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Konvencija se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in slovenskem prevodu glasi: The Federal Republic of Germany, The Kingdom of Belgium, The French Republic, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Considering that the entry into service and general employment of turbine-engined transport aircraft may give rise to far-reaching changes in the organisation of air traffic control. Considering that, from the operational standpoint, modern types of aricraft are characterised: – by high speeds, – by the necessity, for reasons of economical operation, of being able to make an uninterrupted climb at a high speed to optimum operating altitudes and of remaining at those altitudes until a point as near as possible to the destination of the aircraft has been reached, Considering that those characteristics imply not only the adaptation or reorganisation of existing control methods and procedures but also the creation, above a certain level, of new flight information regions organised in whole or in part into control areas, Considering that, having regard to the rapid progress in the technical development of such aircraft, the control of air traffic at a high altitude can no longer be envisaged within the restriced framework of national frontiers, in the case of the majority of European countries. Considering therefore that it is expedient to create an international control organisation operating in respect of air space which extends beyond the limits of the territory of a single State, Considering that in so far as pertains to the lower air space it may be of advantage in certain cases to entrust the air traffic services in part of the territory of one Contracting Party to the aforesaid international organisation or to another Contracting Party, Considering moreover that internationalised control presupposes the adoption of a common policy and the standardisation of regulations based on the Standards and Recommended Practices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (I.C.A.O.), due regard being paid to the requirements of national defence, Considering furthermore that it is highly desirable to co-ordinate the action taken by the States in respect of the training of personnel of the air navigation services and in the field of study and research relating to air traffic problems, Have agreed as follows: 1. The Contracting Parties agree to strengthen their co-operation in matters of air navigation and in particular to provide for the common organisation of the air traffic services in the upper air space. 2. For this purpose they hereby establish a “European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation” (EUROCONTROL), hereinafter called “the Organisation”. The Organisation shall comprise two organs: – a “permanent Commission for the safety of air navigation”, hereinafter called “the Commission”; – an “air traffic services Agency”, hereinafter called “the Agency”, of which the Statute is annexed to the present Convention. 3. The seat of the Organisation shall be at Brussels. 1. Any one of the Contracting Parties may, in respect of the lower air space, and having regard to practical operational requirements, request a decision from the Commission that the air traffic services for the whole or part of its lower air space be entrusted to the Organisation or to another Contracting Party. 2. In the latter case, the abstention of a third Contracting Party shall not form an obstacle to the validity of the decision of the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the present Convention. 3. The provisions of this Article which relate to the option of any one Contracting Party to entrust to another Contracting Party the air traffic services for the whole or part of its lower air space shall not be deemed to limit the right of the Contracting Parties to conclude with one another bilateral agreements for the same purpose. For the purposes of the present Convention the expression “air traffic” comprises civil aircraft and those military, customs and police aircraft which conform to the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (I. C. A. O.). The Organisation shall have legal personality. In the territory of the Contracting Parties it shall have the fullest legal capacity to which corporate bodies are entitled under national law; it shall inter alia have the right to acquire or transfer movable or immovable property and to go to law. Except as otherwise provided in the present Convention or the Statute annexed thereto, it shall be represented by the Agency which shall act in its name. The Agency shall administer the property of the Organisation. The Commission shall be composed of representatives of the Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party shall be entitled to two representatives but shall have one vote only. 1. The aim of the Commission shall be to promote, in co-operation with the national military authorities, the adoption of measures and the installation and operation of facilities designed to: – ensure the safety of air navigation, – ensure an orderly and rapid flow of air traffic, within defined air space under the sovereignty of the Contracting Parties or in respect of which the air traffic services have been entrusted to those Parties under international agreements. 2. For this purpose the Commission shall be responsible for: a) the study, on the basis of the Standards and Recommended Practices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and having regard to the requirements of national defence, of the standardisation of national regulations governing air traffic and the standardisation of the operation of the services responsible for ensuring the safety and regulation of air traffic; b) the promotion of a common policy to be followed in respect of radio aids, telecommunications and corresponding airborne equipment, destined to ensure the safety of aircraft; c) the promotion and co-ordination of studies relating to air navigation services and installations in order to take account of technical developments, and, if necessary, the study of amendments to the Regional Air Navigation Plans to be submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organisation; d) the determination, in accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the present Convention, of the configuration of the air space in respect of which the air traffic services are entrusted to the Agency; the exercise of the powers which devolve upon the Commission under Article 2 of the present Convention; e) the determination of the policy to be followed by the Agency in respect of remuneration for services rendered to users, and, where applicable, the approval of the tariffs and conditions of application of charges established by the Agency; f) the study of measures designed to facilitate the financing in investments required for the functioning of the Agency or more generally of the services of the Contracting Parties which participate in the work of ensuring the safety of air navigation; g) the exercise of the power of general supervision of the activities of the Agency in application of Article 20 of the present Convention and of Article 8, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 12, Article 13 paragraph 3 a), Article 14 paragraph 2, Article 17 paragraph 2, Article 23 paragraphy 2 and 4, Article 28 paragraph 3, Article 29 paragraphs 1 and 3, Article 30 paragraph 1, Article 34 paragraph 1 and Article 37 of the Statute annexed hereto. For the accomplishment of its task, the Commission: a) shall formulate recommendations in cases falling within the scope of paragraph 2, a), b) and c) of Article 6 of the present Convention; b) shall take decisions in cases falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 2, paragraph 2 d) of Article 6, paragraph 2 of Article 9, paragraph 2 of Article 12 and Article 13 of the present Convention; c) shall give directives to the Agency in cases falling within the scope of paragraph 2 e) and paragraph 2 f) of Article 6 and of Article 20 and Article 31 of the present Convention; d) shall take all the necessary measures for the exercise of the functions which devolve upon it under paragraph 2 g) of Article 6 of the present Convention: e) shall, where necessary, refer disputes to the arbitral tribunal for which provision is made in paragraph 1 of Article 33 of the present Convention. 1. Recommendations shall be formulated by a majority of the members of the Commission. The representatives of the Contracting Parties concerned shall propose to the competent authorities of their respective countries all the necessary measures for the implementation of the recommendations which they have agreed to on the Commission. 2. Decisions shall require the unanimous vote of the Commission. They shall have binding effect for each of the Contracting Parties. 3. The directives of the Commission shall require a majority of the votes of the Contracting Parties, it being understood: – that those votes shall be subject to the weighting prescribed in the table in Article 9 hereunder which weighting is based on the Gross National Products of the Contracting Parties. – that those votes shall represent the majority of the Contracting Parties. 4. The conclusions arising from deliberations under paragraphs d) and e) of Article 7 shall be adopted in accordance with the rules specified in paragraph 3 of this Article, except in cases where different rules are applicable under express provisions of the Convention or of the Statute annexed thereto. 1. The weight table referred to in the preceding Article is as follows: text="------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (G. N. P.) according to factor cost and current prices Number in thousands of millions of new French francs of votes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Less than 10 1 From 10 inclusive to 20 exclusive 2 From 20 inclusive to 30 exclusive 3 From 30 inclusive to 46 2/3 exclusive 4 From 46 2/3 inclusive to 63 1/3 exclusive 5 From 63 1/3 inclusive to 80 exclusive 6 From 80 inclusive to 110 exclusive 7 From 110 inclusive to 140 exclusive 8 From 140 inclusive to 200 exclusive 9 From 200 inclusive to 260 exclusive 10 From 260 inclusive to 320 exclusive 11 From 320 inclusive to 380 exclusive 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------" and thereafter on additional vote for each additional increase of sixty thousand million new French francs, or fraction thereof, in the G. N. P. specified above. 2. The Gross National Product (G. N. P.) to be used for the calculations shall be obtained from the statistics compiled by the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (O. E. E. C.) – or failing that by any other body affording equivalent guarantees and designated under a decision of the Commission – by calculating the arithmetical mean for the last three years for which those statistics are available. The value of the Gross National Product (G. N. P.) shall be that which is calculated on the basis of factor cost and current prices. 