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 1824 Duration. Agreement by Nor- way. CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS-NORWAY. ARTICLE 4 The present arrangement may be terminated by either Govern- ment on sixty days' notice given to the other Government. In the event, however, that either Government should be preventec. by future action of its legislature from gi'\ing full effect to the provisions of this arrangement it shall automatically lapse. I shall be glad to have you inform me whether it is the under- standing of your Government that the arrangement agreed to in the negotiations is as herein set forth. If so, it is suggested that the arrangement become effective on November 15, 1933. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. [SEAL] CORDELL HULL MR. HALVARD H. BACHKE, Minister of Norway. The Norwegian Minister (Bachke) to the Secretary oj State (Hull) SIR: ROYAL NORWEGIAN L£.GATION, lllashington, D.O ., October 16, 1933. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of October 16, 1933 in which Your Excellency communicated to me the text of the reciprocal arrangement between Norway and the United States of America providing for the acceptance by the one country of certifi- cates of airworthiness for aircraft exported from the other country as merchandise, as understood by Your Excellency to have been agreed to during the negotiations, now terminated, between the two countries. The text communicat~d' to me by Your Excellency is reproduced. bdow: ! ARTICLE 1 The present arrangement applies to civil aircraft constructed in Norway and exported to continental United States of America, exclu- sive of Alaska; and to civil aircraft constructed in continental United States of America, exclusive of Alaska, and exported to Norway. ARTICLE 2 The same validity shall be conferred on certificates of airworthiness· issued by the competent authorities of the Government of the United States for aircraft subsequently to be registered in Norway as if they had been issued under the regulations in force on the subject in Norway, provided that in each case a certificate of airworthiness for export has also been issued by the United States authorities for the individual aircraft, and provided that certificates of airworthiness issued by the competent authorities of Norway for aircraft sub- sequently to be registered in the United States of America are similarly ~ven the same validity as if they had been issued under the regulations ill force on the subject in the United States.