AN ACR MD11 FREIGHTER FLC TAXIED ONTO AN ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT PERMISSION CAUSING AN APCHING ACFT TO GAR. THE FLC; APPARENTLY; WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ICAO TERM 'LINE UP AND WAIT.'

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WE WERE TOLD BY CDG TWR CTL TO 'LINE UP AND WAIT ON RWY 10 AT CDG.' WE READ BACK TO CDG TWR 'CLRED TO LINE UP AND WAIT ON RWY 10.' THE FO OBSERVED AN ACFT ON FINAL; BUT IT APPEARED TO BE AT LEAST 5 MI FROM TOUCHDOWN TO RWY 10. WE TAXIED INTO 'POS AND HOLD' RWY 10. AFTER APPROX 1-2 MINS; TWR CTL CAME UP AND SAID TO THE EFFECT THAT WE WERE TO HAVE LINED UP AFTER THE TFC ON FINAL HAD LANDED. ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS ONLY HEARD THE 'LINE UP AND WAIT RWY 10' INSTRUCTION FROM THE TWR. THE TWR CTLR DIRECTED THE TFC ON FINAL TO RWY 10 TO 'GAR' AT WHICH TIME THE TFC WENT AROUND. APPROX 1 MIN LATER; OUR FLT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF. ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS RECOLLECT ONLY HEARING THE 'LINE UP AND WAIT RWY 10' INSTRUCTION WITH NO FURTHER AMPLIFYING REMARKS FROM CDG TWR. THE FO READ BACK TO CDG TWR ONLY THE 'LINE UP AND WAIT RWY 10' INSTRUCTION. IT WAS ALSO THE FO'S OBSERVATION THAT THERE WAS AMPLE TIME FOR OUR ACFT TO 'LINE UP AND WAIT' AND THEN EVENTUALLY TAKE OFF WITHOUT CONFLICTING WITH THE ARR TFC. NONE OF THE 3 CREW MEMBERS RECOLLECTING ANY TWR COMS WITH THE ARR TFC PRIOR TO ITS INSTRUCTION TO 'GAR.'