[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR375.19]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 375--NAVIGATION OF FOREIGN CIVIL AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE UNITED 
STATES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--Rules Generally Applicable
 
Sec. 375.19  Nature of privilege conferred.


    The provisions of this part, and of any permit issued hereunder, 
together with section 1108(b) of the Act, are designed, among other 
purposes, to carry out the international undertakings of the United 
States in the Chicago Convention, in particular Article 5. That article 
gives foreign aircraft the privilege of ``taking on or discharging 
passengers, cargo or mail'' subject to the

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right of the State where such embarkation or discharge takes place to 
impose such regulations, conditions or limitations as it may consider 
desirable. The U.S. Congress by the 1953 amendment to section 6 of the 
Air Commerce Act of 1926, now designated as section 1108(b) of the Act, 
authorizes the Department to permit such operations only where 
conditions of reciprocity and the interest of the public in the United 
States are met. Thus, the operator of any foreign registered aircraft is 
not entitled as a matter of right to the issuance, renewal or freedom 
from modification or change in a permit issuable pursuant to this 
authority. Accordingly, any authority conferred by this part may be 
withheld, revoked, amended, modified, restricted, suspended, withdrawn, 
or canceled by the Department in the interest of the public of the 
United States, without notice or hearing.