This Directive lays down rules on the conditions and procedure for unrepresented citizens in third countries to obtain an EU Emergency Travel Document (‘EU ETD’) and establishes a uniform format for such document.
Council Directive (EU) 2019/997 of 18 June 2019 establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP
Council Directive (EU) 2019/997 of 18 June 2019 establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP
CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1 Subject matter
Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:
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‘unrepresented citizen’ means any citizen holding the nationality of a Member State which is not represented in a third country as set out in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/637;
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‘applicant’ means the person applying for an EU ETD;
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‘recipient’ means the person being issued an EU ETD;
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‘assisting Member State’ means the Member State receiving an application for an EU ETD;
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‘Member State of nationality’ means the Member State of which the applicant claims to be a national;
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‘working days’ means all days other than public holidays or weekends observed by the authority required to act.
CHAPTER II THE EU EMERGENCY TRAVEL DOCUMENT
Article 3 The EU Emergency Travel Document
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The EU Emergency Travel Document (‘EU ETD’) is a travel document that shall be issued by a Member State to an unrepresented citizen in a third country for a single journey to the citizen's Member State of nationality or residence, as requested by the citizen, or exceptionally, to another destination. Member States may also decide to issue EU ETDs to other recipients in accordance with Article 7.
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Member States shall issue EU ETDs to unrepresented citizens in third countries whose passports or travel documents have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or can otherwise not be obtained within a reasonable time, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 4.