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- For the purpose of this Agreement:
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- a)the term “Aeronautical Authorities” means for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment; for the Argentine Republic, the Ministry of Transportation and the National Civil Aviation Administration; or, in either case, any person or body authorized to perform any functions at present exercised by the said Authorities;
- b)the terms “Agreed Service” and “Specified Route” mean International Air Service pursuant to this Agreement and the route specified in the Annex to this Agreement respectively;
- c)the term “Agreement” means this Agreement, its Annex drawn up in application thereof, as well as any amendment to the Agreement or the Annex;
- d)the terms “Air Service”, “International Air Service”, “Airline” shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention;
- e)the term “Change of Aircraft” means the operation of one of the Agreed Services by a Designated Airline in such a way that one or more sectors of the Specified Route are flown by different aircraft;
- f)the term “the Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944, and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of the Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or the Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof, insofar as those Annexes and amendments have become effective for, or been ratified by both Parties;
- g)the term “Designated Airline” means the Airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 3 (Designation and Authorization) of this Agreement;
- h)the term “Stores” means articles of a readily consumable nature for use or sale on board an aircraft during flight including commissary supplies;
- i)the term “Price” means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers, baggage and/or cargo (excluding mail) in Air Services charged by Airlines, including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or charge;
- j)the term “Territory” in relation to either Party has the meaning assigned to it in Article 2 of the Convention;
- k)the term “User Charge” means a charge imposed on Airlines for the provision of airport, air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and facilities;
- l)the term “Capacity” means the amount(s) of services provided under this Agreement, usually measured in the number of frequencies or seats or tons of cargo offered in a market (city pair or country-to-country) or on a route during a specific period, such as daily, weekly, seasonally or annually;
- m)the term “EU Member State” means a state that is now or in the future a Party to the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union;
- n)the term “Caribbean part of the Netherlands” means the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba;
- o)the term “the Netherlands” means
- (i)the European part of the Netherlands; and
- (ii)the Caribbean part of the Netherlands;
- p)the term “residents of the Caribbean part of the Netherlands” means residents with the nationality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands originated from the Caribbean part of the Netherlands.
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- The applicable legislation for the European part of the Netherlands includes applicable legislation of the European Union.
