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(i)    GPA means the Agreement on Government Procurement
                                     in Annex 4 to the WTO Agreement;

                              (j)    Harmonized  System  or  HS  means  the  Harmonized
                                     Commodity Description and Coding System, including its
                                     General  Rules  of  Interpretation,  Section  Notes,  Chapter
                                     Notes,  and  Subheading  Notes,  as  adopted  and
                                     administered by the World Customs Organization, set out
                                     in  the  Annex  to  the  International  Convention  on  the
                                     Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
                                     done at Brussels on 14 June 1983, as may be amended,
                                     adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective
                                     laws;

                              (k)    IMF means the International Monetary Fund;

                              (l)    IMF  Articles  of  Agreement  means  the  Articles  of
                                     Agreement of the International Monetary Fund adopted at
                                     Bretton Woods on 22 July 1944;

                              (m)    Import Licensing Agreement means the Agreement on
                                     Import  Licensing  Procedures  in  Annex  1A  to  the  WTO
                                     Agreement;

                              (n)    juridical  person  means  any  entity  constituted  or
                                     organised under applicable law, whether or not for profit,
                                     and  whether  privately-owned  or  governmentally-owned,
                                     including any corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture,
                                     sole proprietorship, association, or similar organisation;

                              (o)    Least Developed Country means any country designated
                                     as such by the United Nations and which has not obtained
                                     graduation from the least developed country category;

                              (p)    Least Developed Country Party means any Party that is
                                     a Least Developed Country;

                              (q)    measure means any measure by a Party, whether in the
                                     form  of  a  law,  regulation,  rule,  procedure,  decision,
                                     administrative action, or any other form;

                              (r)    Party means any State or separate customs territory for
                                     which this Agreement is in force;









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