L 129/46 Official Journal of the European Union 17.5.2008 COUNCIL DECISION of 29 April 2008 amending Annex 3, Part I, to the Common Consular Instructions on third-country nationals subject to airport visa requirements (2008/374[EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 789/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for examining visa applications (1), Having regard to the initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Whereas: Annex 3, Part I, to the Common Consular Instructions contains the joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to airport transit visa (ATV) requirements by all Member States. The countries of the Benelux, Germany, Spain and Italy wish, as regards Ghanaian and Nigerian nationals, to limit the ATV requirement to persons who do not hold a valid visa issued by Member States of the European Union or for a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992, Canada, Japan, Switzerland or the United States of America. The Common Consular Instructions should therefore be amended accordingly. In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Decision builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark shall, in accordance with Article 5 of that Protocol, decide within a period () O] L 116, 26.4.2001, p. 2. S xS oz a’S Lo e \eReXeRekeRekeRe] of six months after the Council has adopted this Decision whether it will implement the Decision in its national law. As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (%), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (%) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement. As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a deve- lopment of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the association of the Swiss Confederation with the implementation, appli- cation and development of the Schengen acquis (%), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Decision 1999/437EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decisions 2008/146/EC (°) and 2008/149/JHA (5). As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a deve- lopment of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol signed between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confe- deration and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis ('), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Decision 1999/437[EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decisions 2008/261/EC (¥) and 2008/262/EC (9). 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36. 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31. 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52. 53, 27.2.2008, p. 1. 53, 27.2.2008, p. 50. 83, 26.3.2008, p. 3. 83, 26.3.2008, p. 3. 83, 26.3.2008, p. 5. | onil ol el sl el ol ol ol