long-term stays;

access to and exercise of economic activity;

customs and taxation matters.

‘external land border’ means the common land border between a Member State and a neighbouring third country;

‘border area’ means an area that extends no more than 30 kilometres from the border. The local administrative districts that are to be considered as the border area shall be specified by the States concerned in their bilateral Agreements as referred to in Article 13. If part of any such district lies between 30 and 50 kilometres from the border line, it shall nevertheless be considered as part of the border area. ►M1   The areas listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be considered as part of the border area; ◄

‘local border traffic’ means 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;

‘persons enjoying the Community right of free movement’ means:

‘third-country national’ means 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;

‘border residents’ means 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. In exceptional and duly justified cases specified in those bilateral Agreements, a period of residence of less than one year may also be considered as appropriate;

‘local border traffic permit’ means 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 Convention’ means 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 ( 13 ).

are in possession of a local border traffic permit and, if so required by the relevant bilateral Agreement referred to in Article 13, a valid travel document or documents;

are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purposes of refusing them entry;

are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds.

are in possession of a valid travel document or documents, as referred to in Article 17(3)(a) of the Schengen Convention, entitling them to cross the external borders;

produce documents proving their status as border residents and proving the existence of legitimate reasons frequently to cross an external land border under the local border traffic regime;

are not persons for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing them entry;

are not considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any of the Member States, and in particular where no alert has been issued in Member States' national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the same grounds.