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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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