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Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘border crossing point’ means border crossing point as defined in point 8 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;

(2) ‘European integrated border management’ means European integrated border management as referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;

(3) ‘external borders’ means external borders as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and internal borders at which controls have not yet been lifted;

(4) ‘external border section’ means external border section as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;

(5) ‘hotspot area’ means hotspot area as defined in point (23) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;

(6) ‘internal borders at which controls have not yet been lifted’ means:

(a) the common border between a Member State fully implementing the Schengen acquis and a Member State bound to apply the Schengen acquis in full, in conformity with its Act of Accession, but for which the relevant Council Decision authorising it to fully apply that acquis has not yet entered into force;

(b) the common border between two Member States bound to apply the Schengen acquis in full, in conformity with their respective Acts of Accession, but for which the relevant Council Decision authorising them to fully apply that acquis has not yet entered into force;

(7) ‘emergency situation’ means a situation resulting from urgent and exceptional pressure, in which a large or disproportionate number of third-country nationals have crossed, are crossing or are expected to cross the external borders of one or more Member States or in which incidents related to illegal immigration or cross-border crime occur at the external borders of one or more Member States, and those incidents have a decisive impact on border security to such an extent that they risk jeopardising the functioning of the Schengen area, or any other situation in respect of which it has been duly substantiated that immediate action at the external borders within the objectives of the Instrument is required;

(8) ‘specific actions’ means transnational or national projects that bring Union added value in accordance with the objectives of the Instrument for which one, several or all Member States may receive an additional allocation to their programmes;

(9) ‘operating support’ means a part of a Member State’s allocation which may be used as support to the public authorities responsible for carrying out the tasks and providing the services which constitute a public service for the Union;

(10) ‘Union actions’ means transnational projects or projects of particular interest to the Union implemented in accordance with the objectives of the Instrument.