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 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION-DEC. 7, 1944 cease at any time that those particular functions have been completed or transferred to another international organization. At the time of the coming into force of the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago, December 7, 1944, the records and property of the Provisional Organization shall be transferred to the International Civil Aviation Organization established under the above-mentioned Convention. ARTICLE VIII FLIGHT OVER TERRITORY OF MEMBER STATES Section 1 The member States recognize that every State has com- Sovereignty plete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory. Section 2 For the purposes of this Agreement the territory of a Territory State shall be deemed to be the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate of such State. Section 3 This Agreement shall be applicable only to civil air- civi raft craft, and shall not be applicable to state aircraft. Air- craft used in military, customs and police services shall be deemed to be state aircraft. Section 4 Except in a case where, under the terms of an agreement lannlng at or of a special authorization, aircraft are permitted to airport cross the territory of a member State without landing, every aircraft which enters the territory of a member State shall, if the regulations of that State so require, land at an airport designated by that State for the purpose of customs and other examination. On departure from the territory of a member State, such aircraft shall de- part from a similarly designated customs airport. Par- ticulars of all designated customs airports shall be pub- lished by the State and transmitted to the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization for communi- cation to all other member States. Section 5 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the laws Applicability of air regu- and regulations of a member State relating to the ad- lations mission to or departure from its territory of aircraft en- gaged in international air navigation, or to the operation 1523

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