Council Directive (EU) 2019/997Show full title

CHAPTER I U.K. SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter

This Directive lays down rules on the conditions and procedure for unrepresented citizens in third countries to obtain an EU Emergency Travel Document (‘EU ETD’) and establishes a uniform format for such document.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

(1)

‘unrepresented citizen’ means any citizen holding the nationality of a Member State which is not represented in a third country as set out in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/637;

(2)

‘applicant’ means the person applying for an EU ETD;

(3)

‘recipient’ means the person being issued an EU ETD;

(4)

‘assisting Member State’ means the Member State receiving an application for an EU ETD;

(5)

‘Member State of nationality’ means the Member State of which the applicant claims to be a national;

(6)

‘working days’ means all days other than public holidays or weekends observed by the authority required to act.