Article 69 - Improvement of air navigation facilitiesfficeffice" />
3 O" h! Y& y4 [7 oIf the Council is of the opinion that the airports or other air navigation facilities, including radio and meteorological services, of a contracting State are not reasonably adequate for the safe, regular, efficient, and economical operation of international air services, present or contemplated, the Council shall consult with the State directly concerned, and other States affected, with a view to finding means by which the situation may be remedied, and may make recommendations for that purpose. No contracting State shall be guilty of an infraction of this Convention if it fails to carry out these recommendations. 0 [' j. m0 i8 |& N
Article 70 - Financing of air navigation facilities" o H" M4 T# W, ?
A contracting State, in the circumstances arising under the provisions of Article 69, may conclude an arrangement with the Council for giving effect to such recommendations. The State may elect to bear all of the costs involved in any such arrangement. If the State does not so elect, the Council may agree, at the request of the State, to provide for all or a portion of the costs. + O$ `$ S4 `$ W! I3 o& P2 }7 b' P
Article 71 - Provision and maintenance of facilities by Council2 o: Z* o/ o3 P" l+ T* G
If a contracting State so requests, the Council may agree to provide, man, maintain, and administer any or all of the airports and other air navigation facilities including radio and meteorological services, required in its territory for the safe, regular, efficient and economical operation of the international air services of the other contracting States, and may specify just and reasonable charges for the use of the facilities provided. ; X' f8 C1 V7 G5 M
Article 72 - Acquisition or use of land$ }" X# m; e# i7 r5 a
Where land is needed for facilities financed in whole or in part by the Council at the request of a contracting State, that State shall either provide the land itself, retaining title if it wishes, or facilitate the use of the land by the Council on just and reasonable terms and in accordance with the laws of the State concerned.
5 u: L$ k; o" K; K$ o- wArticle 73 - Expenditure and assessment of funds1 ]" y; \, D. B6 r
Within the limit of the funds which may be made available to it by the Assembly under Chapter XII, the Council may make current expenditures for the purposes of this Chapter from the general funds of the organization. The Council shall assess the capital funds required for the purposes of this Chapter in previously agreed proportions over a reasonable period of time to the contracting States consenting thereto whose airlines use the facilities. The Council may also assess to States that consent any working funds that are required.
. \2 r% v: ^ ]9 o. HArticle 74 - Technical assistance and utilization of revenues( [" o! n J4 r7 D8 b& H: G- k5 H
When the Council, at the request of a contracting State, advances funds or provides airports or other facilities in whole or in part, the arrangement may provide, with the consent of that State, for technical assistance in the supervision and operation of the airports and other facilities, and for the payment, from the revenues derived from the operation of the airports and other facilities, of the operating expenses of the airports and the other facilities, and of interest and amortization charges. 2 m- n, o8 d/ g9 A: B" F* [1 J6 h
Article 75 - Taking over of facilities from Council
4 k) f- V+ G! IA contracting State may at any time discharge any obligation into which it has entered under Article 70, and take over airports and other facilities which the Council has provided in its territory pursuant to the provisions of Articles 71 and 72, by paying to the Council an amount which in the opinion of the Council is reasonable in the circumstances. If the State considers that the amount fixed by the Council is unreasonable it may appeal to the Assembly against the decision of the Council and the Assembly may confirm or amend the decision of the Council.
3 J K- ?" L8 ]: a( y, `/ d5 kArticle 76 - Return of funds W" P, W- f1 x1 `4 |
Funds obtained by the Council through reimbursement under Article 75 and from receipts of interest and amortization payments under Article 74 shall, in the case of advances originally financed by States under Article 73, be returned to the States which were originally assessed in the proportion of their assessments, as determined by the Council. % ~- Q5 K' r0 M9 _3 L% h7 T1 |+ _
Chapter XVI - Joint operating organizations and pooled services
6 |* X7 T' U2 ^& IArticle 77 - Joint operating organizations permitted
; S- m0 L- ?7 CNothing in this Convention shall prevent two or more contracting States from constituting joint air transport operating organizations or international operating agencies and from pooling their air services on any routes or in any regions, but such organizations or agencies and such pooled services shall be subject to all the provisions of this Convention, including those relating to the registration of agreements with the Council. The Council shall determine in what manner the provisions of this Convention relating to nationality of aircraft shall apply to aircraft operated by international operating agencies.
" S6 b7 E( H2 B1 m& k7 OArticle 78 - Function of Council
" z+ s \ Y# z. R% y# B* cThe Council may suggest to contracting States concerned that they form joint organizations to operate air services on any routes or in any regions. " c' i2 p) f- o3 w0 d
Article 79 - Participation in operating organizations
% o4 J. V$ a$ @& Z* P. g8 AA State may participate in joint operating organizations or in pooling arrangements, either through its government or through an airline company or companies designated by its government. The companies may, at the sole discretion of the State concerned, be state-owned or partly state-owned or privately owned.
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Chapter XVII - Other aeronautical agreements and arrangements
( M `$ o0 z/ g0 \5 Q' g! W$ W5 VArticle 80 - ffice:smarttags" />Paris and Habana Conventions @& J, j( k, O
Each contracting State undertakes, immediately upon the coming into force of this Convention, to give notice of denunciation of the Convention relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation signed at Paris on October 13, 1919 or the Convention on Commercial Aviation signed at Habana on February 20, 1928, if it is a party to either. As between contracting States, this Convention supersedes the Conventions of Paris and Habana previously referred to. 9 e' ?! y7 ~. C- m: x
Article 81 - Registration of existing agreements
6 O3 _( K% |( I. v+ SAll aeronautical agreements which are in existence on the coming into force of this Convention, and which are between a contracting State and any other State or between an airline of a contracting State and any other State or the airline of any other State, shall be forthwith registered with the Council. |