Common use of Readmission of third Clause in Contracts

Readmission of third. country nationals and stateless persons 1. Moldova shall readmit, upon application by a Member State and without further formalities other than those provided for in this Agreement, all third-country nationals or stateless persons who do not, or who no longer, fulfil the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on, the territory of the Request- ing Member State provided that, in accordance with Article 9, it is proved, or may be validly assumed on the basis of prima facie evidence furnished, that such persons: (a) hold, or at the time of entry held, a valid visa or residence permit issued by Moldova; or (b) illegally and directly entered the territory of the Member States from Moldova after having stayed on, or transited through, the territory of latter. 2. The readmission obligation in paragraph 1 shall not apply if (a) the third country national or stateless person has only been in airside transit via an International Airport of Moldova; or (b) the Requesting Member State has issued to the third country national or stateless person a visa or residence permit before or after entering its territory unless: — that person is in possession of a visa or residence per- mit, issued by Moldova, which has a longer period of validity, or — the visa or residence permit issued by the Requesting Member State has been obtained by using forged or fal- sified documents, or by making false statements, or — that person fails to observe any condition attached to the visa. ment that was initially issued, the competent Diplomatic Mission or Consular Office of Moldova shall, within 14 calendar days, issue a new travel document with a period of validity of the same (1) In line with the form set out in EU Council Recommendation of 30 November 1994. 3. After Moldova has given a positive reply to the readmission application, the Requesting Member State issues the person whose readmission has been accepted the EU standard travel document for expulsion purposes (1).