brokering services — the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including from a third country to any other third country; or the selling or buying of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including where they are located in third countries for their transfer to another third country (a)

claim — any claim, whether or not asserted by legal proceedings, made before or after 24 February 2022, 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 (b)

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

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 (c)

entity in the specified territories — any entity having its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in the specified territories, its subsidiaries or affiliates under its control in the specified territories, as well as branches and other entities operating in the specified territories (e)

goods originating in the specified territories — goods which are wholly obtained in the specified territories or which have undergone their last substantial transformation there, in accordance, mutatis mutandis, with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code OJ L 269 10.10.2013, p. 1. (f)

investment services — the following services and activities: reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments, execution of orders on behalf of clients, dealing on own account, portfolio management, investment advice, underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis, placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis (g)

specified territories — the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine (d)

technical assistance — any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; technical assistance includes verbal forms of assistance (h)

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 (i)