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For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings defined below:
Union: The International Telecommunication Union;
Secretary-General:The Secretary-General of the Union;
IFRB:The International Frequency Registration Board;
CCIR:The International Radio Consultative Committee;
Convention:The International Telecommunication Convention;
Radio Regulations:The Radio Regulations supplementing the provisions of the Convention;
Region 2:The geographical area defined in No. 394 of the Radio Regulations, Geneva, 1979;
Master Register:The Master International Frequency Register;
Agreement:This Agreement and its Annexes;
Plan:The Plan and its appendices forming Annex 1 to the Agreement and the modifications introduced as a result of the application of the procedure of Article 4 of the Agreement;
Contracting Member:Any Member of the Union which has approved the Agreement or acceded to it;
Administration:Any governmental department or service responsible for discharging the obligations undertaken in the Convention and the Radio Regulations;
Station:Medium frequency broadcasting station;
Assignment in conformity with the agreement: A frequency assignment appearing in the Plan;
Objectionable interference:The interference caused by a signal that exceeds the maximum permissible field strength within the protected contour, in accordance with the values derived from Annex 2 to the Agreement.
Harmful interference:Interference which endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or of other safety services or seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunication service operating in accordance with the Radio Regulations.