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ARTICLE 3
General Definitions
(1) For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
- (a)
- (i) the term "Turkey" means the territory under the sovereignty of the Republic of Turkey;
- (ii) the term "Islamic Republic of Iran" means the territory under the sovereignty and or jurisdiction of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
- (b) the terms "a Contracting State" and "the other Contracting State" mean Turkey or the Islamic Republic of Iran as the context requires;
- (c) the term "tax" means any tax covered by Article 2 of this Agreement;
- (d) the term "person" includes an individual, a company and any other body of persons;
- (e) the term "company" means anybody corporate or any entity that is treated as a body corporate for tax purposes;
- (f) the term "registered office" means head office registered under the relevant laws of either Contracting State;
- (g) the term "national" means:
- (i) any individual possessing the nationality of a Contracting State;
- (ii) any legal person, partnership or association deriving its status as such from the laws in force in a Contracting State;
- (h) the terms "enterprise of a Contracting State" and "enterprise of the other Contracting State" mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;
- (i) the term "competent authority" means:
- (i) in Turkey, the Minister of Finance or his authorized representative;
- (ii) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance or his authorized representative;
- (j) the term "international traffic" means any transport by a ship, an aircraft or a road vehicle operated by a Turkish or an Iranian enterprise, except when the ship, aircraft or road vehicle is operated solely between places situated in the territory of Turkey or of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(2) As regards the application of this Agreement by a Contracting State, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning which it has under the laws of that State concerning the taxes to which the Agreement applies.