business activitymeans a temporary activity directly related to the business interests of the employer and to the professional duties of the EU Blue Card holder based on the work contract in the first Member State, including attending internal or external business meetings, attending conferences or seminars, negotiating business deals, undertaking sales or marketing activities, exploring business opportunities, or attending and receiving training;
family membersmeans third-country nationals who are family members as referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2003/86/EC;
first Member Statemeans the Member State which first grants a third-country national an EU Blue Card;
higher education qualificationsmeans any diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications issued by a competent authority attesting to the successful completion of a post-secondary higher education or equivalent tertiary education programme, namely a set of courses provided by an educational establishment recognised as a higher education institution or equivalent tertiary educational institution by the State in which it is situated, where the studies needed to acquire those qualifications last at least 3 years and correspond at least to ISCED 2011 level 6 or, where appropriate, to EQF level 6, in accordance with national law;
higher professional qualificationsmeans qualifications attested by evidence of higher education qualifications or higher professional skills;
highly qualified employmentmeans the employment of a person who:
international protectionmeans international protection as defined in Article 2, point (a), of Directive 2011/95/EU.
professional experiencemeans the actual and lawful pursuit of the profession concerned;
regulated professionmeans a regulated profession as defined in Article 3(1), point (a), of Directive 2005/36/EC;
second Member Statemeans any Member State in which the EU Blue Card holder intends to exercise or exercises the right of mobility within the meaning of this Directive, other than the first Member State;
third-country nationalmeans any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU;
unregulated professionmeans a profession that is not a regulated profession;