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.

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

1. (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. (2)

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

3. (3)

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

4. (4)

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

5. (5)

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

6. (6)

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