claimmeans any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before or after 25 June 2014, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and includes in particular:
competent authoritiesmeans the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex I;
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, whatever the applicable law, and whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties;
entity in Crimea or Sevastopolmeans any entity having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in Crimea or Sevastopol, its subsidiaries or affiliates under its control in Crimea or Sevastopol, as well as branches and other entities operating in Crimea or Sevastopol;
goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopolmeans goods which are wholly obtained in Crimea or in Sevastopol or which have undergone their last substantial transformation there, in accordance, mutatis mutandis, with Articles 23 and 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code;
investment servicesmeans the following services and activities:
technical assistancemeans any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services;
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.
Union shipownerhas the same meaning as a ‘Community shipowner’ as defined in Article 2(2)(a) and (b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 3577/92.