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The Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Italian Republic, being parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944;^[2]

Desiring to conclude an Agreement for the purpose of regulating scheduled air services between their respective territories;

Have agreed as follows:

For the purpose of this Agreement and relevant annex, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) The term "the Convention" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944, and includes any annex adopted under article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the annexes to the Convention under articles 90 and 94 thereof, so far as those annexes and amendments have become effective for or have been ratified by both Contracting Parties;

(b) The term "Aeronautical Authorities" means, in the case of the State of Israel, the Ministry of Transport and, in the case of the Italian Republic, the Ministero dei Trasporti—Direzione Generale dell'Aviazione Civile, or in both cases any person or body authorized to perform a particular function to which this Agreement relates;

(c) The term "designated airline" means an airline which one Contracting Party shall have designated, by written notification to the other Contracting Party, in accordance with article 4 of the present Agreement, for the operation of the agreed services on the routes specified in the annex;

(d) The term "territory" in relation to a State has the meaning assigned to it in article 2 of the Convention;

(e) The term "air service", "international air service", "airline" and "stop for non-traffic purpose" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in article 96 of the Convention.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Convention insofar as those provisions are applicable to international air services.

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1. ↑ Came into force on 9 February 1983, the date of the last of the diplomatic notes by which the Contracting Parties informed each other (on 1 October 1982 and 9 February 1983) of its ratification in conformity with the legal requirements of each Party, in accordance with article 18.
2. ↑ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 15, p. 295. For the texts of the Protocols amending this Convention, see vol. 320, pp. 209 and 217; vol. 418, p. 161; vol. 514, p. 209; vol. 740, p. 21; vol. 893, p. 117; vol. 958, p. 217; vol. 1008, p. 213, and vol. 1175, p. 297.