Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 51.djvu/325

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SeNovptember 29, 1937 IRISH FREE STATE-AIR NAVIGATIONovember 4'l 9 3T7 In the event of a forced landing or of a landing as provided in Article 7 not at an aerodrome of the class mentioned in the first para- graph of this article, the pilot of the aircraft, its crew and the passengers shall conform to the customs, passport, quarantine and immigration regulations in force in the territory in which the landing has been made. The Parties to this arrangement shall exchange lists of the aero- dromes in their territories designated by them as customs aerodromes. ARTICLE 15. Each of the Parties to this arrangement reserves the right to require that all aircraft crossing the frontiers of its territory shall do so between certain points. Subject to the notification of any such requirements by one Party to the other Party, and to the right to prohibit air traffic over certain areas as stipulated in Article 6, the frontiers of the territories of the Parties to this arrangement may be crossed at any point. ATricLE 16. As ballast, only fine sand or water may be dropped from an air- craft. AmrncL 17. No article or substance, other than ballast, may be unloaded or otherwise discharged in the course of flight unless special permission for such purpose shall have been given by the authorities of the territory in which such unloading or discharge takes place. Amornc 18. Whenever questions of nationality arise in carrying out the present arrangement, it is agreed that every aircraft shall be deemed to possess the nationality of the Party in whose territory it is duly registered. ATICLE 19. The Parties to this arrangement shall communicate to each other the regulations relative to air traffic in force in their respective territories. ArTCLE 20. The present arrangement shall be subject to termination by either Party upon sixty days' notice given to the other Party or by the enactment by either Party of legislation inconsistent therewith. I shall be glad to have you inform me whether it is the under- standing of your Government that the arrangement agreed to in the negotiations is as herein set forth. If so, it is suggested that the arrangement become effective on the 4th day of December, 1937. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consid- eration. 323 Ante, p. 321. Flight restriction. Ballast. Unloading, ete., in flight, restnction. Nationality of air- craft. Exchange of regulir tions. Duration of srmnge- ment. Effective date. JOHN CUDAHY His Excellency EAMON DE VATUEA, Minister for Ewternal Affairs, Dublin.