- biometric data
means ‘biometric data’ as defined in Article 4, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;
- detention
means the confinement of a person by a Member State within a particular place, where such person is deprived of freedom of movement;
- Europol data
means ‘Europol data’ as defined in Article 4, point (16), of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;
- identification
means ‘identification’ as defined in Article 4, point (6), of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;
- Interpol databases
means ‘Interpol databases’ as defined in Article 4, point (17), of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;
- minor
means a third-country national or stateless person below the age of 18 years;
- representative
means a natural person or an organisation, including a public authority, appointed by the competent authorities or bodies to represent, assist and act, as applicable, on behalf of an unaccompanied minor;
- screening authorities
means all competent authorities designated by national law to carry out one or more of the tasks under this Regulation, except for the health checks referred to in Article 12(1);
- search and rescue operation
means an operation of search and rescue as referred to in the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue adopted in Hamburg, Germany, on 27 April 1979.
- stateless person
means a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law;
- third-country national
means ‘third-country national’ as defined in Article 2, point (6), of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
- threat to public health
means ‘threat to public health’ as defined in Article 2, point (21), of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
- unaccompanied minor
means a minor who arrives on the territory of the Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, whether by the law or practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as such minor is not effectively taken into the care of such an adult, including a minor who is left unaccompanied after entering the territory of a Member State;
- verification
means ‘verification’ as defined in Article 4, point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;