Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions apply: (a) ‘carrier interface’ means the carrier gateway to be developed by eu-LISA in accordance with Article 73(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and consisting of an IT interface connected to a read only database; (b) ‘technical guidelines’ means the part of the technical specifications, referred to in Article 73(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, that is relevant for carriers for the implementation of the authentication scheme and the development of the message format of the Application Programming Interface referred to in Article 4(2), point (a), of this Regulation; (c) ‘duly authorised staff’ means employees of or contractually engaged by the carrier or by other legal or natural persons acting under that carrier’s direction or supervision, assigned with the tasks of verifying the status of travellers on behalf of the carrier, in accordance with Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240.