For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
the term “the Chicago Convention" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944 and includes:
any amendment thereof and has been ratified by both Contracting Parties; and
any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of that Convention, insofar as such amendment or annex is at any given time effective for both Contracting Parties;
the term “aeronautical authorities" means in the case of the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and for the purpose of Article 7 of this Agreement, the Civil Aviation Authority and in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Netherlands Antilles, or, in both cases, any person or body who may be authorised to perform any functions at present exercisable by the above-mentioned authorities or similar functions;
the term “designated airline" means an airline which has been designated and authorised in accordance with Article 4 of this Agreement;
the term “territory" means in relation to the United Kingdom the land areas of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto and in relation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands the land areas of the Netherlands Antilles and the territorial waters adjacent thereto;
the terms “air service", “international air service", “airline" and “stop for non-traffic purposes" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Chicago Convention;
the term “this Agreement" includes the Annex hereto and any amendments to it or to this Agreement;
the term “user charges" means a charge made to airlines by the competent authority or permitted by that authority to be made for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities, including related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo.
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Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 december 2000