Vol. 254 - United Nations Treaty Collection

1956 Nations Unies - Recueil des Traitds 307
[TRANSLATION 1 - TRADUCTION 2 ]
No. 3598. AGREEMENT 3 BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS
AND ITALY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERA-
TION OF SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES.
SIGNED AT ROME, ON 4 MARCH 1950
The Government of the Netherlands and the Government of the Italian
Republic desiring to conclude an agreement for the purpose of establishing, on
a basis of reciprocity, scheduled air services between their respective territories,
have agreed as follows :
Article 1
For the purposes of the present Agreement and its Annex, 4 except as otherwise
provided in the text :
(a) the term " aeronautical authorities " shall mean:
in the case of Italy
the " Ministero della Difesa - Aeronautica - Direzione Generale dell'-
Aviazione Civile e del Traffico Aereo " or any person or body authorized to
perform the functions presently exercised by the " Ministero della Difesa -
Aeronautica - Direzione Generale dell'Aviazione Civile e Traffico Aereo ",
in the case of the Netherlands
the " Directeur Generaal van de Rijksluchtvaartdienst " or any person or
body authorized to perform the functions presently exercised by the " Directeur
Generaal van de Rijksluchtvaartdienst ";
(b) the term " designated airline " shall mean an airline which the aeronautical
authorities of one of the Contracting Parties have notified, in writing, to the
aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party as being the airline
designated by that Party, subject to the provisions of Article III of the present
Agreement, to operate the routes mentioned in said notification;
(c) the term " territory " shall have the meaning specified in Article 2 of the
Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (December 7th, 1944);5
(d) the definitions given in paragraphs a), b) and d) of Article 96 of the
Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (December 7th, 1944) shall
apply to the present Agreement.
1Translation by the Secretariat of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Traduction du Secretariat de l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale.
3 Came into force provisionally on 4 March 1950, in accordance with article 13.
' See p. 315 of this volume.
5 See footnote 2, p. 265 of this volume.