1.
The competent consulate or the central authorities of the competent Member State shall verify whether:
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the application has been lodged within the period referred to in Article 9(1),
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the application contains the items referred to in Article 10(3)(a) to (c),
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the biometric data of the applicant have been collected, and
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the visa fee has been collected.
2.
Where the competent consulate or the central authorities of the competent Member State find that the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled, the application shall be admissible and the consulate or the central authorities shall:
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follow the procedures described in Article 8 of the VIS Regulation, and
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further examine the application.
Data shall be entered in the VIS only by duly authorised consular staff in accordance with Article 6(1), Article 7 and points (5) and (6) of Article 9 of the VIS Regulation.
3.
Where the competent consulate or the central authorities of the competent Member State find that the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 have not been fulfilled, the application shall be inadmissible and the consulate or central authorities shall without delay:
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return the application form and any documents submitted by the applicant,
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destroy the collected biometric data,
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reimburse the visa fee, and
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not examine the application.
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, an application that does not meet the requirements set out in paragraph 1 may be considered admissible on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations.