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CONFIDENTIAL

Item 1.3

International Air Services Transit Agreement,

The Agreement

Chicago 1944

The

·

International Air Services Transit Agreement

("The Agreement", text at Annex A) was concluded on 7

December 1944 and entered into force on 30 January 1945. The UK notified its acceptance of the Agreement on 31 May

1945 and Hong Kong was included in the UK's notification

(reference at Annex B).

2.

The Agreement requires each Contracting State to grant to the other Contracting States the following rights in respect of scheduled international air services:

(a) the right to fly across its territory without

landing; and

(b)

the right to land for non-traffic purposes.

The exercise of these rights should be in accordance with

the provisions of the Convention on International Civil

Aviation, Chicago 1944 (Article 1, Sections 1 and 2).

3.

Each Contracting State may designate the route to

be followed within its territory by any international air

service and the airports which any such service may use

(Article 1, Section 4).

4.

under

A dispute between

this Agreement or

Contracting States over action

over the interpretation Or

can be referred to the

application of this Agreement

for

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) resolution in accordance with the procedures set out in the

Agreement (Article 2).

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