Article 2U.K.Definitions

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

(1)

‘return’ means return as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;

(2)

‘third-country national’ means a third-country national as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;

(3)

‘return decision’ means an administrative or judicial decision or act, stating or declaring the stay of a third-country national to be illegal and imposing or stating an obligation to return that respects Directive 2008/115/EC;

(4)

‘alert’ means an alert as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(5)

‘supplementary information’ means supplementary information as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(6)

‘removal’ means removal as defined in point (5) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;

(7)

‘voluntary departure’ means a voluntary departure as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;

(8)

‘issuing Member State’ means an issuing Member State as defined in point (10) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(9)

‘granting Member State’ means a granting Member State as defined in point (11) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(10)

‘executing Member State’ means an executing Member State as defined in point (12) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(11)

‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;

(12)

‘CS-SIS’ means the technical support function of the Central SIS as referred to in point (a) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(13)

‘residence permit’ means a residence permit as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

(14)

‘long-stay visa’ means a long-stay visa as referred to in Article 18(1) of Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders(1);

(15)

a ‘hit’ means a hit as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;

(16)

‘threat to public health’ means a threat to public health as defined in point (21) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

(17)

‘external borders’ means the external borders as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399.