43While the wording of Article 3(2)(e) of Directive 2003/109 does not give any guidance on how the terms ‘in cases where their residence permit has been formally limited’ are to be understood, the directive does not contain any reference to national laws as regards the meaning of those terms either. It follows that those terms must be regarded, for the purposes of application of the directive, as designating an autonomous concept of European Union law which must be interpreted in a uniform manner throughout the Member States.
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