Definition of the Parties and fulfilment of obligations
Article 97
1. The Contracting Parties of this Agreement shall be Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Mozambique hereinafter referred to, for ease of reference, as the ‘SADC EPA States’, of the one part, and the European Community or its Member States or the European Community and its Member States, within their respective areas of competence as derived from the Treaty establishing the European Community, hereinafter referred to as the ‘EC Party’, of the other part. 2. For the purposes of this Agreement: (a) the term ‘Parties’ shall refer to the SADC EPA States acting collectively and the EC Party. The term ‘Party’ shall refer to the SADC EPA States acting collectively or the EC Party as the case may be; (b) the term ‘SADC EPA States’ shall refer to the SADC EPA States acting individually. 3. The SADC EPA States and the EC Party 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.