(b) the conditions of entry and residence, and the rights, of third-country nationals and of their family members, referred to in point (a), in Member States other than the Member State which first granted an EU Blue Card.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive:

(1) ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU;

(2) ‘highly qualified employment’ means the employment of a person who:

(a) in the Member State concerned, is protected as an employee under national employment law or in accordance with national practice, irrespective of the legal relationship, for the purpose of exercising genuine and effective work for, or under the direction of, another person;

(b) is paid for that work; and

(3) ‘EU Blue Card’ means a residence permit bearing the term ‘EU Blue Card’ that entitles its holder to reside and work in the territory of a Member State under the terms of this Directive;

(4) ‘first Member State’ means the Member State which first grants a third-country national an EU Blue Card;

(5) ‘second Member State’ means any Member State in which the EU Blue Card holder intends to exercise or exercises the right of mobility within the meaning of this Directive, other than the first Member State;

(6) ‘family members’ means third-country nationals who are family members as referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2003/86/EC;

(7) ‘higher professional qualifications’ means qualifications attested by evidence of higher education qualifications or higher professional skills;

(8) ‘higher education qualifications’ means any diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications issued by a competent authority attesting to the successful completion of a post-secondary higher education or equivalent tertiary education programme, namely a set of courses provided by an educational establishment recognised as a higher education institution or equivalent tertiary educational institution by the State in which it is situated, where the studies needed to acquire those qualifications last at least 3 years and correspond at least to ISCED 2011 level 6 or, where appropriate, to EQF level 6, in accordance with national law;

(9) ‘higher professional skills’ means:

(a) as concerns the occupations listed in Annex I, knowledge, skills and competences attested by professional experience at a level comparable to higher education qualifications, which are relevant to the profession or sector specified in the work contract or binding job offer, and which have been acquired over the duration set out in Annex I for each relevant occupation;

(b) as concerns other occupations, only where provided for by national law or national procedures, knowledge, skills and competences attested by at least 5 years of professional experience at a level comparable to higher education qualifications and which are relevant to the profession or sector specified in the work contract or binding job offer;

(10) ‘professional experience’ means the actual and lawful pursuit of the profession concerned;

(11) ‘regulated profession’ means a regulated profession as defined in Article 3(1), point (a), of Directive 2005/36/EC;

(12) ‘unregulated profession’ means a profession that is not a regulated profession;