Article 1 Verdrag inzake luchtvervoer tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Dominicaanse Republiek inzake luchtvervoer tussen en via hun onderscheiden grondgebieden
For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise defined, the term:
1) “aeronautical authorities” means, in the case the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Sint Maarten, the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication, responsible for aviation; and, in the case of the Dominican Republic, the Civil Aviation Board; or, in both cases, any person or body authorized to perform any functions at present exercised by said authorities;
2) “Agreement” means this Agreement, its Annexes and any amendments thereto;
3) “air transportation” means the public carriage by aircraft of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or in combination, scheduled or charter, for remuneration or hire;
4) “agreed services” means air transportation on the specified routes for the carriage of passengers, cargo and mail, separately or in combination;
5) “designated airline” means an airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 3 of this Agreement;
6) “Convention” means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at Chicago on December 7, 1944, and includes:
a) any amendment that has entered into force under Article 94(a) of the Convention and has been ratified by both Parties; and
b) any Annex or any amendment thereto adopted under Article 90 of the Convention, insofar as such Annex or amendment is at any given time effective for both Parties;
7) “full cost” means the cost of providing service plus a reasonable charge for administrative overhead;
8) “international air transportation” means air transportation that passes through the airspace over the territory of more than one State;
9) “nationals”, in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Sint Maarten, means nationals of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who are formally registered as local citizens with the Dutch nationality in the municipal registry of Sint Maarten and, in the case of the Dominican Republic, means nationals of the Dominican Republic;
10) “tariff” means any fare, rate or charge for the carriage of passengers, baggage and/or cargo (excluding mail) in air transportation, including surface transportation in connection with international air transportation, charged by airlines, including their agents, and the conditions governing the availability of such fare, rate or charge;
11) “stop for non-traffic purposes” means a landing for any purpose other than taking on or discharging passengers, baggage, cargo or mail in air transportation;
12) in the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of Sint Maarten, the terms “sovereignty” and “territory”, in relation to a Party, shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in Article 1 and 2 of the Convention;
in the case of the Dominican Republic, the terms “sovereignty” and “territory”, in relation to a State, have the meaning in accordance with the stipulations of Article 1 and 2 of the Convention; Sovereignty: The Contracting States recognize that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory. Territory: In relation to a State means the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto and the airspace above them under the sovereignty of such State;
13) “user charge” means a charge imposed on airlines for the provision of airport, airport environmental, air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and facilities;
14) “capacity” is the amount of services provided under the Agreement, usually measured by the number of flights, seats and tons of cargo offered at a market, weekly or for another specified period;
15) “multimodal air transport” means the public transportation by aircraft, and by one or more modes of surface transport of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or in combination, for remuneration or hire;
16) “ICAO” means the International Civil Aviation Organization.
- Regeling
- Verdrag inzake luchtvervoer tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Dominicaanse Republiek inzake luchtvervoer tussen en via hun onderscheiden grondgebieden
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 01-02-2025
- BWB-id
- BWBV0006828
- Versie
- 2025-02-01_0