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Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003… Article 2

Article 2

Definitions For the purposes of this Directive: (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; (b) "long-term resident" means any third-country national who has long-term resident status as provided for under Articles 4 to 7; (c) "first Member State" means the Member State which for the first time granted long-term resident status to a third-country national; (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; (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(5); (f) "refugee" means any third-country national enjoying refugee status within the meaning of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the Protocol signed in New York on 31 January 1967; (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.

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