Article 23 - Real Estate related services

1) For the purposes of applying the Agreement and the Law, Real Estate includes:

(a) any specific area of land over which rights of ownership or possession or other rights in rem can be created,

(b) any building, structure or engineering work permanently attached to the land,

(c) any fixture or equipment which makes up a permanent part of or is permanently attached to the building, structure or engineering work.

2) For the purposes of applying the Agreement and the Law, Real Estate related services are those which affect or are related to a specific area of Real Estate. Such services include, but are not limited to:

a) the grant, assignment or surrender of any interest in or right over Real Estate,

b) the grant, assignment or surrender of a personal right to call for or be granted any interest in or right over Real Estate,

c) the grant, assignment or surrender of a license to occupy land or any other contractual right exercisable over or in relation to Real Estate, including the provision, lease and rental of sleeping accommodation in a hotel or similar establishment,

d) any works of construction, demolition, conversion, reconstruction, alteration, enlargement, repair or maintenance of Real Estate,

e) services such as those supplied by estate agents, auctioneers, architects, surveyors, engineers and others involved in matters relating to Real Estate.

3) Services relating to Real Estate situated outside the Kingdom are not considered to relate to Real Estate in the Kingdom for the purposes of applying the Agreement and the Law.