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For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, the term:
a) “agreed services” means scheduled air services on the routes specified in this Agreement for the transport of passengers and cargo, including mail, separately or in combination;
b) “air service”, “international air service” and “airline” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Article 96 of the Convention;
c) “air transportation” means the public carriage by aircraft of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or in combination, for remuneration or hire;
d) “aeronautical authorities” means, in the case of the Republic of Panama, the Civil Aeronautical Authority; in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Curaçao, the Minister of Traffic, Transport and Urban Planning of Curaçao; or in both cases any other authority or person empowered to perform the functions now exercised by the said authorities;
e) “Agreement” means this Agreement, its Annexes, and any amendments thereto;
f) “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;
g) “change of aircraft” means the operation of one of the agreed services by a designated airline in such a way that one or more sectors of the Specified Route are flown by a different aircraft;
h) “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December 1944, and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of that Convention, and any amendment of the Annexes or the Convention under Articles 90 and 94, insofar as such Annexes and amendments have become effective for both Parties;
i) “designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorised in accordance with Article 3 of this Agreement;
j) “domestic air transportation” means air transportation in which passengers, baggage, cargo and mail which are taken on board in the territory of a Party and which are destined to another point in that same territory;
k) “ICAO” means the International Civil Aviation Organisation;
l) “tariffs” means the prices to be charged for the carriage of passengers and cargo and the conditions under which those prices apply, but excluding remuneration and conditions for the carriage of mail;
m) “territory” in relation to either Party shall be deemed to be the land area, territorial waters adjacent thereto and includes the air space above these areas under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate of the Party;
n) “user charge” means a charge imposed on airlines for the provision of airport, air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and facilities.