Article
1
Definitions
In this Agreement:
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a)
“illicit traffic” has the same meaning as that term is defined in the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (hereinafter, “the 1988 Convention”).
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b)
“competent national authority” means the authority or authorities designated pursuant to paragraph 7 of Article 17 of the 1988 Convention or what has been otherwise notified to the Depositary.
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c)
“law enforcement authority” means the competent law enforcement entity or entities identified to the Depositary by each Party which has responsibility for carrying out the maritime or air law enforcement functions of that Party pursuant to this Agreement.
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d)
“law enforcement officials” means the uniformed and other clearly identifiable members of the law enforcement authority of each Party.
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e)
“law enforcement vessels” means vessels clearly marked and identifiable as being on government service, used for law enforcement purposes and duly authorised to that effect, including any boat and aircraft embarked on such vessels, aboard which law enforcement officials are embarked.
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“law enforcement aircraft” means aircraft clearly marked and identifiable as being on government service, used for law enforcement purposes and duly authorised to that effect, aboard which law enforcement officials are embarked.
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“aircraft in support of law enforcement operations” means aircraft clearly marked and identifiable as being on government service of one Party, providing assistance to a law enforcement aircraft or vessel of that Party, in a law enforcement operation.
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“waters of a Party” means the territorial sea and the archipelagic waters of that Party.
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i)
“air space of a Party” means the air space over the territory (continental and insular) and waters of that Party.
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“Caribbean area” means the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean west of longitude 45-degrees West, north of latitude 0-degrees (the Equator) and south of latitude 30-degrees North, with the exception of the territorial sea of States not Party to this Agreement.
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k)
“suspect aircraft” means any aircraft in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it is engaged in illicit traffic.
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l)
“suspect vessel” means any vessel in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it is engaged in illicit traffic.