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(i) GPA means the Agreement on Government Procurement (s) perishable goods means goods that rapidly decay due to
in Annex 4 to the WTO Agreement; their natural characteristics, in particular in the absence of
appropriate storage conditions;
(j) Harmonized System or HS means the Harmonized
Commodity Description and Coding System, including its (t) person means a natural person or a juridical person;
General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, Chapter
Notes, and Subheading Notes, as adopted and (u) personal information means any information, including
administered by the World Customs Organization, set out data, about an identified or identifiable individual;
in the Annex to the International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (v) Preshipment Inspection Agreement means the
done at Brussels on 14 June 1983, as may be amended, Agreement on Preshipment Inspection in Annex 1A to the
adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective WTO Agreement;
laws;
(w) RCEP means the Regional Comprehensive Economic
(k) IMF means the International Monetary Fund; Partnership;

(l) IMF Articles of Agreement means the Articles of (x) RCEP Joint Committee means the RCEP Joint
Agreement of the International Monetary Fund adopted at Committee established pursuant to Article 18.2
Bretton Woods on 22 July 1944; (Establishment of the RCEP Joint Committee);

(m) Import Licensing Agreement means the Agreement on (y) Safeguards Agreement means the Agreement on
Import Licensing Procedures in Annex 1A to the WTO Safeguards in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
Agreement;
(z) SCM Agreement means the Agreement on Subsidies and
(n) juridical person means any entity constituted or Countervailing Measures in Annex 1A to the WTO
organised under applicable law, whether or not for profit, Agreement;
and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned,
including any corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, (aa) small and medium enterprise means any small and
sole proprietorship, association, or similar organisation; medium enterprise, including any micro enterprise, and
may be further defined, where applicable, in accordance
(o) Least Developed Country means any country designated with the respective laws, regulations, or national policies of
as such by the United Nations and which has not obtained each Party;
graduation from the least developed country category;
(bb) SPS Agreement means the Agreement on the Application
(p) Least Developed Country Party means any Party that is of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in Annex 1A to the
a Least Developed Country; WTO Agreement;

(q) measure means any measure by a Party, whether in the (cc) TBT Agreement means the Agreement on Technical
form of a law, regulation, rule, procedure, decision, Barriers to Trade in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;
administrative action, or any other form;
(dd) trade administration documents means forms issued or
(r) Party means any State or separate customs territory for controlled by a Party which must be completed by or for an
which this Agreement is in force; importer or exporter in relation to the import or export of
goods;

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