border areameans an area that extends no more than 30 kilometres from the border.
border residentsmeans third–country nationals who have been lawfully resident in the border area of a country neighbouring a Member State for a period specified in the bilateral Agreements referred to in Article 13, which shall be at least one year.
external land bordermeans the common land border between a Member State and a neighbouring third country;
local border trafficmeans the regular crossing of an external land border by border residents in order to stay in a border area, for example for social, cultural or substantiated economic reasons, or for family reasons, for a period not exceeding the time limit laid down in this Regulation;
local border traffic permitmeans a specific document, as introduced by Chapter III, entitling border residents to cross an external land border under the local border traffic regime;
the Schengen Conventionmeans the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders.
third-country nationalmeans any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and who is not covered by point 4;