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OPEN SKIES TREATY
 
ARTICLES
 
 
  		Preamble
 
I.
  		General Provisions
 
II.
  		Definitions
 
III.
  		Quotas
 
IV.
  		Sensors
 
V.
  		Aircraft Designation
 
VI.
  		Choice of Observation Aircraft, General Provisions for the Conduct of Observation Flights, and Requirements for Mission Planning
 
VII.
  		Transit Flights
 
VIII.
  		Prohibitions, Deviations from Flight Plans and Emergency Situations
 
IX.
  		Sensor Output from Observation Flights
 
X.
  		Open Skies Consultative Commission
 
XI.
  		Notifications and Reports
 
XII.
  		Liability
 
XIII.
  		Designation of Personnel and Privileges and Immunities
 
XIV.
  		Benelux
 
XV.
  		Duration and Withdrawal
 
XVI.
  		Amendments and Periodic Review
 
XVII.
  		Depositaries, Entry into Force and Accession
 
XVIII.  
  		Provisional Application and Phasing of Implementation of the Treaty
 
XIX.
  		Authentic Texts
 


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ANNEXES
 
ANNEX A
  		Quotas and Maximum Flight Distances
 
ANNEX B
  		Information on Sensors
 
APPENDIX 1
TO ANNEX B  
  		Annotation of Data Collected During and Observation Flight
 
ANNEX C
  		Information on Observation Aircraft
 
ANNEX D
  		Certification of Observation Aircraft Sensors
 
APPENDIX 1
TO ANNEX D  
  		Methodologies for the Verification of the Performance of Sensors Installed on an Observation Aircraft
 
ANNEX E
  		Procedures for Arrivals and Departures
 
ANNEX E
APPENDIX 1  
  		Designation of Sites
 
ANNEX F
  		Pre-Flight Inspections and Demonstration Flights
 
ANNEX G
  		Flight Monitors, Flight Representatives, and Representatives
 
ANNEX H
  		Co-ordination of Planned Observation Flights
 
ANNEX I
  		Information on Airspace and Flights in Hazardous Airspace
 
ANNEX J
  		Montreux Convention
 
ANNEX K
  		Information on Film Processors, Duplicators and Photographic Films, and Procedures for Monitoring the Processing of Photographic Film
 
ANNEX L
  		Open Skies Consultative Commission