For the purposes of the present Agreement:
- a)the term "investment" shall comprise every kind of asset whether directly or indirectly owned, such as share of capital; movable nd fixed assets; rights derived from shares, bonds and other kinds of interests in companies and joint ventures; title to any performance having an economic value; rights in the fields of intellectual property, technical processes and know how.
- b)the term "investment" also includes rights granted under public law and agreed upon by special agreements between the concerned parties, which may include rights to prospect, explore, extract and win natural resources.
- c)the term "nationals" shall comprise natural persons having the nationality of a Contracting Party in accordance with the law of that Contracting Party.
- d)the term "person" shall comprise legal persons controlled directly or indirectly, by nationals of a Contracting Party and constituted in accordance with the law of one of the Contracting Parties.
- e)the term "territory" includes the maritime areas adjacent to the coast of the State concerned, to the extent to which that State may exercise sovereign rights or jurisdiction in those areas according to international law.
