For the purpose of this Agreement and its Annex, unless the context otherwise requires:
- a)the term "aeronautical authorities" means:for the Kingdom of the Netherlands the Minister of Transport, Public Works and Watermanagement;for Macau, the Civil Aviation Authority;or in either case any person or body authorized to perform any functions at present exercised by the said authorities;
- b)the term "designated airline" means an airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 4 of this Agreement;
- c)the term "area" in relation to Macau includes the Macau Peninsula and the Taipa and Coloane Islands and in relation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands has the meaning assigned to "Territory" in Article 2 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944;
- 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 said Convention;
- e)the terms "agreed service" and "specified route" mean international air service pursuant to Article 3 of this Agreement and the route specified in the appropriate Section of the Annex to this Agreement respectively;
- f)the term "stores" means articles of a readily consumable nature for use or sale on board an aircraft during flight, including commissary supplies;
- g)the term "Agreement" means this Agreement, its Annex drawn up in application thereof, and any amendments to the Agreement or to the Annex;
- h)the term "tariff" means any amount charged or to be charged by airlines, directly or through their agents, to any person or entity for the carriage of passengers (and their baggage) and cargo (excluding mail) in air transportation, including:
- I.the conditions governing the availability and applicability of a tariff, and
- II.the charges and conditions for any services ancillary to such carriage which are offered by airlines.
