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Article 1Definitions#
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1)‘identity data’ means the following data:
(a)surname (family name); first name or names (given names); date of birth; nationality or nationalities; and sex; as referred to in Articles 16(1)(a), 17(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(b)surname (family name), first name(s) (given name(s)), surname at birth; alias(es); date of birth, place of birth, sex and current nationality; as referred to in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(c)surnames, forenames, names at birth, previously used names and aliases, place of birth, date of birth, gender and any nationalities held, as referred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(d)surnames, forenames, names at birth, previously used names and aliases, place of birth, date of birth, gender and any nationalities held, as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1860 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(e)surnames, forenames, names at birth, previously used names and aliases, place of birth, date of birth, gender and any nationalities held as referred to in Article 20(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(f)surname (family name), first names (given names), date of birth, place of birth (town and country), nationality or nationalities and gender, previous names, if applicable as referred to in Article 5(1), point (a)(i), of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(g)until the start of operations of the Visa Information System pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1134 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote: surname (family name), first name or names (given names), date of birth, sex, place and country of birth, and nationalities as referred to in Article 9(4), points (a) and (aa), of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(h)from the start of operations of the Visa Information System pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1134: surname (family name), first name(s) (given name(s)), date of birth, place and country of birth, sex, and nationality or nationalities as referred to in Article 9(4), points(a) and (aa), and in Article 22a(1), point (d), of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;
(i)surname(s) and forename(s), name(s) at birth and previously used names and any aliases; nationality(ies); date of birth; place of birth and sex; as referred to in Article 17(1), points (c) to (f) and (h), Article 19(1) points (c) to (f) and (h), 21(1), points (c) to (f) and (h), Article 22(2), points (c) to (f) and (h), Article 23(2), points (c) to (f) and (h), Article 26(2), points (c) to (f) and (h) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote;
(2)‘equal’ means a 100 % correspondence between data from two different EU information systems, including, where necessary, the use of a conversion-harmonisation functionality for harmonising the format of all data before comparison;
(3)‘transliteration’ means a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters in previously identified ways.
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