"East African Trade Regime" means a trade regime provided for under Article 74 of this Treaty; "elected member" means an elected member of the Assembly elected under Article 50 of this Treaty; "environment" means the natural resources of air, water, soil, fauna and flora, eco-systems, land, the man-made physical features, cultural heritage, the characteristic aspects of the landscape and the socio-economic interaction between the said factors and any living and non-living organisms; "equitable distribution of benefits" means fair and proportionate distribution of benefits; "financial year" means the financial year referred to under Article 132 of this Treaty; "foreign country" means any country other than a Partner State; "freight forwarder" means a person engaged at a fee, either as an agent for other transport operators or on his own account, in the management of transport services and related documentation; "Gazette" means the Official Gazette of the Community; "gender" means the role of women and men in society; "Head of Government" means a person designated as such by a Partner State’s Constitution; "Head of State" means a person designated as such by a Partner State’s Constitution; "import" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to bring or cause to be brought into the territories of the Partner States from a foreign country; "indigenous entrepreneur" means a citizen who is a business person of a Partner State but who does not possess a foreign nationality; “institutions of the Community” means the institutions of the Community established by Article 9 of this Treaty; 6