# Regulation (EU) 2019/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers (recast), Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘immigration liaison officer’ means a liaison officer designated and deployed abroad, by the competent authorities of a Member State, or by the Commission or by a Union agency, in accordance with the respective legal basis, to deal with immigration-related issues, also when that is only a part of their duties;
(2) ‘deployed abroad’ means deployed to a third country, for a reasonable time period to be determined by the responsible authority, to one of the following:
(a) a diplomatic mission of a Member State;
(b) the competent authorities of a third country;
(c) an international organisation;
(d) a diplomatic mission of the Union;
(3) ‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
(4) ‘return’ means return as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/115/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1240/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1240/article-2
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