Article 1. Definitions
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a) the term “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened
for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944 and includes any Annex
adopted under Article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the annexes or of
the Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof so far as those Annexes and amendments
have been adopted or ratified by both Contracting Parties;
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b) the term “Agreement” means this Agreement, the Annex attached thereto, and any modifications
to the Agreement or to the Annex;
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c) the term “aeronautical authorities” means: in the case of the Kingdom of Belgium,
the Ministry of Communications and Infrastructure, and in the case of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands, the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Netherlands
Antilles or, in both cases, any other authority or person empowered to perform the
functions now exercised by the said authorities;
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d) the terms “Air Service”, “International Air Service”, “Airline” and “Stop for non-traffic
purposes” have the meaning respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention;
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e) the term “Territory” in the case of the Kingdom of Belgium means the land areas and
the territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection
or mandate of the Kingdom of Belgium and in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
the land area of the Netherlands Antilles and the territorial waters adjacent thereto;
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f) “Designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorised in
accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of this Agreement;
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g) the term “Agreed services” means scheduled air services on the routes specified in
the Annex to this Agreement for the transport of passengers, cargo and mail, separately
or in combination;
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h) the term “Tariffs” means the prices to be paid for the carriage of passengers, baggage
and cargo and the conditions under which those prices apply, including prices and
conditions for agency and other ancillary services, but excluding remuneration and
conditions for the carriage of mail;
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i) the term “Change of gauge” means the operation of one of the agreed services by a
designated airline in such a way that one section of the route is flown by aircraft
different in capacity from those used on another section;
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j) the terms “aircraft equipment”, “ground equipment”, “aircraft stores”, “spare parts”
have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Annex 9 of the Convention;
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k) the term “nationals of the Kingdom of Belgium” shall be understood as referring to
nationals of European Community Member States;
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l) the term “airlines of the Kingdom of Belgium” shall be understood as referring to
airlines designated by the Kingdom of Belgium.