3. The numbers of votes shall be established initially by reference to the above weight table and in accordance with the rule, given in paragraph 2 of this Article, for determining the Gross National Product, and the numbers so established shall take effect from the date of entry into force of the present Convention. 4. In the case of the accession of a new State, the numbers of votes of the Contracting Parties shall be re-established in accordance with the same procedure. 5. The numbers of votes shall in all cases be re-established, under the same conditions, when three years have elapsed since the date on which those numbers were last established. 1. The Commission shall establish its rules of procedure which shall be adopted unanimously. 2. Those rules shall include inter alia the rules relating to the office of President, to the establishment of working groups and to the working languages of the Commission. The staff and facilities required for the operation of te Commission shall be made available to it by the Agency. 1. The Commission shall maintain with the appropriate States and international Organisations the necessary relations for the realization of the aims of the Organisation. 2. The Commission shall in particular, subject to the rights conferred upon the Agency under Article 31 of the present Convention, be alone empowered to conclude on behalf of the Organisation those agreements with international Organisations, member States of the Organisation or other States which are necessary for the execution of the tasks entrusted to it by the present Convention and for the functioning of the organs established by that Convention or created for the purpose of its application. Agreements may be concluded between the Organisation and any State which is not a Party to the present Convention but which is desirous of using the services of the Agency. In such cases, action shall be taken by the Commission on a report being submitted by the Agency. The Contracting Parties shall entrust to the Agency the air traffic services in the air space defined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 d), of Article 6 and of Article 38 of the present Convention. 1. The character of public interest shall where necessary be recognised in accordance with national law and with the consequences which results from the provisions of that law relating to expropriation in the public interest, as regards the acquisition of immovable property necessary for the siting of the Organisation’s installations, subject to the agreement of the Government concerned. The procedure of expropriation for reasons of public interest may be set in motion by the competent authorities of the State concerned, in accordance with its national law, for the purpose of acquiring such property failing amicable agreement. 2. In the territory of the Contracting Parties where the procedure refered to in the preceding paragraph is not in existence, the Organisation may have the benefit of those procedures for compulsory purchase which can be used for the benefit of civil aviation and telecommunications. 3. The Contracting Parties recognise the right of the Organisation to benefit, in respect of any installations and services established on its behalf in their respective territories, from the application of national law as to those restrictions on the rights of owners of immovable property which may exist in the public interest for the benefit of national services for the same purpose and in particular as to easements in the public interest. 4. The Organisation shall bear the expenses consequent upon the application of the provisions of this Article, including the compensation payable in accordance with the law of the State in the territory of which the property is situated. The Contracting Parties shall, to the extent that they are competent to do so, and in particular in respect of the allocation of radio frequencies, take the necessary measures to ensure that the Organisation can accomplish all those operations which fulfil its purpose. 1. For the accomplishment of its task, the Agency shall apply for the purpose of air traffic control the regulations in force in the territories of the Contracting Parties and in the air space in respect of which the air traffic services have been entrusted to them under international agreements to which they are parties. 2. In case of difficulty in applying the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Agency shall bring the matter before the Commission which shall make recommendations to the Contracting Parties regarding the necessary measures to be taken, under the conditions prescribed in paragraph 2 a), of Article 6 of the present Convention. For the accomplishment of its task and within the limits of the powers conferred on the air traffic services, the Agency shall give all necessary instructions to aircraft commanders. The aircraft commanders shall be bound to comply with those instructions, except in the cases of force majeure provided for in the regulations referred to in the preceding Article. Infringements of the air navigation regulations committed in the air space in which the air traffic services have been entrusted to the Agency shall be recorded in reports by officers specially authorised by the Agency for that purpose, without prejudice to the right under national law of officers of the Contracting Parties to report infringements of the same nature. The reports referred to above shall have the same effect in national courts as those drawn up by national officers qualified to report infringements of the same nature. The Agency shall establish, where applicable, in application of the directives of the Commission formulated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 e) of Article 6 to the present Convention, the tariffs and conditions of application of those charges which the Organisation is entitled to collect from users. The Agency shall submit those tariffs and conditions for the approval of the Commission. 1. The Organisation shall be exonerated, in the State in which its seat is located and in the territories of the Contracting Parties, from all duties, taxes and charges in respect of its creation, dissolution or liquidation. 2. The Organisation shall be exonerated from any duties, taxes and charges entailed by the acquisition of the immovable property required for the accomplishment of its task. 3. The Organisation shall be exonerated from all direct taxes applicable to it, its property, assets and income. 4. The Organisation shall be exonerated from any indirect fiscal charges consequential on the issue of loans and incident upon the Organisation. 5. It shall be exonerated from any taxation of an exceptional or discriminating nature. 6. The exonerations provided for in this Article shall not apply to taxes and charges collected as payment for public utility services. 1. The Organisation shall be exonerated from all customs duties and taxes or charges of equivalent effect, other than charges in respect of services rendered, and shall be exempt from any import or export prohibition or restriction in respect of materials, equipment, supplies and other articles imported for the official use of the Organisation and destined for the buildings and installations of the Organisation or for its functioning. 2. The goods so imported may not be sold, loaned or transferred, either without payment or against payment, in the territory of the Party into which they have been introduced, except under the conditions fixed by the Government of the Contracting Party concerned. 3. Any control measures deemed to be expedient may be taken to ensure that the materials, equipment, supplies and other articles referred to in paragraph 1 and imported for consignment to the Organisation have been effectively delivered to that Organisation and are effectively used for its official buildings and installations or for its functioning. 4. Furthermore, the Organisation shall be exonerated from all customs duties and exempt from any import or export prohibition or restriction in respect of the publications falling within the scope of Article 36 of the Statute annexed hereto. 1. The Organisation may hold any currency and have accounts in any currency in so far as is necessary for the execution of the transactions required for its purpose. 2. The Contracting Parties undertake to give the Organisation the necessary authorisations for all the transfers of funds, in accordance with the conditions prescribed under national regulations and international agreements as applicable, entailed by the establishment and activity of the Organisation, including the issue and service of loans when the issue of those loans has been authorised by the Government of the Contracting Party concerned. 1. The Agency may call upon the services of qualified persons who are nationals of the Contracting Parties. 2. The Contracting Parties shall apply to the persons referred to in the preceding paragraph the regulations relating to immigration, or other formalities regarding the registration of aliens, in such manner that the said regulations or formalities cannot place an obstacle in the way of admission to the country, exercise of a function at the Agency or repatriation. 3. No exception may be made to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article except for reasons of public policy, public safety or public health. 4. Persons employed by the Organisation: a) shall be granted exemption from customs duties and charges, other than those in respect of services rendered, in the case of the importation of their personal effects, movable property and other household effects which are not new, which they bring from abroad on first taking up residence in the territory in question, and in the case of the re-exportation of those same effects and movable property, when they relinquish their duties; b) may, on taking up their duties in the territory of any one of the Contracting Parties, import their personal motor car temporarily with exemption from duty, and subsequently, and not later than on termination of their period of service, re-export that vehicle with exemption from duty, subject, however, in either event, to any conditions deemed to be necessary in each individual case by the Government of the Contracting Party concerned. 5. The Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to grant to their own nationals the facilities provided for above. 6. The Governments concerned shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the unrestricted transfer of net salaries. 1. The contractual liability of the Organisation shall be governed by the law applicable to the contract concerned. 