Chicago Conference
: Final Act
that these
charges shall not be higher than would be paid for the use of such airports and facilities by its national aircraft engaged in similar
international services.
(t>) Fuel, lubricating oils and spare parts
introduced into the territory of a contracting party by
another contracting party or its nationals, and intended solely
for use by aircraft of such other contracting party shall be accorded national
and most-favoured-nation treatment with respect to the imposition of customs
duties, inspection fees or other national
duties or charges by the contracting party whose territory is entered.
(c) The fuel, lubricating oils, spare parts, regular
equipment and aircraft stores retained on board civil aircraft of
the airlines of the contracting parties authorised
to operate the routes and services described in the
Annex shall, upon arriving in or leaving the territory of
other contracting parties, be exempt from customs, inspection
fees or similar duties or charges, even though such supplies be used or consumed by such aircraft on flights in that
territory.
(5)
Certificates of airworthiness,
certificates of competency and licences
issued or rendered valid by one contracting party shall be recognised as
valid by the other contracting parties for the purpose of operating the
routes and services described in the Annex. Each contracting party
reserves the right, however, to refuse to recognise, for the purpose of
flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licences
granted to its own nationals by another State.
issued or rendered valid by one contracting party shall be recognised as
valid by the other contracting parties for the purpose of operating the
routes and services described in the Annex. Each contracting party
reserves the right, however, to refuse to recognise, for the purpose of
flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licences
granted to its own nationals by another State.
(6)
(a) The
laws and regulations of a contracting party relating to die
admission to or departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in inter
national air navigation, or to the operation and navigation of such aircraft
while within its territory, shall be applied to the aircraft of all contracting
parties without distinction as to nationality, and shall be complied with
by such aircraft upon entering or departing from or while within the
territory of that party.
admission to or departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in inter
national air navigation, or to the operation and navigation of such aircraft
while within its territory, shall be applied to the aircraft of all contracting
parties without distinction as to nationality, and shall be complied with
by such aircraft upon entering or departing from or while within the
territory of that party.
(b)
The laws and regulations of a contracting party as to
the admission to or departure from its territory of passengers,
crew, or cargo of aircraft, such as regulations relating to entry, clearance, immigration,
passports, customs, and quarantine shall be
complied with by or on behalf of such
passengers, crew, or cargo upon entrance into or departure from, or while within the territory of that party.
(7)
Each contracting party reserves
the right to withhold or revoke a
certificate or permit to an airline of another State in any case where it is
not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control are vested
in nationals of a party to this Agreement, or in case of failure of an
airline to comply with the laws of the State over which it operates, as
described in Article (6) hereof, or to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
certificate or permit to an airline of another State in any case where it is
not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control are vested
in nationals of a party to this Agreement, or in case of failure of an
airline to comply with the laws of the State over which it operates, as
described in Article (6) hereof, or to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(8)
This Agreement and all contracts
connected therewith, shall be
registered with the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation.
registered with the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Resolutions and Recommendations
(9) [Where
desired, here insert provisions for arbitration, the details
of which will be a matter for negotiation between the parties to each
agreement.] ,/
of which will be a matter for negotiation between the parties to each
agreement.] ,/
(10) This
Agreement shall continue in force until such time as it may
be amended, or superseded by a general multilateral air convention,
provided, however, that the rights for services granted under this Agree
ment may be terminated by giving one year's notice to the contracting
party whose airlines are concerned. Such notice may be given at any
time after a period of two months to allow for consultation between the
contracting party giving notice and the contracting parties served by the
routes.
be amended, or superseded by a general multilateral air convention,
provided, however, that the rights for services granted under this Agree
ment may be terminated by giving one year's notice to the contracting
party whose airlines are concerned. Such notice may be given at any
time after a period of two months to allow for consultation between the
contracting party giving notice and the contracting parties served by the
routes.
IX
Flight Documents and Forms The International Civil Aviation
Conference resolves
:
That the
Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation, when established, be requested to give consideration to
the question of the publication of
flight documents and forms in representative languages of areas through which major international air routes
are operated.
X
Recommendation that Certain Matters be Referred to the Interim Council for Study
The International Civil Aviation Conference recommends :
That
the matters on which it has not been possible to reach agreement between the
States represented at this Conference, in particular the matters comprehended within the headings of
Articles II, X, XI and XII of
Document 358 (Draft of a Section of an International Air Convention Relating Primarily to Air Transport), together with
Conference Documents 384, 385, 400, 407, and 429, and ail
other documentation relating thereto, be referred to the Interim Council
provided for in the Interim Agreement on
International Civil Aviation drawn up at Chicago on December 7, 1944, with
instructions to give these matters continuing study and to submit a report thereon with recommendations to the Interim Assembly as soon as practicable.
XI
Publication of
Documentation The International Civil Aviation Conference resolves :
That the Government of the
United States of America be authorised to publish the Final Act of this
Conference; the Reports of the Committees; the Minutes of the Public Sessions; the Texts of any
Multilateral
Agreements
concluded at the Conference; and to make available for publication such additional documents in connection with the work of this
Conference as in its judgment may be considered in the public interest.7
XII
[Votes of thanks omitted.]
in witness whereof, the following Delegates sign the present Final Act.
done at Chicago the
seventh day of December 1944, in the English language. A
text drawn up in the English, French, and Spanish languages, each of which shall be of equal authenticity, shall be opened
for signature at Washington, D.C. Both texts shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America, and
certified copies shall be transmitted by that Government to each
of the governments represented at the Conference.
[List
of Signatories omitted—see below, App. H.]
appendix I INTERIM AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
[Omitted. This
Agreement set up a simplified Provisional International Civil Aviation
Organisation pending the establishment of the permanent International
Civil Aviation Organisation. The Interim Agreement came into effect
on June 6, 1945, and lapsed with the coming into effect of the Chicago Convention
proper on April 4, 1947. See below, App. H.]
appendix II CONVENTION ON
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION8
Index
PART I—AIR NAVIGATION
chapter
I
general principles and application of the convention ArtiAes
1.
(Sovereignty.
2. Territory.
3. Civil
and State aircraft.
4. Misuse
of civil aviation.
7 These documents have since then been published by the United
States Department of
State. See Proceedings of the International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
November 1-December 7, 1944, 2 vols., Washington (1948).
8 The Convention came into
effect on April 4, 1947. This is a
consolidated version ofState. See Proceedings of the International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
November 1-December 7, 1944, 2 vols., Washington (1948).
the Convention; text deleted by an amendment is indicated by square brackets, while
text introduced by an amendment is in italics: The three amendment Protocols are also
reproduced below in App. B. This Index, reproduced from Cmd. 6614 (1945) and
U.K.T.S. No. 8 (1953), Cmd. 8742, does not appear in 1 Proceedings, or ICAO Doc.
7300/2 (1959) which is a second edition of the Chicago Convention, 1944
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