1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) the definitions in Annex A of the SPS Agreement;
(b) the definitions adopted under the auspices of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (the “Codex”);
(c) the definitions adopted under the auspices of the World Organisation for Animal Health (the “OIE”);
(d) the definitions adopted under the auspices of the International Plant Protection Convention (the “IPPC”);

(e) protected zone for a specified regulated harmful organism means an officially defined geographical area in the European Union in which that organism is not established in spite of favourable conditions for its establishment and its presence in other parts of the European Union; and

(f) a competent authority of a Party means an authority listed in Annex 5-A.

2. Further to paragraph 1, the definitions under the SPS Agreement prevail to the extent that there is an inconsistency between the definitions adopted under the auspices of the Codex, the OIE, the IPPC and the definitions under the SPS Agreement.