For the purpose of this Decision:

1. (a)

   ‘participating Member States’ means the Member States of the Union, except Denmark;

2. (b)

   ‘contributing States’ means the Member States contributing to the financing of the military operation in question in accordance with Article 41(2) of the TEU and the third States contributing to the financing of the common costs of this operation pursuant to agreements between them and the Union;

3. (c)

   ‘operations’ means the Union operations having military or defence implications;

4. (d)

   ‘military supporting actions’ means the Union operations, or parts thereof, decided by the Council in support of a third State or a third organisation, which have military or defence implications, but which are not under the authority of Union Headquarters;

5. (e)

   ‘day’ refers to a calendar day, not a working day, unless otherwise indicated.