The purpose of those rules is to enable the residents of the border areas concerned to cross the external land borders of the EU for legitimate economic, social, cultural or family reasons, and to do so easily – that is to say, without excessive administrative constraints – and frequently, even regularly.
Ces règles visent à permettre aux populations des zones frontalières concernées de franchir les frontières terrestres extérieures de l’Union pour des raisons légitimes d’ordre économique, social, culturel ou familial, et ce, facilement, c’est‑à‑dire sans contraintes administratives excessives, de manière fréquente mais aussi régulière.