Art. 1 Verdrag inzake luchtvervoer tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Republiek Trinidad en Tobago

1. For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: the term “aeronautical authorities” means, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, the Minister for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Curaçao, the Minister responsible for Civil Aviation; or, in both cases, any person or body who may be authorised to perform any functions at present exercisable by the above-mentioned persons or bodies or similar functions; the term “Agreement” means this Agreement, its Annex and any amendments thereto; the term “capacity” means the amount of services provided under this Agreement, usually measured in the number of flights (frequencies) or seats or tonnes 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; the term “Caribbean Community Member State” means a Member State of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community; 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 that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof, insofar as such Annexes or amendments have become effective for both Contracting Parties; the term “designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorised in accordance with Article 3 (Designation and Authorisation) of this Agreement; the term “tariff” means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers, baggage or cargo (excluding mail) in air transportation (including any other mode of transportation in connection therewith) charged by airlines, including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or charge; the term “territory” in relation to a Contracting Party has the meaning assigned to it in Article 2 of the Convention and includes the archipelagic waters and territorial seas together with the airspace above these areas under the sovereignty of the State; 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 or aviation security facilities or services, including related services and facilities, for aircraft, their flight crew, passengers and cargo; the terms “air service”, international air service”, “airline”, and “stop for non-traffic purposes” have the meaning assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention; and all references to words in the singular shall be construed to include the plural and all references to words in the plural shall be construed to include the singular as the context requires.

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