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For the purposes of this Agreement:
a) "Convention" means the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn 1979);
b) "Bats" means populations of CHIROPTERA species as listed in Annex 1 to this Agreement occurring in Europe and in their non-European Range States;
c) “Range State” means any State (whether or not it is a party to the Convention) that exercises jurisdiction over any part of the range of a species covered by this Agreement;
d) "Regional Economic Integration Organisation" means an organisation constituted by sovereign States to which this Agreement applies and which has competence in respect of matters covered by this Agreement and has been duly authorised, in accordance with its internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to it;
e) "Parties" means, unless the context otherwise indicates, Parties to this Agreement;
f) "In Europe" means the continent of Europe.