OBS_VALUE: Part 3 of Annex VII of Regulation 562/2006 establishes that Member States may authorise seamen holding a seafarer's identity document to enter the territory of the Member States by going ashore to stay in the area of the port where their ships call or in the adjacent municipalities, or exit the territory of the Member States by returning to their ships.Visa exemption is available for civilian sea crew through the ILO Seafarers` Identity Convention (C185, in force in Luxembourg since 20 September 2011). This Convention exempts seafarers from holding a visa when on shore leave (for transitting purposes in Luxembourg, for instance). However, even when transiting through a country which has ratified the ILO Convention C185, seafarers must possess a valid seafarers` identity document.