{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-109/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-109/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2003/109",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-109",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Directive:\n(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;\n(b) ‘long-term resident’ means any third-country national who has long-term resident status as provided for under Articles 4 to 7;\n(c) ‘first Member State’ means the Member State which for the first time granted long-term resident status to a third-country national;\n(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;\n(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;\n(f) ‘international 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 ;\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2011/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 251, 3.10.2003, p. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 12 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/109/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:51.559128+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}