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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC considering - that the possibilities of commercial 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 cooperation in this field, and - that the Agreements hitherto contracted between the two govern- ments with respect to the operation of air services should be re- placed by a more general agreement in harmony with the new conditions of air transport, have appointed their representatives, who, duly authorized, have agreed upon the following: ARTICLE I Rights. The Contracting Parties grant to each other the rights specified Pos, .346. in the Annex hereto for the establishment of the international air services set forth in that Annex, or as amended in accordance with Post, p. 3452. Article XII ['] of the present Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "agreed services"). ARTICLE II sInauguration o (a) The agreed services may be inaugurated immediately or at a later date at the option of the Contracting Party to whom the rights are granted, on condition that: (1) the Contracting Party to whom the rights have been granted shall have designated an air carrier or carriers for the specified route or routes, (2) the Contracting Party which grants the rights shall have given the appropriate operating permission to the air car- rier or carriers concerned pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Potp. 3. Article which (subject to the provisions of Article VI) it shall do with the least possible delay. (b) The designated air carrier or carriers may be required to satisfy the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Party granting the rights that it or they is or are qualified to fulfill the conditions pre- scribed by or under the laws and regulations normally applied by those authorities to the operations of commercial air carriers. i [By an exchange of notes dated Feb. 19 and Mar. 10, 1947, between the Ameri- can Embassy at Paris and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs it was agreed that "Article XII" should read "Article XIII".] 3446

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