Article 2 Definitions

1. "third-country national" means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty;

2. "visa" means an authorisation issued by a Member State with a view to:

3. "uniform visa" means a visa valid for the entire territory of the Member States;

4. "visa with limited territorial validity" means a visa valid for the territory of one or more Member States but not all Member States;

5. "airport transit visa" means a visa valid for transit through the international transit areas of one or more airports of the Member States;

6. "visa sticker" means the uniform format for visas as defined by Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas(18);

7. "recognised travel document" means a travel document recognised by one or more Member States for the purpose of affixing visas;

8. "separate sheet for affixing a visa" means the uniform format for forms for affixing the visa issued by Member States to persons holding travel documents not recognised by the Member State drawing up the form as defined by Council Regulation (EC) No 333/2002 of 18 February 2002 on a uniform format for forms for affixing the visa issued by Member States to persons holding travel documents not recognised by the Member State drawing up the form(19);

9. "consulate" means a Member State's diplomatic mission or a Member State's consular post authorised to issue visas and headed by a career consular officer as defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963;

10. "application" means an application for a visa;

11. "commercial intermediary" means a private administrative agency, transport company or travel agency (tour operator or retailer).