2. With regard to non-contractual liability, the Organisation shall make reparation for damage caused by the negligence of its organs, or of its servants in the scope of their employment, in so far as that damage can be attributed to them. The foregoing provision shall not preclude the right to other compensation under the national law of the Contracting Parties. 1. The installations and archives of the Organisation shall be inviolable. The property and assets of the Organisation shall be exempt from any measure of requisition, expropriation or confiscation by administrative action. 2. The property and assets of the Organisation may not be seized nor may execution be levied upon them, except by a judicial decision. The installations of the Organisation shall not, howerer, be seized nor shall execution be levied upon them. 3. The provisions of this Article shall not prejudice access to the installations and archives of the Organisation by the competent authorities of the State in which the Organisation has its seat, and of other countries in which those installations and archives may be situated, in order to enable judicial inquiries to be carried out and to ensure the execution of judicial decisions in their respective territories. 1. The Organisation shall collaborate at all times with the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties in order to facilitate the good administration of justice, to ensure the observance of police regulations and to prevent any abuse to which the privileges, immunities, exemptions or facilities specified in the present Convention could give rise. 2. The Organisation shall facilitate as far as possible the execution of public works inside or in the vicinity of any immovable property allocated for its use in the territories of the Contracting Parties. 1. For the accomplishment of its task the Agency shall be empowered to construct the buildings and installations which it requires and to operate directly the air traffic services which are entrusted to it. 2. In order, however, to reduce expenditure relating to both investment and administration, the Agency sball call upon national technical services and make use of existing national installations, whenever this is possible, in order to avoid any duplication. International agreements and national regulations relating to the admission to, flight over and security of the territory of the Contracting Parties shall be binding on the Agency which shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the application of such agreements and regulations. In order that the Contracting Parties may be able to verify that national regulations and international agreements are being applied, the Agency shall be bound to give those Contracting Parties which so request all the necessary information relating to the aircraft of which it has cognizance in the exercise of its functions. Within the scope of the directives given by the Commission, those relations which are essential for the co-ordination of air traffic and for the operation of the services of the Agency may be established by the Agency with the appropriate technical services, public or private, of the Contracting Parties, of non-contracting States or of international organisations. For that purpose, contracts of a purely administrative, technical or commercial nature, in so far as they are required for the operation of the Agency, may be entered into by the Agency, in the name of the Organisation, on condition that the Agency so informs the Commission. The Contracting Parties recognize that it is necessary for the Agency to achieve financial equilibrium and undertake to make available to it, taking into account its own revenue, the appropriate financial resources within the limits and conditions defined in the Statute annexed hereto. 1. Any dispute which may arise either between the Contracting Parties, or between the Contracting Parties and the Organisation represented by the Commission, relating to the interpretation or application of the present Convention or of its Annexes and which it has not been possible to settle by direct negotiation or by any other method, shall be referred to arbitration on the request of any one of the parties. 2. For that purpose, each of the parties shall in each case nominate an arbitrator, and the arbitrators shall agree on the nomination of a third arbitrator. Should one of the parties not have nominated its arbitrator within two months of the date of receipt of the request of the other party, or should the nominated arbitrators fail, within those two months, to agree on the nomination of the third arbitrator, any party may request the President of the International Court of Justice to make the nominations. 3. The arbitral tribunal shall determine its own procedure. 4. Each party shall bear the costs of its own arbitrator and its representation in the proceedings before the tribunal; the costs of the third arbitrator and the other costs shall be borne equally by the parties to the dispute. The arbitral tribunal may however determine a different sharing of costs if it thinks fit. 5. The decisions of the arbitral tribunal shall be binding on the parties to the dispute. 1. The Statute of the Agency, likewise any modifications which, subject to the conditions prescribed in the present Convention and in the Statute annexed thereto, are made to the aforesaid Statute shall be valid and have effect in the territory of the Contracting Parties. 2. Any modification of the provisions of the Statute shall be subject to the approval of the Commission, carried by the unanimous vote of its members. 3. The provisions of Articles 1, 22 to 26 inclusive and 30 of the Statute annexed hereto shall not, however, be subject to modification. The Governments of the Contracting Parties concerned shall consult together on the measures to be taken to meet any emergency or war, having regard to the difficulties of applying the provisions of the present Convention in whole or in part. The Contracting Parties undertake to ensure the application to the Agency of current statutory provisions designed to ensure the continuity of public services. The present Convention shall apply: a) (i) with respect to the Contracting Parties listed in Annex II, to their territories as defined in the said Annex; (ii) with respect to the other Contracting Parties, to their territories as defined by them, with the agreement of the Commission carried by a unanimous vote, at the time of the accession of those Parties; b) to any territory for the international relations of which a Contracting Party is responsible and to which the Convention has been extended under paragraph 2 of this Article. 2. a) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may, at the time of signature or of ratification of the present Convention or at any subsequent time, declare by a written notification addressed to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium that the Convention shall extend to all or part of the Channel Islands and of the Isle of Man; the Convention shall then extend to the territories indicated in the notification, from the date of receipt of that notification or from any other date which may be specified therein. b) Subject to the unanimous agreement of the Commission and to the conclusion of a preliminary financial agreement with the Organisation, any Contracting Party may, at any time after the entry into force of the present Convention, extend the application of the Convention to any territory for the international relations of which it is responsible. It shall notify the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium of that extension; the Convention shall then extend to the territories indicated in the notification, from the date of receipt of that notification or from any other date which may be agreed with the Commission. 3. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall inform all the Contracting Parties of any extension of the Convention under paragraph 2 of this Article, and shall indicate in each case the date on which the Convention has been so extended. The Agency shall provide the air traffic services: a) in the upper air space above the territories referred to in the preceding Article and also in the upper air space contiguous to the aforesaid air space and in respect of which the air traffic services have been entrusted to the Contracting Parties by international agreement, subject to the rights of the Commission under Article 6 of the present Convention; b) in the lower air space as determined under Article 2 of the present Convention; c) in air space which forms the subject of agreements with third States, in application of the provisions of Article 13 of the present Convention. 1. The present Convention shal remain in force for a period of twenty years from the date of its entry into force. 2. That period shall be automatically prolonged for periods of five years, provided that no Contracting Party has, by written notice to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium at least two years before the expiry of the current period, expressed its intention of denouncing the Convention. 3. If, in application of the foregoing, the Organisation is dissolved, it shall be deemed to exist for the purposes of its liquidation. 1. The present Convention shall be ratified. 2. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. 3. The Convention shall come into force on the first day of the month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the last signatory State to complete that formality. 4. Nevertheless, as soon as the Convention has been ratified by four signatory States whose territories form a coherent whole from the standpoint of the organisation of air traffic services, one of which shall be the State in which the seat of the Organisation is located, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall enter into communication with the Governments concerned in order that they may decide, if they think fit, having regard to the requirements of safety, to bring the Convention into force immediately between themselves. In the case of any signatory State whose instrument of ratification is not deposited until after the entry into force of the Convention, the latter shall take effect in respect of that State only from the date of the signing of a financial agreement between that signatory State and the Organisation. 5. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify the Governments of the other signatory States of any deposit of an instrument of ratification and of the date of entry into force. 1. The accession to the present Convention of any non-signatory State shall be subject to the agreement of the Commission carried by a unanimous vote. Such accession shall form the subject of a preliminary financial agreement between the non-signatory State and the Organisation, in accordance with Article 24 of the Statute annexed hereto. 