For the purposes of this Act, unless expressly stated otherwise:

(i.)‘Lisbon Agreement’ means the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958;

(ii.)‘1967 Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and amended on September 28, 1979;

(iii.)‘this Act’ means the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications, as established by the present Act;

(iv.)‘Regulations’ means the Regulations as referred to in

Article 25

;

(v.)‘Paris Convention’ means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised and amended;

(vi.)‘appellation of origin’ means a denomination as referred to in

Article 2

(1)(i);

(vii.)‘geographical indication’ means an indication as referred to in

Article 2

(1)(ii);

(viii.)‘International Register’ means the International Register maintained by the International Bureau in accordance with

Article 4

as the official collection of data concerning international registrations of appellations of origin and geographical indications, regardless of the medium in which such data are maintained;

(ix.)‘international registration’ means an international registration recorded in the International Register;

(x.)‘application’ means an application for international registration;

(xi.)‘registered’ means entered in the International Register in accordance with this Act;

(xii.)‘geographical area of origin’ means a geographical area as referred to in

Article 2

(2);

(xiii.)‘trans-border geographical area’ means a geographical area situated in, or covering, adjacent Contracting Parties; (xiv.)‘Contracting Party’ means any State or intergovernmental organization party to this Act;

(xv.)‘Contracting Party of Origin’ means the Contracting Party where the geographical area of origin is situated or the Contracting Parties where the trans- border geographical area of origin is situated;

(xvi.)‘Competent Authority’ means an entity designated in accordance with

Article 3

;

(xvii.)‘beneficiaries’ means the natural persons or legal entities entitled under the law of the Contracting Party of Origin to use an appellation of origin or a geographical indication;

(xviii.)‘intergovernmental organization’ means an intergovernmental organization eligible to become party to this Act in accordance with

Article 28

(1)(iii);

(xix.)‘Organization’ means the World Intellectual Property Organization;

(xx.)‘Director General’ means the Director General of the Organization;

(xxi.)‘International Bureau’ means the International Bureau of the Organization.