Although the ICT proposal and the Blue Card directive both seek to develop instruments in the field of highly qualified legal migration, their scope is very different: the Blue Card directive defines the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment with employers in the EU and without time limits; on the other hand, the ICT proposal requires applicants already to have a work contract with the employer and to be transferred within the same group of undertakings for a period of one to three years, depending on the type of contractual relationship with the individual worker.

“card-based payment instrument” means any payment instrument, including a card, or any other payment instrument providing similar features to a payment card, mobile phone, computer or any other technological device containing the appropriate application, accepted by the payee to receive a payment and used by the payer to initiate a payment order which in does not result in a credit transfer or a direct debit as defined by Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012; ’

The capability adjustments for discrete graphics cards (dGfx), discrete television tuner and discrete audio card mentioned in point 1.1.2 and point 1.2.2 only apply to cards and tuner that are enabled during testing of desktop computers or integrated computers.

‘Audio card’ (‘sound card’) means a discrete internal component that processes input and output audio signals to and from a computer;

2. As soon as possible and no later than one month after entering the territory of the second Member State, the EU Blue Card holder and/or his employer shall present an application for an EU Blue Card to the competent authority of that Member State and present all the documents proving the fulfilment of the conditions set out in Article 5 for the second Member State.

Whereas each Member State in which a service is provided should continue to be able, in the case of providers without an EU service provision card, to make it obligatory to declare, before the entry of the provider concerned into the territory, his intended presence and the service or services for which he is moving; whereas an obligation to make a prior declaration should enable the Member State in question to take measures in specific cases on grounds of public order, public s ...[+++]ecurity or public health, within the limits set by this Directive; whereas each Member State in which a service is provided should also be able to make it obligatory to obtain, after entry, a temporary residence permit if the time required for the services for which the self-employed person is moving exceeds six months out of a period of twelve months; whereas the period of validity of a residence permit should be limited to the period of validity of the EU service provision card on the grounds that the Member State intends to issue a residence permit in accordance with its own rules in the case of residence for a period of more than twelve months;