{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1953/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1953/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1953",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/1953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the establishment of a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals, and repealing the Council Recommendation of 30 November 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1953",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:\n(1) ‘third-country national’ means a third-country national as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;\n(2) ‘return’ means return as defined in point 3 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC;\n(3) ‘return decision’ means return decision as defined in point 4 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1953/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:23.556511+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."
}