Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive:

1. (a)

   ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty;

2. (b)

   ‘long-term resident’ means any third-country national who has long-term resident status as provided for under Articles 4 to 7;

3. (c)

   ‘first Member State’ means the Member State which for the first time granted long-term resident status to a third-country national;

4. (d)

   ‘second Member State’ means any Member State other than the one which for the first time granted long-term resident status to a third-country national and in which that long-term resident exercises the right of residence;

5. (e)

   ‘family members’ means the third-country nationals who reside in the Member State concerned in accordance with Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification^f1;

6. (f)

   ‘F1international protection’ means international protection as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third-country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted ^f2 ;

7. (g)

   ‘long-term resident's EC residence permit’ means a residence permit issued by the Member State concerned upon the acquisition of long-term resident status.