CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS Article 1 For the purpose of this Treaty (a) “Treaty” shall mean the present Treaty; (b) “Protocol” shall mean an instrument of implementation of the Treaty having the same legal force as the latter; (c) “Community” shall mean the organic structure for economic integration established under Article 2 of this Treaty and constituting an integral part of the OAU; (d) “Region” shall mean an OAU region as defined by Resolution CM/Res.464 QCXVI) of the OAU Council of Ministers concerning the Division of Africa into five (5) regions namely North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa; (e) “Sub-region” shall mean at least three (3) States of one or more regions as defined in paragraph 1(d) of this Article; (f) “Member States” shall mean a Member State of the Community; (g) “Third State” shall mean any State other than a Member State; (h) “Assembly” shall mean the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU as provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of this Treaty, (i) “Council” shall mean the Council of Ministers of the OAU as provided for in Articles 7 and 11 of this Treaty; (j) “Pan-African Parliament” shall mean the parliamentary assembly established under Articles 7 and 14 of this Treaty; (k) “Commission” shall mean the Economic and Social Commission of the OAU as provided for under Articles 7 and 15 of this Treaty; (l) “Committee” shall mean any specialised technical committee established under Articles 7 and 25 of this Treaty or in pursuance thereof; (m) “Court of Justice” shall mean the Court of Justice of the Community constituted under Articles 7 and 18 of this Treaty; (n) “Secretariat” shall mean the General Secretariat of the OAU provided for in Articles 7 and 21 of this Treaty; (o) “Secretary-General” shall mean the Secretary-General of the OAU as provided for in Article 23 of this Treaty; (p) “Customs Duty” shall mean protective customs duties and charges having 5

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