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(2) Any person shall be entitled to receive from the authority duly certified pies or extracts of the particulars recorded. Such copies or extracts shall

stitute prima facie evidence of the contents of the record.

(3) If the law of a Contracting State provides that the filing of a document for recording shall have the same effect as the recording, it shall have the same effect for the purposes of this Convention. In that case, adequate provision shall be made to ensure that such document is open to the public.

(4) Reasonable charges may be made for services performed by the authority maintaining the record.

ARTICLE IV

(1) In the event that any claims in respect of:

(a) compensation due for salvage of the aircraft, or

(b) extraordinary expenses indispensable for the preservation of the

aircraft,

give rise, under the law of the Contracting State where the operations of salvage or preservation were terminated, to a right conferring a charge against the aircraft, such right shall be recognised by Contracting States and shall take priority over all other rights in the aircraft.

(2) The rights enumerated in paragraph (1) shall be satisfied in the inverse order of the dates of the incidents in connexion with which they have arisen. (3) Any of the said rights may, within three months from the date of the termination of the salvage or preservation operations, be noted on the record. (4) The said rights shall not be recognised in other Contracting States after expiration of the three months mentioned in paragraph (3) unless, within this period,

the record in conformity with

(a) the right has been noted on the

paragraph (3), and

(b) the amount has been agreed upon or judicial action on the right has been commenced. As far as judicial action is concerned, the law of the forum shall determine the contingencies upon which the three months' period may be interrupted or suspended.

(5) This Article shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of Article I, paragraph (2).

ARTICLE V

The priority of a right mentioned in Article 1. paragraph (1) (d), extends to all sums thereby secured. However, the amount of interest included shall not exceed that accrued during the three years prior to the execution proceedings together with that accrued during the execution proceedings.

ARTICLE VI

In case of attachment or sale of an aircraft in execution, or of any right therein. the Contracting States shall not be obliged to recognise. as against the attaching or executing creditor or against the purchaser, any right mentioned in Article I, paragraph (1), or the transfer of any such right, if constituted or effected with knowledge of the sale or execution proceedings by the person against whom the proceedings are directed.

ARTICLE VII

(1) The proceedings of a sale of an aircraft in execution shall be determined by the law of the Contracting State where the sale takes place.

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