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 includes in particular a claim:
competent authoritiesrefers to the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II;
contractincludes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as 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;
economic resourcesmeans assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds, but may be used to obtain funds, goods or services;
freezing of economic resourcesmeans preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;
freezing of fundsmeans preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;
fundsmeans financial assets and benefits of every kind, including, but not limited to:
technical assistancemeans any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, in the form of an instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services and including verbal forms of assistance;
territory of the Unionmeans the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace.