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54 STAT.] NEW ZEALAND-CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS- Ja. 30 ,1940 Feb.28 , 194 0 Arrangement between the United States of America and New Zealand respecting certificates of airworthiness for export. Effected by ex- change of notes signed January 30 and February 28, 1940; effective March 1, 1940. The American Consul General (Pinkerton) to the Prime Minister of the Dominion of New Zealand (Savage) AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND January30, 1940 SIR: I have the honor to set forth below the terms of the Arrangement between the United States and New Zealand relating to the im- portation into New Zealand of aircraft and aircraft components manufactured in the United States as understood by me to have been approved in the course of the negotiations recently conducted by the Consulate General with the Office of the Prime Minister: ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION INTO NEW ZEALAND OF AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES ARTICLE I-SCOPE OF ARRANGEMENT (a) This Arrangement applies to civil aircraft and to aircraft components constructed in the continental United States of America, including Alaska, and exported to the Dominion of New Zealand. (b) This Arrangement shall extend to complete aircraft of all types, and to aircraft components when imported into New Zealand as merchandise and not as a part of a complete aircraft. (c) For the purpose of classifying import procedure, aircraft and aircraft components are divided into three general classes of aircraft Units, as follows: January 30 and February 28, 1940 [E. A. 8. No. 167] Application. Claslficatlon of air. cratt units. (1) Class I Units are defined as any complete aircraft or air- craft components having type approvals in themselves, or any major assemblies of aircraft structural parts exported not as a part of a complete aircraft. Items in this class include, among others, complete air- craft, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, and such major assemblies of structural parts as wings, tail sur- faces, ailerons and fuselages. (2) Class II Units are defined as any assemblies or parts, other than those included in Class I, which directly influence the airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft component, except small standard parts and materials. Items in this class include components not having type approvals in them- selves, such as any structural part or assembly of an aircraft, and any functioning or structural part of an engine or propeller, except small standard parts. 193470--41-rT. fI - -65 2263