Section 2
Visas for long visits
Article 18
Visas for visits of more than three months shall be national visas issued by one of the Contracting Parties in accordance with its own legislation. Such a visa shall enable its holder to transit through the territories of the other Contracting Parties in order to proceed to the territory of the Contracting Party which issued the visa, unless he fails to fulfil the conditions of entry referred to in Article 5(1)(a), (d) and (e) or he is on the national reporting list of the Contracting Party through the territory of which he seeks to transit."