‘Permanent residence' is defined as:

• The place where the company of the applicant is registered, if the applicant has a registered company;
• If a company has several establishments in different EU Member States or other participating countries, the entrepreneur should choose one of the countries as permanent residence;
• The place where the applicant has spent 183 days or more in the course of the last 12 months, if the applicant does not have a registered company.