Artikel 14

For the purpose of the present Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: –
a) the term “the Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944 and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof so far as those Annexes and amendments have been adopted by both Contracting Parties;
b) the term “Aeronautical Authorities” means, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, the Minister responsible for the subject of Civil Aviation or any person or body authorized to perform any functions at present exercisable by the said Minister, or similar functions and, in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for the Netherlands the Director General of Civil Aviation in the Netherlands, for Surinam, the Director of Civil Aviation in Surinam, and for the Netherlands Antilles the Director of Civil Aviation in the Netherlands Antilles and any person or body authorized to perform any functions at present exercisable by the said Authorities;
c) the term “designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 2 of the present Agreement;
d) the term “territory” in relation to a State means the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection, mandate or trusteeship of that State; and
e) the terms “air service”, “international air service”, “airline” and “stop for non-traffic purposes” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention.