11Article 2 of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ 2004 L 158, p. 77, and corrigenda OJ 2004 L 229, p. 35, and OJ 2005 L 197, p. 34) is worded as follows:‘For the purposes of this Directive:(1) “Union citizen” means any person having the nationality of a Member State;(2) “family member” means:(a) the spouse;(b) the partner with whom the Union citizen has contracted a registered partnership, on the basis of the legislation of a Member State, if the legislation of the host Member State treats registered partnerships as equivalent to marriage and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;(c) the direct descendants who are under the age of 21 or are dependants and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);(d) the dependent direct relatives in the ascending line and those of the spouse or partner as defined in point (b);…’