# Council Directive (EU) 2019/997 of 18 June 2019 establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP, Article 1: Subject matter

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

This Directive lays down rules on the conditions and procedure for unrepresented citizens in third countries to obtain an EU Emergency Travel Document (‘EU ETD’) and establishes a uniform format for such document.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/997/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-997/article-1
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