Article
1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Convention:
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a)
“Assembly” shall mean the Assembly of the Members of the Commission established in accordance with Article 7 of this Convention;
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b)
“Claims” within the meaning of Article 3 of this Convention shall mean claims submitted to the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in accordance with its rules and, after the transfer of the work of the Register to the Commission under Part VII of this Convention, the claims submitted in accordance with the rules and procedures referred to in Article 25 of this Convention;
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c)
“Commission” shall mean the International Claims Commission for Ukraine established by this Convention;
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d)
“Commissioner” shall mean an individual appointed as a member of a Panel in accordance with Article 11 of this Convention;
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e)
“Council” shall mean the Council of the Commission established in accordance with Article 10 of this Convention;
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“Executive Director” shall mean the Executive Director of the Commission appointed in accordance with Article 14 of this Convention;
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“Financial Committee” shall mean the Financial Committee of the Commission established in accordance with Article 8 of this Convention;
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“Major Contributor” shall mean any Member which, in any financial year, contributes the highest level of obligatory contributions to the budget of the Commission based on the criteria set out in Resolution (94) 31 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 4 November 1994;
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i)
“Member” shall mean any State or Regional Integration Organisation that has become a Member of the Commission by becoming a Party to this Convention in accordance with Articles 27, 28, 30, or 31 of this Convention;
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“Observer” shall mean any State, Regional Integration Organisation, or international organisation that has become an Observer of the Commission in accordance with Article 27(2) of this Convention;
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“Panel” shall mean a Panel of Commissioners established in accordance with Article 12 of this Convention;
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l)
“Regional Integration Organisation” shall mean an organisation constituted by sovereign States of a given region, to which its member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed by this Convention;
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m)
“Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine” or “Register” shall mean the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine established through Resolution CM/Res(2023)3 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 12 May 2023, as confirmed by Resolution CM/Res(2025)3 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 9 July 2025;
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“Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations governing the work of the Commission adopted by the Council in accordance with subparagraph 2(c) of Article 10 of this Convention and approved by the Assembly in accordance with subparagraph 4(c) of Article 7 of this Convention;
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“Secretariat” shall mean the Secretariat of the Commission established in accordance with Article 13 of this Convention.