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For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, the term:
a) “aeronautical authority” means, in the case of Brazil, the civil aviation authority represented by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and in the case of Aruba, the Department of Civil Aviation – Aruba; or in both cases any other authority or person empowered to perform the functions exercised by the said authorities;
b) “Agreement” means this Agreement, its Annex, and any amendments thereto;
c) “capacity” means the amount(s) of services provided under the Agreement, usually measured in the number of flights (frequencies) or seats or tons of cargo offered in a market (city pair, or country-to-country) or on a route during a specific period, such as daily, weekly, seasonally or annually;
d) “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, insofar as such Annexes and amendments have become effective for both Parties;
e) “designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 3 (Designation and Authorization) of this Agreement;
f) “price” means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers, baggage and/or cargo, excluding mail, in air transportation, including any other mode of transportation in connection therewith, charged by airlines, including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or charge;
g) “territory” means, for each Party, its land areas, internal waters and territorial sea as determined in accordance with international law, and includes the air space above these areas;
h) “user charges” means a charge made to airlines by the competent authorities, or permitted by them to be made, for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities, or aviation security facilities or services, including related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo; and
i) “air service”, “international air service”, “airline”, and “stop for non-traffic purposes”, have the meanings assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention.