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 1502 Request for consul- tation. Disputes. 59 Stat. 1521. Prior agreements. 49 Stat. 3720 . "Aeronautical authorities." "Designated air car- riers." INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. ARTICLE 8 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or its Annex, if either of the Contracting Parties considers it desirable to modify the terms of the Annex to this Agreement, it may request consultation between the aeronautical authorities of both Contracting Parties, such consultation to begin within a period of sixty days from the date of the request. When these authorities agree on modifications to the Annex, these modifications will come into effect when they have been confirmed by an Exchange of Notes through the diplomatic channel. ARTICLE 9 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or in its Annex, any dispute between the Contracting Parties relating to the inter- pretation or application of this Agreement or its Annex which cannot be settled through consultation shall be referred for an advisory report to the Interim Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organisation (in accordance with the provisions of Article III Section 6 (8) of the Interim Agreement on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on December 7, 1944) or its successor. ARTICLE 10 The terms and conditions of operating rights which may have been granted previously by either Contracting Party to the other Con- tracting Party or to an air carrier of such other Contracting Party shall not be abrogated by the present Agreement. Except as may be modified by the present Agreement, the general principles of the air navigation arrangement between the two Contracting Parties, which was effected by an Exchange of Notes dated March 28 and April 5, 1935, shall continue in force in so far as they are applicable to scheduled international air services, until otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties. ARTICLE 11 If a general multilateral air Convention enters into force in relation to both Contracting Parties, the present Agreement shall be amended so as to conform with the provisions of such Convention. ARTICLE 12 For the purposes of this Agreement and its Annex, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The term "aeronautical authorities" shall mean, in the case of the United States, the Civil Aeronautics Board and any person or body authorised to perform the functions presently exercised by the Board or similar functions, and, in the case of the United Kingdom, the Minister of Civil Aviation for the time being, and any person or body authorised to perform any functions presently exercised by the said Minister or similar functions. (b) The term "designated air carriers" shall mean the air transport enterprises which the aeronautical authorities of one of the Con- tracting Parties have notified in writing to the aeronautical authorities

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