claimmeans any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and in particular includes:
contractincludes a bond, financial guarantee and indemnity or credit whether legally independent or not and any related provision arising under or in connection with the transaction;
contract or transactionmeans any transaction of whatever form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties;
person or body in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)means: Without prejudice to Article 2, performance of a contract or transaction shall also be regarded as having been affected by the measures decided on pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 757(1992) and related resolutions where the existence or content of the claim results directly or indirectly from those measures.