2. The President of the Commission shall notify the non-signatory State of the decision to accept the accession. 3. The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium which shall notify the Governments of the other signatory and acceding States. 4. Accession shall take effect from the first day of the month following the deposit of the instrument of accesion. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall cause the present Convention to be registered with the International Civil Aviation Organisation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, after presentation of their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE at Brussels this 13th day of December, 1960, in the German, English, French and Dutch languages, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium which shall transmit certified copies to all the signatory States. In the case of any inconsistency, the text in the French language shall prevail. The States party to the “EUROCONTROL” International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation signed at Brussels on the 13th of December 1960 (hereinafter called “the Convention”), which set up the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation “EUROCONTROL,” (hereinafter called “the Organisation”), Have agreed as follows: 1. Without prejudice to the exoneration provided for in Articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, when the Organisation in the exercise of its official activities makes substantial acquisitions of property or employs services of substantial value in respect of which indirect duties, taxes or charges (including such duties, taxes or charges levied on importation other than those referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 22 of the Convention) have been paid or are payable, the Governments of the Member States shall, whenever possible, take appropriate action to offset the effect on the Organisation of such duties, taxes or charges by means of an adjustment of the financial contributions to the Organisation or by means of remission or of reimbursement to the Organisation of the amount of the duties, taxes or charges. 2. With regard to payments by the Organisation to Member States in respect of capital investments made by those States, in so far as the cost thereof is to be refunded by the Organisation, the said States shall ensure that their statements of the amounts in question submited to the Organisation do not include duties, taxes or charges from which the Organisation would have been exempt or which would be refunded to it or which would be the subject of an adjustment of the financial contributions to the Organisation if the Organisation had made those investments itself. 3. The provisions of this Article shall not apply in respect of duties, taxes or charges collected as payment for public utility services. Property acquired by the Organisation to which paragraph 1 of Article 1 applies may not be sold or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with conditions laid down by the Governments of the States concerned. 1. When the Director General of the Agency or any official or servant subject to the Staff Regulations envisaged in Article 14 of the Statute of the Agency or the General Conditions of Service for the Staff of the Eurocontrol Maastricht Centre is taxed by a Member State on the salary and emoluments paid to him by the Organisation, the Member State concerned shall take appropriate action to make as exact a financial adjustment as possible in favour of the relevant budget of the Organisation in respect of the amount of the tax. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to pensions and annuities paid by the Organisation. For the purpose of the present Protocol, the Organisation shall act in concert with the relevant authorities of the Member States concerned. Any dispute which may arise between the Contracting Parties, or between the Contracting Parties and the Organisation represented by the Commission, relating to the interpretation or application of the present Protocol shall be settled in accordance with procedure set out in Article 33 of the Convention. The present Protocol shall remain in force until the expiry of the Convention. 1. The present Protocol shall be ratified. 2. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. 3. The present Protocol shall come into force on the first day of the month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the last State party to the Convention to complete that formality. 4. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify the Governments of the other States party to the Convention of any deposit of an instrument of ratification and of the date of entry into force. 1. Accession to the present Protocol is open to any non-signatory State which makes a request to accede to the Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 41. 2. The agreement of the Commission stipulated in the said Article 41 shall be subject to the accession of the State concerned to the present Protocol. 3. The instrument of accession to the present Protocol shall be deposited at the same time as the instrument of accession to the Convention with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall notify the Governments of the other signatory and acceding States. 4. Accession to the present Protocol shall take effect from the same day as the accession to the Convention. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, after presentation of their full power, found to be in good and due form, have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE at Brussels, this sixth day of July, 1970, in the English, German, French and Dutch languages, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall transmit certified copies to all the signatory States. In the case of any inconsistency, the text in the French language shall prevail. The States Parties to the Additional Protocol to the “EUROCONTROL”, International Convention relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air Navigation signed at Brussels on 6 July 1970 (hereinafter called “the Additional Protocol”) Have agreed as follows: As from the date of entry into force of the present Protocol the text of Article 3 of the Additional Protocol shall be superseded by the following text: “1. The Director General of the Agency and the staff members of the Organisation, including the Permanent Delegate, shall be subject, under the conditions and rules laid down by the Permanent Commission, to a tax for the benefit of the Organisation on salaries and emoluments paid by the Organisation, which shall take effect within a period of one year from the date of entry into force of this provision. As from the date on which this tax is applied, such salaries and emoluments shall be exempt from national income tax. The Contracting States may, however, take into account the salaries and emoluments thus exempted when assessing the amount of tax payable on income from other sources. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to pensions and annuities paid by the Organisation. 3. The names, titles, addresses as well as remunerations and where appropriate pensions of employees and former employees to whom the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the present article are applicable shall be communicated periodically to the Contracting States.” Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 of the present Protocol, obligations under Article 3 of the Additional Protocol shall remain binding until the relevant claims and commitments have been fully discharged. 1. The present Protocol shall be ratified, accepted or approved. 2. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. 3. The present Protocol shall come into force on the first day of the year following the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the last State party to the Additional Protocol to complete that formality. 4. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify the Governments of the other States parties to the Additional Protocol of any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval and the date of its entry into force. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, after presentation of their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto their seals. DONE at Brussels, this 21st of November, 1978, in the English, German, French and Dutch languages, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall transmit certified copies to all the signatory States. In the case of any inconsistency, the text in the French language shall prevail. The Federal Republic of Germany, The Kingdom of Belgium, The French Republic, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, The Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Portuguese Republic, Considering that developments in air traffic require the revision of the EUROCONTROL International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation of 13 December 1960 providing for the establishment of a European system organised jointly by the Member States for the control of general air traffic in the upper airspace, Considering that it is desirable to continue and to strengthen the co-operation between the States within the framework of EUROCONTROL, in particular through the formulation of common long-term objectives and medium-term plans in consultation with users of air traffic services, in order to achieve maximum efficiency at minimum cost in the provision of air traffic services. Desiring to extend and to strengthen co-operation with other States which have an interest in the execution of the tasks entrusted to EUROCONTROL in order to increase its efficiency, in particular with regard to traffic flow management, Desiring to encourage interested States to become Members of EUROCONTROL, Have agreed as follows: The EUROCONTROL International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation of 13 December 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol signed at Brussels on 6 July 1970, in turn amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 21 November 1978, hereinafter called “the Convention”, is hereby amended as provided in the following articles. Article 1 of the Convention shall be replaced by the following: “Article 1 1. The Contracting Parties agree to strengthen their co-operation and to develop their joint activities in the field of air navigation, making due allowance for defence needs and providing maximum freedom for all airspace users consistent with the required level of safety. They have accordingly agreed: (a) to establish common long-term objectives in the field of air navigation and, in that framework, to institute a medium-term common plan for air traffic services and facilities; (b) to draw up common plans for advanced training, for procedural measures, and for research and development programmes relating to facilities and services for the safety, efficiency and expeditious flow of air traffic; (c) to concert any other measures necessary to ensure the safe and orderly flow of air traffic; (d) to constitute a common fund of experience in operational, technical and financial aspects of air navigation; (e) to co-ordinate their activities with regard to air traffic flow management by establishing an international system of air traffic flow management in order to ensure the most effective utilisation of the airspace. 