Medlemsstaterne har mulighed for at fritage konventionsflygtninge, alle statsløse, det vil sige både dem, der falder ind under konventionen om statsløse personers retsstilling af 28. september 1954, og dem, der ikke gør, og skoleelever, der deltager i en skolerejse, når disse personkategorier har bopæl i et tredjeland i bilag II til forordning (EF) nr. 539/2001, for visumpligt.
Member States may exempt from the visa requirement recognised refugees, all stateless persons, both those under the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954 and those outside of the scope of that Convention, and school pupils travelling on school excursions where the persons of these categories reside in a third country listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.