Article 2 Definitions

‘Foreign proceeding’ means a collective judicial or administrative proceeding in a foreign State, including an interim proceeding, pursuant to a law relating to insolvency in which proceeding the assets and affairs of the debtor are subject to control or supervision by a foreign court, for the purpose of reorganization or liquidation;

‘Foreign main proceeding’ means a foreign proceeding taking place in the State where the debtor has the centre of its main interests;

‘Foreign non-main proceeding’ means a foreign proceeding, other than a foreign main proceeding, taking place in a State where the debtor has an establishment within the meaning of subparagraph (f) of this article;

‘Foreign representative’ means a person or body, including one appointed on an interim basis, authorized in a foreign proceeding to administer the reorganization or the liquidation of the debtor's assets or affairs or to act as a representative of the foreign proceeding;

‘Foreign court’ means a judicial or other authority competent to control or supervise a foreign proceeding;

‘Establishment’ means any place of operations where the debtor carries out a non-transitory economic activity with human means and goods or services.