2. For this purpose they hereby establish a “European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)”, hereinafter called “the Organisation”, which shall act in co-operation with the national civil and military authorities. The Organisation shall comprise two organs: –a “Permanent Commission for the safety of air navigation”, hereinafter called “the Commission”, which shall constitute the organ responsible for formulating the Organisation’s general policy; –an “Agency for the safety of air navigation”, hereinafter called “the Agency”, the Statute of which is in Annex 1 to the present Convention. The Agency shall be the organ responsible for the performance of the tasks prescribed by the present Convention or entrusted to it, in pursuance thereof, by the Commission. 3. The headquarters of the Organisation shall be in Brussels.” Article 2 of the Convention shall be revoked. Article 6 of the Convention shall become Article 2 and shall read as follows: “Article 2 1. The Organisation shall undertake the following tasks: (a) to analyse the future needs of air traffic and new techniques necessary for meeting such needs; (b) to develop and adopt common long-term objectives in the field of air navigation; (c) to co-ordinate the medium-term national plans in order to establish a common medium-term plan in respect of air traffic services and facilities within the frameword of the long-term objectives referred to in (b) above; (d) to promote common policies for ground and airborne air navigation systems, and the training of the staff of air traffic services; (e) to study and promote measures for improving cost-effectiveness and efficiency in the field of air navigation; (f) to promote and conduct studies, tests and trials relating to air navigation; to collect and distribute the results of studies, tests and trials carried out by the Contracting Parties in the field of air navigation; (g) to co-ordinate the Contracting Parties’ research and development programmes relating to new techniques in the field of air navigation; (h) to examine matters in the field of air navigation being studied by the International Civil Aviation Organization and other international organisations concerned with civil aviation; (i) to study amendments to the Regional Air Navigation Plans to be submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization; (j) to perform any other tasks with which it might be entrusted pursuant to Article 1.1 (c); (k) to assist the Contracting Parties and interested non-member States in the institution and operation of an international air traffic flow management system; (l) to establish and collect charges levied on users of air navigation services in accordance with the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges, and on behalf of the Contracting Parties and of non-member States parties to that Agreement. Special agreements may be concluded by the Organisation and non-member States interested in participating in the performance of such tasks. 2. At the request of one or more Contracting Parties, the Organisation may be entrusted with the following tasks: (a) to assist such Parties in the performance of specific air navigation tasks such as the design and setting up of air traffic facilities and services; (b) to provide and operate, wholly or in part, air traffic services and facilities on behalf of such Parties; (c) to assist such Parties in the calculation and collection of charges which are levied by them on users of air navigation services and which are not covered by the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges. The perfomance of such tasks shall in each case be governed by a special agreement between the Organisation and the Parties concerned. 3. The Organisation may further, at the request of one or more non-member States, be entrusted with the following tasks: (a) to assist such States in air traffic flow management and in the planning and provision of air navigation services and equipment; (b) to assist such States in the calculation and collection of charges not covered by the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges which are levied by them on users of air navigation services. The performance of such tasks shall in each case be governed by special agreements between the Organisation and the States concerned.” Articles 3 and 37 of the Convention shall be combined into a new Article 3 and shall read as follows: “Article 3 1. The present Convention shall apply to en route air navigation services and related approach and aerodrome services for air traffic in the Flight Information Regions in Annex 2. 2. Any amendment which a Contracting Party wishes to make to the list of its Flight Information Regions in Annex 2 shall be subject to the unanimous agreement of the Commission if it would result in a change in the overall limits of the airspace covered by the Convention. Any amendment which does not result in such a change shall be notified to the Organisation by the Contracting Party concerned. 3. For the purposes of the present Convention the expression “air traffic” shall comprise civil aircraft and those military, customs and police aircraft which conform to the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organization.” Article 5 of the Convention shall be replaced by the following: “Article 5 1. The Commission shall be composed of representatives of the Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party may appoint several delegates in order, in particular, to allow the representation of the interests of both civil aviation and national defence, but shall have only one vote. 2. For the purposes of Article 2.1 (l) the Commission shall be enlarged to include representatives of non-member States which are parties to the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges. The Commission thus enlarged shall take decisions in accordance with the provisions of the said Agreement. 3. Where provision to that effect is made in other agreements concluded between the Organisation and non-member States in accordance with Article 2.1, in particular for air traffic flow management, the Commission shall be enlarged and shall take decisions in sccordance with the provisions of those agreements.” Article 7 of the Convention shall become Article 6 and shall read as follows: “Article 6 1. For the accomplishment of the tasks assigned to the Organisation by Article 2.1, the Commission shall take the following measures: (a) with regard to the Contracting Parties: it shall take a decision: – in the cases referred to in Article 2.1 (b) and (c); – in the cases referred to in Article 2.1 (a) and (d) to (k) whenever the Commission deems it necessary for the Contracting Parties to commit themselves to common action; in such cases it may also issue a recommendation to the Contracting Parties; (b) with regard to the Agency: – it shall approve the annual work programme and the investment and work programmes extending over several years to be submitted to it by the Agency for the accomplishment of the tasks referred to in Article 2.1, and also the budget and the activity report; it shall give directives to the Agency, whenever it deems this to be necessary for the accomplishemnt of the tasks assigned to the Agency; – it shall take all necessary measures in exercising its supervisory powers under the present Convention and the Statute of the Agency; – it shall give the Agency a discharge in respect of its administration of the budget. 2. In addition, the Commission shall: (a) approve the Staff Regulations and the Financial Regulations as well as measures to be taken in pursuance of Article 7.2, and of Article 19.3 of the Statute of the Agency; (b) appoint the members of the control board for a five-year period in pursuance of Article 22.1 of the Statute of the Agency. 3. The Commission shall authorise the opening by the Agency of negotiations relating to the special agreements referred to in Article 2 and shall approve the agreements negotiated by the Agency. 4. Proceedings on behalf of the Organisation may be initiated by the Commission before the arbitral tribunal provided for under Article 31.” Aricle 8 of the Convention shall become Article 7 and shall read as follows: “Article 7 1. Decisions shall be taken by the Commission by unanimous vote of the Contracting Parties and shall be binding on the Contracting Parties. However, should a Contracting Party notify the Commission that overriding national considerations prevent it from acting on a unanimous decision taken in respect of the matters referred to in Article 2.1 (b) and (c), it may derogate from that decision subject to communication to the Commission of the grounds for the derogation. Within six months of such notification, the Commission shall either revise its previous decision or decide whether certain conditions or limits should apply to the derogation. In either case, the Commission’s decision shall require a unanimous vote of the Contracting Parties. 2. The Commission shall decide upon the measures referred to in Articles 6.2 (a), 6.3 and 11.3 by unanimity of the votes cast. 3. Unless otherwise provided, directives and measures in the cases provided for in Article 6.1 (b) and 6.4 shall require a majority of the votes in the Commission, it being understood that: – those votes shall be subject to the weighting provided for in Article 8 below, – those votes shall represent the majority of the Contracting Parties voting. 4. The measures referred to in Article 6.2 (b) shall be taken by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 above, provided that the majority calculated accordingly is not less than 70% of the weighted votes cast. 5. Recommendations by the Commission shall require the votes of the majority of the Contracting Parties.” Article 9 of the Convention shall become Article 8 and shall read as follows: “Article 8 1. The weighting referred to in Article 7 shall be determined according to the following table: text="------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual contribution of a Contracting Party as a percentage of the total annual contributions of Number all the Contracting Parties of votes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Less than 1% 1 From 1 to less than 2% 2 From 2 to less than 3% 3 From 3 to less than 4½% 4 From 4½ to less than 6% 5 From 6 to less than 7½% 6 From 7½ to less than 9% 7 From 9 to less than 11% 8 From 11 to less than 13% 9 From 13 to less than 15% 10 From 15 to less than 18% 11 From 18 to less than 21% 12 From 21 to less than 24% 13 From 24 to less than 27% 14 From 27 to less than 30% 15 30% 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 2. The numbers of votes shall be initially established with effect from the date of entry into force of the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981 by reference to the above table and in accordance with the rule in Article 19 of the Statute of the Agency fot determining the annual contributions of the Contracting Parties to the Organisation’s budget. 