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 115 STAT. 2770 PROCLAMATION 7449-JUNE 8, 2001 CHAPTER IV DEVELOPMENT OF INVESTMENT RELATIONS Article 1 Definitions For the purpose of this Chapter, Annex H,the exchanged letteis on Investment Licensing Regime, and, with respect to a covered investment, Articles I and 4 of Chapter VU: 1 'investment" means every kind ofinvestment in the territory of a Party owned or controlled directly or indirectly by nationals or companies of the other Party, and includes investment consisting or taking the form of A. a company or enterprise, B. shares, stock, and other forms of equity participation, and bonds, debentures, and other forms of debt interests, in a company; C contractual rights, such as under turnkey, construction or management contracts, production or revenue sharing contracts, concessions, or other similar comracts. D. tangible property, including real property, and intangibleproperty, including rights, such as leases, mortgages, liens and pledges, E. intellectual property, including copyrights and relatedrights,trademarks, patents, layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, encrypted program-carrying satellite signals, confidential information (trade secrets), industrial designs and rights in plant varieties; and F rights conferred pursuant to law, such as licenses and permits, 2 "company" means any entity constituted or organized under appKcable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately or governmentally owned or controlled, and includes a corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, branch, joint venture, association, or other organization. 3 "company of a Party' means a company constituted or organized under the laws of that Party. A "covered investment" means an investment of a national or company of a Party in the territory of the other Party. \Uii' ^

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