For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 5 cents UNITED STATES OF AMERICA APR 8 '46 The Secretary of State to the Norwegian Chargé d'Affaires ad interim DEPARTMENT OF STATE SIR: WASHINGTON I refer to discussions which have recently taken place between representatives of the Governments of the United States of America and Norway with respect to the conclusion of a reciprocal air transport agreement. It is my understanding that these discussions, now terminated, have resulted in the following agreement: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND NORWAY RELATING TO AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES The Governments of the United States of America and Norway signed on October 16, 1933 [1] an air navigation arrangement governing the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the territory of the other country, in which each party agreed that consent for the operations over its territory by air transport companies of the other party might not be refused on unreasonable or arbitrary grounds. Pursuant to the aforementioned arrangement of 1933, the two gov ernments hereby conclude the following arrangement covering the operation of scheduled airline services between their respective territories, based on the standard form of agreement for air routes and services included in the Final Act of the International Civil Aviation Conference signed at Chicago on December 7, 1944. ARTICLE 1 The contracting parties grant the rights specified in the Annex hereto necessary for establishing the international civil air routes and services therein described, whether such services be inaugurated immediately or at a later date at the option of the contracting party to whom the rights are granted. ARTICLE 2 (a) Each of the air services so described shall be placed in operation as soon as the contracting party to whom the rights have been granted by Article 1 to designate an airline or airlines for the route concer has authorized an airline for such route, and the contracting par granting the rights shall, subject to Article 6 hereof, be bound to g the appropriate operating permission to the airline or airlines o cerned; provided that the airlines so designated may be required qualify before the competent aeronautical authorities of the contrar ing party granting the rights under the laws and regulations norma”applied by these authorities before being permitted to engage in th operations contemplated by this agreement; and provided that ? areas of hostilities or of military occupation, or in areas affecte thereby, such inauguration shall be subject to the approval of th competent military authorities. (b) It is understood that either contracting party granted cor mercial rights under this agreement should exercise them at the earl est practicable date except in the case of temporary inability to do so. ARTICLE 3 In order to prevent discriminatory practices and to assure equality of treatment, both contracting parties agree that: (a) Each of the contracting parties may impose or permit to be imposed just and reasonable charges for the use of public airports and other facilities under its control. Each of the contracting partie agrees, however, that these charges shall not be higher than would be paid for the use of such airports and facilities by its national aircraf engaged in similar international services. (b) Fuel, lubricating oils and spare parts introduced into the ter ritory of one contracting party by the other contracting party or its nationals, and intended solely for use by aircraft of such other contracting party shall be accorded national and most-favored-nation treatment with respect to the imposition of customs duties, inspection fees or other national duties or charges by the contracting party whose territory is entered. (c) The fuel, lubricating oils, spare parts, regular equipment and aircraft stores retained on board civil aircraft of the airlines of one contracting party authorized to operate the routes and services de scribed in the Annex shall, upon arriving in or leaving the territory of the other contracting party, be exempt from customs, inspection fees or similar duties or charges, even though such supplies be used or consumed by such aircraft on flights in that territory. ARTICLE 4 Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licenses issued or rendered valid by one contracting party shall be recognized as valid by the other contracting party for the purpose of operating the routes and services described in the Annex. Each contracting party reserves the right, however, to refuse to recognize, for the purpose of flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licenses granted to its own nationals by another state. ARTICLE 5 (a) The laws and regulations of one contracting party relating to the admission to or departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in international air navigation, or to the operation and navigation of such aircraft while within its territory, shall be applied to the aircraft of the other contracting party, and shall be complied with by such aircraft upon entering or departing from or while within the territory of the first party. (b) The laws and regulations of one contracting party as to the admission to or departure from its territory of passengers, crew, or cargo of aircraft, such as regulations relating to entry, clearance, immigration, passports, customs, and quarantine shall be complied with by or on behalf of such passengers, crew or cargo of the other contracting party upon entrance into or departure from, or while within. the territory of the first party. ARTICLE 6 Each contracting party reserves the right to withhold or revoke a certificate or permit to an airline of the other party in any case where it is not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control are vested in nationals of either party to this agreement, or in case of failure of an airline to comply with the laws of the State over which it operates as described in Article 5 hereof, or to perform its obligations under this agreement. ARTICLE 7 This agreement and all contracts connected therewith shall be registered with the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization. ARTICLE 8 Except as may be modified by the present agreement, the general principles of the aforementioned air navigation arrangement of 1933 as applicable to scheduled air transport services shall continue in force until otherwise agreed upon by the two contracting parties. ARTICLE 9 In the event either of the contracting parties considers it desirable to modify the routes or conditions set forth in the attached Annex, |