3. In the event of the accession of a State, the numbers of votes of the Contracting Parties shall be re-established in accordance with the same procedure. 4. The numbers of votes shall be re-established each year in accordance with the foregoing provisions.” Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention shall become Articles 9 and 10. Article 12 of the Convention shall become Article 11 and shall read as follows: “Article 11 1. The Commission shall maintain with the appropriate States and international organisations the necessary relations for the realisation of the aims of the Organisation. 2. The Commission in particular, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 6.3 and 13, be alone empowered to conclude on behalf of the Organisation those agreements with international organisations, the Contracting Parties or other States which are necessary for the performance of the Organisation’s tasks provided for in Article 2. 3. At the proposal of the Agency, the Commission may delegate to the Agency the decision to open negotiations and to conclude agreements necessary for the performance of the tasks referred to in Article 2.” A new Article 12 shall be inserted in the Convention and shall read as follows: “Article 12 The agreements between the Organisation and one or more Contracting Parties, or one or more non-member States, or an international organisation, relating to the tasks referred to in Article 2 shall stipulate the respective tasks, rights and obligations of the Parties to the agreements together with the financial arrangements, and shall establish the measures to be taken. Such agreements may be negotiated by the Agency in accordance with the provisions of Articles 6.3 and 11.3.” Article 13 and 14 of the Convention shall be revoked. Article 31 of the Convention shall become Article 13. Article 15 of the Convention shall become Article 14. Article 16 of the Convenion shall be revoked. Article 17 of the Convention shall become Article 15 and shall read as follows: “Article 15 In the event of the Organisation performing the tasks provided for in Article 2.2 (b), the agency shall apply the regulations in force in the territories of the Contracting Parties and in the airspace in respect of wich the provision of air traffic services is entrusted to them under international agreements to which they are Parties.” Article 18 of the Convention shall become Article 16 and shall read as follows: “Article 16 In the event of the Organisation performing the tasks provided for in Article 2.2 (b), the Agency shall, within the limits of the powers conferred on the air traffic services, give all necessary instructions to aircraft commanders. The aircraft commanders shall be bound to company with those instructions, except in the cases of force majeure provided for in the ragulations referred to in the preceding article.” Article 19 of the Convention shall become Article 17 and shall read as follows: “Article 17 In the event of the Organisation performing the tasks provided for in Article 2.2 (b), infringements of the air navigation ragulations committed in the airspace in which the provision of air traffic services is entrusted to the Agency shall be recorded in reports by officers specifically authorised by the Agency for that purpose, without prejudice to the right under national law of officers of the Contracting Parties to report infringements of the same nature. The reports referred to above shall have the same effect in national courts as those drawn up by national officers qualified to report infringements of the same nature.” A new Article 18 shall be inserted in the Convention and shall read as follows: “Article18 1. The circulation of publications and other information material sent by or to the Organisation in connection with its official activities shall not be restricted in any way. 2. For its official communications and the transfer of all its documents, the Organisation shall enjoy treatment not less favourable than that accorded by each Contracting Party to comparable international organisations.” Article 20 of the Convention shall be revoked. Articles 21, 22 and 23 of the Convention shall become Articles 19, 20 and 21. In the old Article 22.4 the reference to Article 36 of the Statute of the Agency shall be replaced by a reference to Article 25 of the Statute. Article 24 of the Convention shall become Article 22 and shall read as follows: “Article 22 1. The Agency may call upon the services of qualified persons who are nationals of the Contracting Parties. 2. The staff of the Organisation, and members of their families forming part of their households, shall enjoy the exemption from measures restricting immigration and governing aliens’ registration generally accorded to staff members of comparable international organisations. 3. (a) The Contracting Parties, in time of international crisis, shall accorf to the staff of the Organisation, and the members of their families forming part of their households, the same repatriation facilities as the staff of other international organisations. (b) The provisions of (a) above shall not affect the staff’s obligations to the Organisation. 4. No exception may be made to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article except for reasons of public policy, public safety or public health. 5. The staff of the Organisation: (a) shall be granted exemption from customs duties and charges, other than tose in respect of services rendered, in the case of the importation of their personal effects, movable property and other household effects which are not new, which they bring from abroad on first taking up residence in the territory in question, and in the case of the re-exportation of those same effects and movable property, when they relinquish their duties; (b) may, on taking up their duties in the territory of any one of the Contracting Parties, import their personal motor car temporarily with exemption from duty, and subsequently, but not later than on termination of their period of service, re-export that vehicle with exemption from duty, subject, however, in either event, to any conditions deemed to be necessary in each individual case by the Government of the Contracting Party concerned: (c) shall enjoy inviolability for all their official papers and documents. 6. The Contracting Parties shall not be obliged to grant to their own nationals the facilities provided for in paragraph 5 (a) and (b) above. 7. In addition to the privileges, exemptions and facilities granted to the staff of the Organisation, the Director General of the Agency shall enjoy immunity from jurisdiction in respect of acts, including words spoken and written, done by him in the exercise of his functions; this immunity shall not apply in the case of a motor traffic offence or in the case of damage caused by a motor vehicle belonging to or driven by him. 8. The Governments concerned shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the unrestricted transfer of net salaries.” A new Article 23 shall be inserted in the Convention and shall read as follows: “Article 23 Representatives of teh Contracting Parties shall, while exercising their functions and in the course of their journeys to and from the place of meeting, enjoy inviolability for all their official papers and documents.” A new Article 24 shall be inserted in the Convention and shall read as follows: “Article 24 By reason of its own social security scheme, the Organisation, the Director General and staff of the Organisation shall be exempt from all compulsory contributions to national social security bodies, without prejudice to arrangements between the Organisation and Contracting Parties existing at the entry into force of the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981.” Article 26 of the Convention shall read as follows: “Article 26 1. (a) The installations of the Organisation shall be inviolable. The property and assets of the Organisation shall be exempt from any measure of requisition, expropriation or confiscation. (b) The archives of the Organisation and all official papers and documents belonging to it shall be inviolable, wherever located. 2. The property and assets of the Organisation may not be seized, nor may execution be levied upon them, except by a judicial decision. The installations of the Organisation shall not, however, be seized nor shall execution be levied upon them. 3. Nevertheless, in order to enable judicial inquiries to be carried out and to ensure the execution of judicial decisions in their respective territories, the competent authorities of the State in which the Organisation has its headquarters and of other States in which installations and archives of the Organisation are located shall, after having informed the Director General of the Agency, have access to such installations and archives.” Article 28 of the Convention shall be revoked. Article 29 of the Convention shall become Article 28 and shall read as follows: “Article 28 In the event of the Organisation performing the tasks provided for in Article 2.2 (b), international agreements and national regulations relating to the admission to, flight over and security of, the territory of the Contracting parties shall be binding on the Agency, which shall take all necessary measures to ensure the application of such agreements and regulations.” Article 30 of the Convention shall become Article 29 and shall read as follows: “Article 29 In the event of the Organisation performing the tasks provided for in Article 2.2 (b), the Agency shall be bound to give those Contracting Parties which so request all necessary information relating to the aircraft of which it has cognisance in the exercise of its functions, in order that the Contracting Parties may be able to verify that international agreements and national regulations are being applied.” Article 32 of the Convention shall become Article 30. Article 33 of the Convention shall become Article 31. Article 34 of the Convention shall become Article 32; paragraph 3 thereof shall be replaced by the following: “3. The provisions of Articles 1, 11, 19 and 20 of the Statute annexed hereto shall not, however, be subject to modification by the Commission.” Article 35 of the Convention shall become Article 33 and shall read as follows: “Article 33 In the event of a state of emergency or war, the provisions of the present Convention shall not affect the freedom of action of the Contracting Parties involved.” Article 36 of the Convention shall become Article 34. Article 38 of the Convention shall be revoked. Article 39 of the Convention shall become Article 35: paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof shall be replaced by the following: “1. The validity of the present Convention, as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981, shall be extended for a period of twenty years from the date of entry into force of the said Protocol. 2. That period shall be automatically prolonged for periods of five years, unless a Contracting Party has, by written notice given to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium at least two years before the expiry of the current period, expressed its intention to terminate the Convention. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify the Governments of the other States parties to the Convention of such notice.” Article 40 of the Convention shall be revoked. Article 41 of the Convention shall become Article 36; paragraphs 1 and 4 thereof shall be replaced by the following: “1. The accession to the present Convention, as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981, of any State not signatory to the said Protocol shall be subject: (a) to the agreement of the Commission carried by a unanimous vote, and (b) to the State depositing at the same time an instrument of accession to the Multilateral Agreement ralating to Route Charges opened for signature at Brussels in 1981. 4. Accession shall take effect from the first day of the second month following the deposit of the instrument of accession.” Article 42 of the Convention shall be revoked. Annex I to the Convention, incorporating the Statute of the Agency, shall be replaced by Annex 1 to the present Protocol. Annex II to the Convention shall be replaced by Annex 2 to the present Protocol, entitled “Flight Information Regions (Article 3 of the Convention)”. The Protocol of Signature of the Convention shall be revoked. The following amendments shall be made to the Additional Protocol to the Convention signed at Brussels on 6 July 1970, as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 21 November 1978: 1. The references to Articles 21 and 22 of the Convention and to paragraph 1 of Article 22 of the Convention in Atricle 1.1 of the 1970 Protocol are replaced by references to Articles 19 and 20 of the Convention as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981, and to paragraph 1 of Article 20 of the Convention as amended by the said Protocol. 2. For the purposes of applying Article 2 of the 1978 Protocol, the reference to Article 14 of the Statute of the Agency in Article 3.1 of the 1970 Protocol is replaced by a reference to Article 12 of the Statute of the Agency set out in Annex 1 to the Convention as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981. 3. The reference to Article 33 of the Convention in Article 5 of the 1970 Protocol is replaced by a reference to article 31 of the Convention as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981. 4. The reference to Article 41 of the Convention in Article 8.1 and 2 of the 1970 Protocol is replaced by a reference to Article 36 of the Convention as amended by the Protocol opened for signature at Brussels in 1981. The transitional provisions covering transfer from the arrangements existing under the Convention to the arrangements under the Convention as amended by the present Protocol are set out in Annex 3 to the present Protocol. 1. The present Protocol shall be open to signature by all States parties to the Convention until 28 February 1981. It shall also be open to signature, prior to the date of its entry into force, by any other State invited to the diplomatic conference at which it is adopted, and any other State granted the right of signature by unanimous agreement of the Permanent Commission. 2. The present Protocol shall be subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. 3. The present Protocol shall enter into force on 1 March 1983, provided that all the States parties to the Convention have ratified it by that date. If not, it shall enter into force on either 1 July or 1 January following the deposit of the last instrument of ratification, according to whether it was deposited during the first or the second six months of the year. 4. In the case od any State signatory to the present Protocol which is not party to the Convention and whose instrument of ratification is deposited after the date of entry into force of the present Protocol, the Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the instrument of ratification is deposited. 5. Any State signatory to the present Protocol which is not party to the Convention shall, on ratification of the Protocol, also become a party to the Convention as amended by the Protocol. 6. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall notify the Governments of the other States parties to the Convention and the Government of any State signatory to the present Protocol of any signature, the deposit of any instrument of ratification and the dates of entry into force of the present Protocol in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 above. Ratification of the present Protocol shall be deemed to constitute ratification of the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges opened for signature in 1981. The Convention and the present Protocol shall constitute a single instrument, which shall be designated the “EUROCONTROL International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation as amended at Brussels in 1981”. The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium shall cause the present Protocol to be registered with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, and with the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in accordance with Article 83 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, after presentation of their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have signed the present Protocol. DONE at Brussels, this 12th day of February 1981, in the German, English, French, Dutch and Portuguese languages, in a single original, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall transmit certified copies to the Governments of the other signatory States. In the case of any inconsistency, the text in the French language shall prevail. The Agency established by Article of the Convention shall be governed by the present Statute. 1. The Agency shall be the organ responsible for the performance of the tasks entrusted to it by the Convention or by the Commission. 2. When the Agency provides air navigation, its objective shall be: (a) to prevent collisions between aircraft; (b) to ensure the orderly and rapid flow of air traffic; (c) to provide advice and information conducive to the safe and efficient conduct of flights; (d) to notify appropriate organisations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and assist such organisations as required. 3. The Agency shall install the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks and shall ensure their satisfactory operation. 4. To that end, the Agency shall work in close collaboration with the military authorities in order to meet as efficiently and economically as possible the requirements of air traffic and the special requirements of military aviation. 5. For the accomplishment of its task on the conditions laid down in Article 7.2 below, the Agency may, among other things, construct and operate the buildings and installations it requires, in particular air traffic research and experimental centres, air traffic flow management centres, and schools for the advanced and specialised training of personnel of air navigation services. However, it shall call upon national technical services and make use of existing national installations whenever this is possible, in order to avoid any duplication. Subject to the powers conferred upon the Commission, the Agency shall be administered by a Committee of Management, hereinafter called “the Committee”, and by a Director General. 1. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of each of the Contracting Parties, which may appoint several representatives in order to allow in particular the representation of the interests of both civil aviation and national defence. Only one of the representatives shall have the power to vote and he shall be a highly placed official exercising in his country responsibilities in matters of air navigation. Each representative shall have an alternate who shall validly represent him if he is unable to be present. 2. For the purposes of Article 2.1 (l) of the Convention, the Committee shall be enlarged to include representatives of non-member States which are parties to the Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges. The Committee thus enlarged shall take decisions in accordance with the provisions of the said Agreement. 3. Where provision to that effect is made in the other agreements concluded by the Organisation with non-member States in accordance with Article 2.1 of the Convention, in particular for air traffic flow management, the Committee shall be enlarged and shall take decisions in accordance with the provisions of those agreements. 1. For meetings of the Committee a quorum shall consist of the representatives, entitled to vote, of all but one of the Contracting Parties. 2. If the quorum is not attained, the deliberations shall be deferred until a meeting to be convened for a later date not earlier than ten days after the preceding meeting; at that meeting a quorum shall consist of at least half the number of representatives entitled to vote. 1. The Committee shall establish its rules of procedure, including rules governing the election of a President and Vice-President and the appointment of a Secretary. 2. Those rules shall include provisions relating to disqualifacations. Furthermore, they shall prescribe that notices convening meetings shall be sent by letter or, in case of urgency, by telegram, and shall include the agenda. 3. The rules shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. 1. The Committee shall make decisions on the organisation of the Agency in respect of which proposals shall be submitted to it by the Director General. 2. It shall, however, submit for the approval of the Commission measures to be taken in pursuance of Article 2.5 above. Every year the Committee shall report to the Commission on the activities and financial position of the Organisation. 1. At the request of the Commission, the Committee shall prepare investment and work programmes extending over several years. The programmes shall be subject to the approval of the Commission. 2. In particular, the Committee shall, for submission for approval by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Convention: (a) draw up a programme of tasks provided for in Article 2.1 (a), (e), (f) and (j) of the Convention; (b) formulate the long-term common objectives provided for in Atricle 2.1 (b) of the Convention; (c) study the research and development programmes provided fot in Article 2.1 (g) of the Convention; (d) draw up the medium-term common plans provided for in Article 2.1 (c) of the Convention and formulate the common policies in respect of ground and airborne systems and personnel training provided for in paragraph 1 (d) of the said article; (e) adopt the agreements provided for in Article 2 of the Convention; (f) arrange for the studies provided for in Article 2.1 (h) and (i) of the Convention. 3. Within the limits of any delegation by the Commission pursuant to Article 11.3 of the Convention, the Committee shall take the decision to open negotiations with a view to conclusion of the agreements referred to in Article 2 of the Convention and shall approve where appropriate the agreements negotiated. The Committee shall draw up, and submit for the Commission’s approval: – regulations relating to tenders, the letting of contracts for the supply of goods and services to the Organisation and the conditions governing such contracts; – the general conditions of contract for the supply of services by the Organisation. The Committee shall draw up and submit for the Commission’s approval the Financial Regulations, which shall determine, in particular, the accounting procedures to be followed in respect of income and expenditure, the conditions governing payment of national contributions and the terms on which loans may be raised by the Organisation. 1. The Committee shall draw up and submit for the Commission’s approval the Agency’s Staff Regulations: – they shall include, in particular, provisions relating to the nationality of personnel, salary scales, pensions, disqualifications for office, professional secrecy and continuity of the service; – they shall specify those posts which may not be held in plurality with any other post without the special authorisation of the Director General. 2. The administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation shall have sole jurisdiction in disputes between the Organisation and the personnel of the Agency, to the exclusion of the jurisdiction of all other courts and tribunals, national or international. 1. The Agency shall be empowered to recruit personnel directly only if the Contracting Parties are unable to make qualified personnel available to it. However, the agency may agree with States which are not members of the Organisation to permit the employment of qualified personnel from such States in connection with the implementation of the agreements referred to in Article 5.2 and 3 of the Convention. 2. Personnel provided by a national administration shall be subject, throughout the period of the employment by the Agency, to the Agency’s Staff Regulations, without prejudice to the retention of those career benefits which are guaranteed by national regulations. 3. Staff provided by a national administration may always be returned to that administration without the return being regarded as a disciplinary measure. 1. Decisions shall be taken by the Committee by a weighted majority vote. 2. A weighted majority shall mean more than half the votes cast, it being understood that: – those votes are weighted in accordance with Article 8 of the Convention; – those votes represent a majority of the Contracting Parties voting. 3. Should an equal number of votes be cast for and against the proposal, the President shall decide either to take a second vote during the same meeting, or to include the proposal in the agenda of a further meeting for which he shall fix the date. Should an equal number of votes again be cast during the further meeting, the President shall have a casting vote. 1. The Director General shall be appointed for a term of office of five years by the committee by a vote taken in accordance with article 14.2, provided that the majority calculated in accordance with the aforesaid paragraph 2 is not less than 70% of the weighted votes cast. His term of office may be renewed in the same manner. 2. The Director General shall represent the Organisation in legal proceedings and for all civil purposes. 3. Furthermore, in conformity with the general policy established by the Committee and the Commission, the Director General: (a) shall be responsible for the efficient functioning of the Agency; (b) may appoint the staff and may terminate their services in accordance with the Staff Regulations; (c) may borrow money for a term not exceeding one year in accordance with the financial Regulations and within the limits detemined for that purpose by the Commission; (d) may enter into contracts both for the supply of goods and services to the Organisation and the sale of goods and services by the Organisation in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Article 10 and within the limits determined fot those purposes by the Commission. 4. The Director General may discharge the aforesaid functions without prior reference to the Committee, but in all cases he shall keep the Committee informed of the measures taken in the exercise of the aforesaid powers. 5. The Committee shall determine the conditions under which a substitute for the Director General may be appointed should he be unable to perform his duties. 1. Estimates of all receipts and expenditure of the Agency shall be prepared for each financial year. 2. The budget shall be balanced as between receipts and expenditure. Agency receipts and expenditure in respect of research and experimental centres, schools and any other institutions set up under Article 2.5 above shall be recorded in detail in a special statement. 3. Financial Regulations adopted pursuant to Article 11 above shall make provision for estimating, putting into effect and auditing the Agency’s receipts and expenditures, subject to the provisions of the present Statute. 1. The financial year shall begin on 1 January and end on 31 December. 2. The estimates for each financial year shall be submitted by the Committee for the approval of the Commission not later than 31 October in each year. The Committee shall submit for approval by the Commission proposals concerning the format of the budget and the unit of account to be used. 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 2 below, the annual contribution of each Contracting Party to the budget shall be determined, for each financial year, in accordance with the following formula: (a) an initial 30% of the contribution shall be calculated in proportion to the value of the Gross National Product of the Contracting Party, as defined in paragraph 3 below; (b) a further 70% of the contribution shall be calculated in proportion to the value of the route facility cost-base of the Contracting Party, as defined in paragraph 4 below. 2. No Contracting Party shall be required to pay, in any given financial year, a contribution in excess of 30% of the total amount of contributions from the Contracting Parties. Should the contribution of any one Contracting Party calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 above exceed 30%, the excess shall be distributed among the other Contracting Parties according to the rules laid down in the aforesaid paragraph. 3. The Gross National Product to be used for the calculations shall be obtained from the statistics compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – or failing that by any other body affording equivalent guarantees and designated under a decision of the Commission – by calculating the arithmetical mean for the last three years for which those statistics are available. The value of the Gross National Product shall be that which is calculated on the basis of factor cost and current prices expressed in European Units of Account. 4. The route facility cost-base to be used for the calculations shall be the cost-base established in respect of the last year but one preceding the financial year concerned. 1. The Organisation may borrow on the international financial markets in order to obtain the necessary resources fot the accomplishment of its tasks. 2. The Organisation may issue loans on the financial markets of a Contracting Party in accordance with national law relating to internal loans, or, in the absence of such law, with the agreement of the Contracting Party. 3. The Financial Regulations shall determine the procedures by which the Organisation raises and repays loans. 4. Each budget shall specify the maximum amount which the Organisation may borrow during the year covered by that budget. 5. In matters falling within the scope of the present article, the Organisation shall act in agreement with the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties or with their banks of issue. The budget may be revised during the financial year, if circumstances so require, in accordance with the requirements prescribed for its preparation and approval. 1. The accounts of all budgetary receipts and expenditure shall be examined annually by a control board consisting of two expert officials belonging to the administrations of the Contracting Parties. These officials, who shall have different nationalities, shall be appointed by the Commission on the proposal of the Committee in accordance with Article 6.2 (b) of the Convention. The expenditures relating to the control board shall be borne by the Organisation. 2. The audit, which shall be made from the vouchers and if necessary in situ, shall be designed to establish the regularity of the receipts and expenditures and to verify that the financial administration is satisfactory. The control board shall present a report to the Commission after the end of each financial year. 1. Administrative or technical inspections of the services of the Agency may be carried out, if so required by the Commission, acting either on its own initiative or at the request of the Committee or Director General. 2. Such inspections shall be made by officers of the administrations of the Contracting Parties. Each inspection committee shall consist of at least two persons of different nationalities and shall include as far as possible a person who has taken part in a previous inspection. The Committee shall determine the working languages of the Agency. The Agency shall issue the publications necessary for its operation. The Committee shall submit for the approval of the Commission any modifications of the Statute which are considered to be necessary by the Committee, subject to the provisions of Article 32.3 of the Convention. Contracting Parties . Flight Information Regions The Federal Republic of Germany text=". 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