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For the purposes of this Agreement, the term:
a. Agreement means this agreement including its Annexes;
b. Annex means an attachment to this Agreement;
c. Classified Contract means an agreement, including any pre-contractual negotiations, the performance of which requires or involves access or potential access to or the creation of Classified Information;
d. Classified Information means the information, material or object, regardless of its form or nature or any parts thereof, with a certain Security Classification Level, which regardless of how it is presented must be protected against unauthorized access, disclosure or other type of Compromise for which it was designated, to prevent damage or harm in the interests of one or both of the Parties, in accordance with the respective laws and regulations of each Party and this Agreement;
e. Competent Security Authority (CSA) means the authority of each Party responsible for the security of Classified Information under this Agreement;
f. Compromise means any form of misuse, damage or unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of Classified Information, as well as any other action or non-action that results in the loss of its confidentiality, integrity, availability or authenticity;
g. Contractor means any legal entity under the jurisdiction of a Party, entering into or otherwise bound by a Classified Contract;
h. Facility Security Clearance means the determination by the Competent Security Authority that a public or private entity has in place appropriate security measures and has therefore been accredited for the Handling of Classified Information, in accordance with the national laws and regulations of each Party;
i. Handling of Classified Information means a set of actions related to the production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transport, transmission, distribution, archiving, storage, disposal, destination or control of Classified Information at a certain Security Classification Level;
j. Need to Know means the requirement for an individual to access, have knowledge of or possess Classified Information for the performance of official functions and tasks;
k. Originating Party means the Party under whose authority Classified Information has been created;
l. Personnel Security Clearance means the determination that a given individual has been security cleared and has therefore been accredited for the Handling of Classified Information, at a given Security Classification Level, in accordance with the national laws and regulations of each Party;
m. Providing Entity means the Party, or a Contractor, which provides Classified Information to the Receiving Entity under this Agreement;
n. Receiving Entity means the Party, or a Contractor, which receives Classified Information under this Agreement;
o. Security Breach means any intentional or accidental action or omission that result in an actual or possible Compromise of Classified Information provided or generated under this Agreement;
p. Security Classification Level means the level of protection assigned to Classified Information, in accordance with the national laws and regulations of each Party and as incorporated in article IV, paragraph 1 of this Agreement; and
q. Third Party means any organization, state, government or individual that is not a Party to this Agreement.