PURPOSE : to facilitate Procedures for applying for and issuing visas to members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.
LEGISLATIVE ACT : Regulation 2046/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT : this Regulation establishes specific provisions introducing a temporary derogation from certain provisions of the Schengen acquis concerning the procedures for applying for and issuing visas and the uniform format of visas for members of the Olympic family for the duration of the 2006 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Turin.
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 09/01/2006.