"Sectoral Committees" means Sectoral Committees established by Article 20 of this Treaty; "Sectoral Council" means the Sectoral Council provided for under Article 14 of this Treaty; "shipping agent" means a local representative of a shipping company; “Speaker of the Assembly” means the Speaker of the Assembly provided for under Article 53 of this Treaty. "subsidy" means a financial contribution by Government or any public body within the territory of a Partner State or where there is any form of income or price support in the sense of Article XVI of GATT 1994; "Summit" means the Summit established by Article 9 of this Treaty. "surviving institutions of the former East African Community" means the East African Civil Aviation Academy, Soroti, the East African Development Bank, the East African School of Librarianship and the Inter-University Council for East Africa; "telecommunications" means any form of transmission, emission or reception signal, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electro-magnetic systems; "trade procedure” means activities related to the collection, presentation, processing and dissemination of data and information concerning all activities constituting international trade; "Treaty" means this Treaty establishing the East African Community and any annexes and protocols thereto; 2. In this Treaty, a reference to a law or protocol shall be construed as a reference to the law or protocol as from time to time amended, added to or repealed. 9