CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

Subject matter
Article 1
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.

Definitions
Article 2
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.