# Council Decision of 24 July 2006 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime concerning the provisions of the Protocol, in so far as the provisions of the Protocol fall within the scope of Part III, Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community (2006/617/EC), Article 3: Use of terms

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Protocol:
(a) ‘smuggling of migrants’ shall mean the procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident;
(b) ‘illegal entry’ shall mean crossing borders without complying with the necessary requirements for legal entry into the receiving State;
(c) ‘fraudulent travel or identity document’ shall mean any travel or identity document:
(i) that has been falsely made or altered in some material way by anyone other than a person or agency lawfully authorised to make or issue the travel or identity document on behalf of a State; or
(ii) that has been improperly issued or obtained through misrepresentation, corruption or duress or in any other unlawful manner; or
(iii) that is being used by a person other than the rightful holder;
(d) ‘vessel’ shall mean any type of water craft, including non-displacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except a warship, naval auxiliary or other vessel owned or operated by a Government and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/617/annex/I/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-617/annex-I/article-3
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