# Council Directive (EU) 2015/637 of 20 April 2015 on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries and repealing Decision 95/553/EC, Article 6: Absence of representation

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

For the purposes of this Directive, a Member State is not represented in a third country if it has no embassy or consulate established there on a permanent basis, or if it has no embassy, consulate or honorary consul there which is effectively in a position to provide consular protection in a given case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2015/637/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2015-637/article-6
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