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 60 STAT.] BELGIUM-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-APR. 5,1946 Articles of agreement between the United States of America and Belgium Ap ril 5194 respecting air transport services. Signed at Brussels April 6, 1946; [T. I A. 8 .s15 effective April 5, 1946. And provisional agreement. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER- ICA AND THE BELGIAN GOV- ERNMENT RELATING TO AIR SERVICES BETWEEN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT, considering - that the possibilities of com- mercial aviation as a means of transport have greatly increased, - that it is desirable to organize the international air services in a safe and orderly manner and to further as much as possible the development of international co- operation in this field, and - that the Agreements hitherto contracted between the two gov- ernments with respect to the operation of air services should be replaced by a more general agree- ment in harmony with the new conditions of air transport, have appointed their representatives, who, duly authorized, have agreed upon the following: ARTICLE 1. The Contracting Parties grant to each other the rights specified in the Annex hereto for the establish- ment of the international air serv- ices set forth in that Annex, or as ACCORD ENTRE LE GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET LE GOUVERNEMENT BELGE RELA- TIF AUX SERVICES AERIENS ENTRE LEURS TERRITOIRES RESPECTIFS LE GOUVERNEMENT DES ETATS UNIS D'AMERIQUE ET iL GOU- VERNEMENT BELGE, consid6rant - que les possibilites de l'Avia- tion Commerciale, en tant que mode de transport, se sont con- siderablement accrues, - qu'ilconvient d'organiser d'une maniere sOre et ordonn6e lea services a6riens internationaux, et de poursuivre dans la plus large mesure possible le developpement de la cooperation internationale dans ce domaine, et - que les accords ant6rieurement conclus entre les deux Gouverne- ments en mati&re d'exploitation de services a6riens doivent 6tre rem- places par un accord plus general adapte aux conditions nouvelles des transports a6riens, ont design6 des Representants A cet effet, lesquels dfment autorises sont convenus des dispositions sui- vantes: ARTICLE 1. Les Parties Contractantes s'ac- cordent l'une a l'autre les droits sp6cifi6s A l'annexe ci-jointe en vue de l'6tablissement des servi- ces a6riens internationaux 6nu- "Agreed awvices." 1585

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