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For the purpose of the present Agreement and the Annex thereto the following terms have the following meaning, unless otherwise stated in the text:
(a) “Aeronautical Authorities” means in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the Director General of Civil Aviation and in the case of the Republic of Cyprus the Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Communications and Works or in both cases any other agency or person authorized to perform the functions presently exercised by the said Authorities.
(b) “Designated airline” means the airline that one of the Contracting Parties shall have designated in writing to the other Contracting Party, in accordance with Article 3 of the present Agreement, as the airline which is to operate the international air services on the routes specified in Article 2 of the present Agreement.
(c) “Territory”, “air service”, “international air service”, “airline” and “stop for non-traffic purposes” shall have, in the application of the present Agreement the meaning specified in Articles 2 and 96 of the Convention.