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 1860 Acceptance by Den- mark. AIR NAVIGATION-DENMARK. The Damah Mitnister lor Foreign Affairs (Munch) to the American Minister (Owen) UDENRIGSHINISTERIm'. 0.P .I. Journal Nr. 93.D.32. COPENHAGEN, March ~4" 1934,. MADAH:- I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the 12th instant in which you communicated to me the text of the re- ciprocal air navigation arrangement between Denmark and the United States of America, governing the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the other country, as understood by you to have been agreed to during the negotiations, now terminated, between the two countries. The text which you have communicated to me is reproduced below: ARTICLE 1- Pendin~ the conclusion of a convention between the United States of AmerIca and Denmark on the subject of air navigation, the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the other country shall be governed by the following provisions: ARTICLE 2. The present arrangement shall apply to the United States of America and Denmark, and likewise, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 6, the following possessions terri- tories or colonies over which they respectively exercise jurisdiction, including territorial waters: (a) Alaska, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands of the United States, and American Samoa. (b) Greenland. ARTICLE 3. The term aircraft with reference to one or the other Party to this arrangement shall be understood to mean civil aircraft, including state aircraft used exclusively for commercial purposes, duly regis- tered in the territory of such Party. ARTICLE 4. Each of the parties undertakes to ~rant liberty of passage above its territory in time of peace to the alrcraft of the other party, pro- vided that the conditions set forth in the present arrangement are observed. It is, however, agreed that the establishment and operation of regular air routes by an air transport company of one of the parties within the territory of the other party or across the said territory, with or without intermediary landing, shall be subject to the prior consent of the other party glven on the principle of reciprocity and at the request of the party whose nationahty the air transport company possesses. Each party to the arrangement agrees that its consent for opera- tions over its territory by air transport companies of the other party may not be refused on unreasonable or arbitrary grounds. The consent may be made subject to special regulations relating to aerial safety and public order.