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 61 STAT.] NORWAY-AIR SERVICE FACILITIES-NOV. 12, 1946 Agreement between the United States of America and Norway respecting air service facilities at Gardermoen airfield in Norway. Signed at Oslo November 12, 1946; entered intoforce November 12, 1946. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN GOV- ERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REGARDING AIR COMMUNICA- TIONS FACILITIES AT GARDERMOEN AIRFIELD, NORWAY. The Government of Norway agrees: 1. To operate and maintain all facilities continuously in a manner adequate for the air traffic operating into and away from the airdrome at which the facilities are located and along the recognized inter- national air routes converging on that airdrome, and, in order to insure this standard of service, the Norwegian Government agrees to abide by approved Provisional International Civil Aviation Organi- zation (PICAo) standards of operations unless changed by other international agreement to which the Government of the United States and the Norwegian Government are parties. (Allowance is to be made, of course, for possible unavoidable interruptions of the continu- ous operation which may result from break-downs in the equipment; in the case of any facilities which have not yet been placed in operation because they have not been properly calibrated, or of other facilities temporarily out of commission because of electrical or mechanical de- fects, every effort will be made to bring them into operation as soon as may be possible.) 2. To provide the full service of all facilities to all aircraft on a non-discriminatory basis with charges, if any, only for non-operational messages until an international agreement on charges has been promul- gated by the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization. 3. To continue the operation of all types of facilities in their original location or at new locations mutually agreed upon by the Gov- ernment of the United States and the Norwegian Government until new facilities are installed in accordance with standards promulgated by the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization, or until it is determined by the Government of Norway and the United States Government that there is no longer a need for the original facilities: it being understood that the aeronautical communication service facili- ties will be devoted exclusively to that service and will not be diverted to the general communication service. 4. To provide English-speaking operators at air-to-ground and control tower communication positions until regulations covering such voice transmissions are promulgated by the rovisional Inter- national Civil Aviation Organization and further, tisuh r - tions are promulgated, to grant permission to a representative of November 12,1946 [T. I. A. S. 1737] Services of Govern- ment of Norway. 3861

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