For the purposes of this Convention:
- (a)"Customs" means the Government Service which is responsible for the administration of Customs law and the collection of import and export duties and taxes and which also has responsibility for the application of other laws and regulations relating, inter alia , to the importation, transit and exportation of goods;
- (b)"Customs Control" means measures applied to ensure compliance with the laws and regulations which the Customs are responsible for enforcing;
- (c)"Medico-sanitary inspection" means the inspections exercised for the protection of the life and health of persons, with the exception of veterinary inspection;
- (d)"Veterinary inspection" means the sanitary inspection applied to animals and animal products with a view to protecting the life and health of persons and animals, as well as that carried out on objects or goods which could serve as a carrier for animal diseases;
- (e)"Phytosanitary inspection" means the inspection intended to prevent the spread and the introduction across national boundaries of pests of plants and plant products;
- (f)"Control of compliance with technical standards" means the control to ensure that goods meet the minimum international or national standards specified by relevant laws and regulations;
- (g)"Quality control" means any control other than referred to above to ensure that the goods correspond to the minimum international or national definitions of quality specified by relevant laws and regulations;
- (h)"Control services" means any service responsible for carrying out all or part of the controls defined above or any other controls regularly applied to the importation, exportation or transit of goods.
