S.L. 217.22 Art. 3Applicability. Cap. 420. S.L. 420.07. S.L. 420.05. S.L. 217.05. 6 [S.L. S.L. 217.21. S.L. 217.15.

(1) These regulations shall apply to third-country nationals who apply to be admitted or who have been admitted to Malta for the purpose of, carrying out research, studies, training or voluntary service in the Mobility Project for Young People: Voluntary Projects.

(2) These regulations shall not apply to third-country nationals:

(a) who seek international protection or who are beneficiaries of international protection in accordance with the International Protection Act, the Procedural Standards for

Granting and Withdrawing International Protection Regulations and the Council Directive 2011/95 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted, or who are beneficiaries of temporary protection in accordance with Temporary Protection for Displaced Persons (Minimum

Standards) Regulations and Council Directive 2001/55/EC on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereto;

(b) whose expulsion has been suspended for reasons of fact or of law;

(c) who are family members of Union citizens who have exercised their right to free movement within the Union;

(d) who enjoy long-term resident status in a Member State in accordance with the Status of Long-Term Residents

(Third Country Nationals) Regulations and Council Directive 2003/109/EC concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents; COUNTRY NATIONALS FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH, STUDIES, TRAINING AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN THE MOBILITY PROJECT FOR YOUNG 217.22 PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY PROJECTS

(e) who enjoy, together with their family members, and irrespective of their nationality, rights of free movement equivalent to those of citizens of the Union under agreements either between the Union and its Member States and third countries or between the Union and third countries;

(f) who come to the Union as trainee employees in the context of an intra-corporate transfer under the Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the Framework of an Intra-Corporate Transfer Regulations and Council Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer;

(g) who are admitted as highly qualified workers in accordance with the Conditions of Entry and Residence of

Third-Country Nationals for the purpose of Highly Qualified Employment Regulations and Council Directive 2009/50/EC of the 25th May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment.