(a)
shares, stocks, debentures and other equity instruments
of the enterprise or another enterprise;
·(b) a debt security of another enterprise;
(c)
loans to an enterprise;
(d)
movable or immovable property and other property rights
such as mortgages, liens or pledges;
(e)
claims to money or to any performance under contract
having a financial value;
(f)
copyrights, know-how, goodwill and industrial property
rights such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs and
trade names, to the extent they are recognized under the
law of the Host State; and
(g)
rights conferred by law or under contract, including
licences to cultivate, extract or exploit natural resources.
Investment shall not include:
(a)
debt securities issued by a government or loans to a
government;
(b)
portfolio investments;
(c)
claims to money that arise solely from commercial
contracts for the sale of goods or. services by a national or
enterprise in the territory of a State Party to an enterprise
in the territory of another Stae Party, or the extension of
credit in connection with a commercial transaction, or any
other claims to money that do not involve the kind of
interests set out in subparagraphs (a) through (g) above.
"Investment
Promotion Agencies
(IPAs)"
means the investment promotion agencies of State Parties that:
(a).
actively promote and facilitate investments;
(b)
proactively
identify
investments;
(c)
encourage expansion of existing investments;
(d)
develop a favourable investment environment of their
countries;
make recommendations for improvements of their
countries as investment destinations;
(e)
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