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Regulation (EU) 2019/1240 Article 2

Regulation (EU) 2019/1240 Article 2

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Article 2

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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