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 3014 INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION. OCTOBER 12, 1929. Multilateral Con- vention relating to in- ternational air trans- portBtion_ Contracting Powt'rs. Scope. Definitions. Translation CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES REI.ATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION BY AIR THE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN REICH, THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BULGARIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF' THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT OF CHINA, HIS 1iAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND, HIS MAJESTY THE Knm OF EGYPT, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN, THE CHIEF OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS, EMPEROR OF INDIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HIS MOST SERENE HIGHNESS THE REGENT Olt' THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY, HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF RUMANIA, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN, THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHOSLOV.A.K REPUBLIC, THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUB- LICS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF YUGOSLAVIA: Ha~ recognized the advantage of regulating in a uniform manner the condItions of international transportation by air in respect of the doc,!ments used for such transportation and of the liability of the carner, Have nominated to this end their respective Plenipotentiaries, who, being thereto duly authorized, have concluded and signcd the following convention: CHAPTER 1. ScoPE-DEFINITIONS Article 1 (1) This convention shall apply to all international transportation of persons, baggage, or goods perfonned by aircraft for hire. It shall apply equally to fP"atuitous ~ransportation by aircraft performed by an aIr transportatIOn enterpnse. (2) For the purposes of this convention the expression "inter- national transportation" shall mean any transportation in which, according to the contract made by the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the transportation or a transshipment, are situated either within the territories of two High Contracting Parties, or within the territory of a single High Contracting Party, if there is an agreed stopping place within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, man- date or authority of another~ower, even though that power IS not a party to this convention. Transportation without such an agreed stopping place between territories subject to the sovereignty, suze- rainty, mandate, or authority of the same High Contracting Party shall nO.t be deemed to be international for the purposes of this conventIon.