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    VIII.   CONSULAR COOPERATION AT A LOCAL LEVEL

    1.   Outline of consular cooperation at a local level

    On the spot consular cooperation shall, generally speaking, focus on assessing immigration risks. It shall mainly be aimed at determining common criteria for examining files, exchanging information on the use of false documents, on possible illegal immigration routes and on refusing visas where applications are clearly ill-founded or fraudulent. It should also enable the exchange of information on bona fide applicants and on the joint development of information for the general public on the conditions governing Schengen visa applications.
    Consular cooperation shall also take account of the local administrative situation and social and economic structure.
    The missions and posts shall organise meetings on a regular basis depending on circumstances and as often as they deem suitable: they shall submit reports on these meetings to the central authorities. At the request of the Presidency they shall submit a general half-yearly report.

    2.   How to avoid multiple applications or applications which are lodged after a recent refusal to issue

    The exchange of information between missions and posts and the identification of applications by means of a stamp or by other means are aimed at preventing the presentation, by the same person, of multiple or successive visa applications, either whilst an application is being examined, or after an application had been refused, by the same mission or post or by a different mission or post.
    Without prejudice to the consultation which may take place between the missions and posts and the exchanges of information which they may carry out, the mission or post with whom an application is lodged, shall affix a stamp to each applicant's passport stipulating ‘Visa applied for on ... at ...’. The space following ‘on’ shall be filled in with six figures (two figures for the day, two for the month and two for the year): the second space shall be reserved for the diplomatic mission or consular post concerned. The code for the visa that has been applied for must be added.
    The mission or post which receives the application shall decide whether or not to affix a stamp to diplomatic and service passports.
    The stamp may also be affixed in the case of applications for long-stay visas.
    When a Schengen State is representing another Schengen State, the stamp shall show, after the code of the type of visa requested, the indication ‘R’ followed by the code of the represented State.
    Where the visa is issued, the sticker shall, as far as possible, be affixed on top of the identification stamp.
    In exceptional circumstances when it is manifestly unfeasible to affix a stamp, the mission or post of the Presidency in office shall inform the relevant Schengen group and submit for the group's approval an alternative proposal, for instance involving the exchange of photocopies of passports or lists of rejected visa applications giving grounds for the refusal.
    The heads of the diplomatic missions or posts shall adopt at a local level, and at the initiative of the Presidency, alternative or additional preventative measures, where such measures prove necessary.

    3.   Assessment of the applicant's good faith

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