Article
1
Definitions and scope
In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following is understood:
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“The Benelux States”: the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
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“Party”: Belize or the three Benelux States acting in concert;
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“State”: Belize or one of the Benelux States;
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“territory”:
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for Belize: its own territory
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for the Benelux States: the territories in Europe of the Benelux States;
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“person residing without authorisation”: any person who does not fulfil or no longer fulfils the conditions in force for residence;
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“readmission”: the removal by the competent authority of the requesting State and admission by the competent authority of the requested State of an own national of the requested State, respectively of a third-State national or of a stateless person, who does not fulfil or no longer fulfils the conditions for residence on the territory of the requesting State, under the conditions provided for in this Agreement;
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„own national”: any person who holds the nationality of one of the Benelux States or of Belize;
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“third State”: any State which is neither a Benelux State nor Belize;
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“third-State national”: any person who holds a nationality other than that of one of the Benelux States or of Belize;
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“stateless person”: any person who has no nationality as defined by the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons concluded in New York on 28 September 1954;
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“requesting State”: the State on whose territory a person residing without authorisation is present and which requests the readmission of this person or his transit, under the conditions provided for in this Agreement;
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“requested State”: the State which is asked to readmit a person without authorisation to its territory or to allow his transit over its territory, under the conditions provided for in this Agreement;
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“diplomatic or consular representation of the requested State”: the diplomatic or consular representation of the requested State accredited to the requesting State;
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“residence permit”: a permit of any type issued by the State entitling a person to reside on its territory. This shall not include temporary permission to remain in connection with the processing of an application for international protection or an application for a residence permit.