, “&”, “*”, “?”. |
Mandatory. |
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Main commercial activities |
N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes and hyphens. Other special characters: “!”, “@”, “#”, “$”, “&”, “*”, “?”. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Internet address |
N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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N/A |
Local-part@domain |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available |
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Work phone number |
ITU T, E.123 and E.164(country codes) |
Selection list with all country codes, and free text (digits only). |
Mandatory “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, apostrophes and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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N/A |
Free text, including: latin-alphabet characters A-Z, digits, spaces, diacritics, oblique characters and hyphens only. |
Mandatory. “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
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Mailing address:
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ISO 3166-1 |
Selection list of countries dependent territories and special areas of geographical interest. |
Mandatory “Not applicable” option shall be available. |
6.
Supporting documentation
Supporting documentation |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
The applicant must be offered the possibility to upload documents in support of the report (where available). The applicant must acknowledge that the documents he/she will upload do not contain any personal data, or that he/she took care and redacted the personal data before he/she will upload the documents. |
N/A |
Uploading box Tick box |
Size and number of additional files that may be uploaded. Accepted formats: Portable Document Format (PDF); Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG); Portable Network Graphics (PNG)). |
7.
Notice and consent
Notice and consent |
Standard |
Format |
Requirement |
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Prior to submission, the applicant must be offered the possibility to confirm:
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N/A |
Tick box |
Mandatory. |