S.I. No. 18/1964 - Warsaw Convention (High Contracting Parties) Order, 1964.

S.I. No. 18 of 1964.

WARSAW CONVENTION (HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES) ORDER, 1964.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (2) of section 17 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936 (No. 40 of 1936), hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Warsaw Convention (High Contracting Parties) Order, 1964.

2. In this Order "the Warsaw Convention" means the International Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air which was signed at Warsaw on the 12th day of October, 1929, and came into force in respect of the State on the 19th day of December, 1935.

3. It is hereby certified that:—

(a) the states specified in the first column of the First Schedule to this Order are the High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention and each such state is a High Contracting Party in respect of the territories specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite the mention of such state, and

(b) the states specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Order have availed themselves of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention by declaring at the time of accession to the said Convention that paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the said Convention shall not apply to international carriage by air performed directly by them or by any territory under their jurisdiction and each state has so availed itself in respect of the territories specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite the mention of such state.

FIRST SCHEDULE

States which are High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention	Territories in respect of which they are High Contracting Parties
(1)	(2)
Ireland	Ireland
Argentina	Argentina
Australia	Australia and Papua, Norfolk Island and the trusteeship territories of New Guinea and Nauru.
Austria	Austria
Belgium	Belgium
Brazil	Brazil
Bulgaria	Bulgaria
Burma	Burma
Cambodia	Cambodia
Canada	Canada
China	China
Ceylon	Ceylon
Congo (Brazzaville)	Congo (Brazzaville)
Cyprus	Cyprus
Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia
Dahomey	Dahomey
Denmark	Denmark and the Faroe Islands
El Salvador	El Salvador
Ethiopia	Ethiopia
Finland	Finland
France	France and the territories subject to French sovereignty or authority.
Federal Republic of Germany	Federal Republic of Germany
Ghana	Ghana
Greece	Greece
Guinea	Guinea
Hungary	Hungary
Iceland	Iceland
India	India
Indonesia	Indonesia
Israel	Israel
Italy	Italy
Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast
Japan	Japan
Jordan	Jordan
Laos	Laos
Lebanon	Lebanon
Liberia	Liberia
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Madagascar	Madagascar
Malaysia	Malaysia
Mali	Mali
Mauritania	Mauritania
Mexico	Mexico
Mongolia, Outer	Mongolia, Outer
Morocco	Morocco
Netherlands	Netherlands and the territories subject to sovereignty or authority of the Netherlands
New Zealand	New Zealand and the Cook Islands and the Tokelau Islands
Niger	Niger
Nigeria	Nigeria
Norway	Norway and the territories subject to Norwegian sovereignty or authority.
Pakistan	Pakistan

Philippines	Philippines
Poland	Poland
Portugal	Portugal and the territories subject to Portuguese sovereignty or authority.
Romania	Romania
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone
South Africa	South Africa and the mandated territory of South West Africa.
Spain	Spain and the territories subject to Spanish sovereignty or authority.
Sweden	Sweden
Switzerland	Switzerland
Uganda	Uganda
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Republic	United Arab Republic
United Kingdom	United Kingdom and the territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the United Kingdom.
United States of America	United States of America and the territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the United States of America.
Venezuela	Venezuela
Viet-Nam	Viet-Nam
Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia

SECOND SCHEDULE.

States which have availed themselves of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention.	Territories in respect of which they have availed themselves of the additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention.
Canada	Canada
United States of America	United States of America and the territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the United States of America.
Ethiopia	Ethiopia
Philippines	Philippines

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 4th day of February 1964.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order certifies who are the High Contracting Parties to the International Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to the international carriage by air, 1929 (the Warsaw Convention). The Convention relates, among other things, to the liability of air carriers in the event of damage to passengers or goods in international carriage.