Definition of the Parties and fulfilment of obligations
Article 72
1. The Contracting Parties of this Agreement shall be the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, hereinafter the ‘Ivorian Party’ or ‘Côte d'Ivoire’, of the one part, and the European Community or its Member States, within their respective areas of competence as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community, hereinafter the ‘EC Party’, of the other part. 2. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term ‘Party’ shall refer to Côte d'Ivoire or the EC Party, as appropriate. The term ‘Parties’ shall refer to Côte d'Ivoire and the EC Party. 3. The Parties shall adopt any general or specific measures required for them to fulfil their obligations under this Agreement and shall ensure that they comply with the objectives laid down in this Agreement.