Cap. 508 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 460.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Convention" means the Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests signed in Brussels on the 26th of July 1995 and the First, Second and the ECJ Protocol thereto; "ECJ Protocol" means the Protocol on the Interpretation by way of preliminary rulings, by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention; "European Communities" includes the institutions of the European Union; "the European Union" shall have the meaning as assigned to it in the European Union Act; "Member State" means any State which is a member of the European Union; "person" as referred to in the provisions of the laws mentioned in article 3, includes the European Communities and the institutions of the European Union;

"Treaty on European Union" means the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, signed in Athens on the 16th day of April, 2003, of which an electronic copy