For the purpose of the present Agreement and its Annex, unless the context otherwise requires:
- a)“aeronautical authorities" means in the case of Mongolia, the Minister of Infrastructure Development and in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the Minister of Transport, Public Works and Watermanagement; or, in either case, any person or body authorized to perform any functions on Civil Aviation at present exercised by the said authorities;
- b)“Agreement" means this Agreement, its Annex and any amendments thereto;
- c)“the 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 made to the Convention or its Annexes under Article 90 and 94 thereof so far as these Annexes and amendments have been effective for both Contracting Parties;
- d)“territory" has the meaning assigned to it in Article 2 of the Convention;
- e)“air services", “international air service", “airline" and “stop for non-traffic purposes" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention;
- f)“designated airline" means an airline designated and authorised in accordance with Article 3 of the present Agreement;
- g)“specified route" means the routes specified in the Annex to the present Agreement;
- h)“agreed services" means the air services operated on the specified routes;
- i)the term “stores" means articles of a readily consumable nature for use or sale on board an aircraft during flight, including commissary supplies;
- j)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.
