Chapter I, Article 3, Point (3) · Regulation (EU) 2026/2280

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(3)‘country of return’ means one of the following:

(a)a third country that is the country of origin of the third-country national;

(b)a third country that is the country of former habitual residence of the third-country national;

(c)a third country of transit on the way to the Union in accordance with Union or Member States’ readmission agreements or arrangements;

(d)a third country, other than the one referred to in points (a) and (b), where the third-country national has a right to enter and reside;

(e)a safe third country in relation to which the application for international protection of a third-country national has been rejected as inadmissible, pursuant to Article 38(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 or, in the case of Member States not bound by that Regulation, in accordance with equivalent provisions where they have introduced such provisions in national law;

(f)the first country of asylum in relation to which the application for international protection of a third-country national has been rejected as inadmissible, pursuant to Article 38(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 or, in the case of Member States not bound by that Regulation, in accordance with equivalent provisions where they have introduced such provisions in national law;

(g)a third country, other than the one referred to in point (a), (b) or (d), with which there is an agreement or arrangement on the basis of which the third-country national is accepted, in accordance with Article 14 of this Regulation;