claim — any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before or after 25 June 2014, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and includes in particular: a claim for performance of any obligation arising under or in connection with a contract or transaction; a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form; a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction; a counterclaim; a claim for the recognition or enforcement, including by the procedure of exequatur, of a judgment, an arbitration award or an equivalent decision, wherever made or given (a)

competent authorities — the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in the Annex (e)

contract or transaction — any transaction of whatever form, whatever the applicable law, and whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties; for this purpose ‘contract’ includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as any related provision arising under, or in connection with, the transaction (b)

goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol — goods which are wholly obtained in Crimea or in Sevastopol or which have undergone their last substantial transformation there, in accordance, mutatis mutandis, with Articles 23 and 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. (c)

territory of the Union — the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace (d)