Artikel XV

For the purposes of the present Agreement:
1. the term “nationals” includes legal persons recognized by the laws of each Contracting Party in its territory.
2. the term “legal person” includes a legal person established according to the law of one Contracting Party, in the territory of that Contracting Party in respect of which, because of its being controlled by a national of the other Contracting Party, it has been agreed upon by contract that it should be treated, for the purposes of the present Agreement, as a national of the latter Contracting Party.
3. the term “investment” shall comprise every kind of asset and more particularly, though not exclusively: (a) movable and immovable property as well as any other rights in rem, such as mortgage, lien, pledge, usufruct and similar rights;
(b) share or other kinds of interest in companies;
(c) title to money or to any performance having an economic value;
(d) copyright, industrial property rights, technical processes, trade names, and goodwill and
(e) such business concession under public law, including concession regarding the prospecting for, or the extraction or the winning of natural resources, as give to their holder a legal position of some duration. Any alteration in the form in which assets are invested shall not affect their classification as investment.
(a) movable and immovable property as well as any other rights in rem, such as mortgage, lien, pledge, usufruct and similar rights;
(b) share or other kinds of interest in companies;
(c) title to money or to any performance having an economic value;
(d) copyright, industrial property rights, technical processes, trade names, and goodwill and
(e) such business concession under public law, including concession regarding the prospecting for, or the extraction or the winning of natural resources, as give to their holder a legal position of some duration.