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t=a 5 2) AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT: ?
BETWEEN ,I'IIE GOVERNMENT OF TTIE HASHEMITE K]NG AND tfL {d* fl r OF JORDAN A, 'TTIE GOVERNNIENT OF THE THE REPUBLIC OF'SIERRA LEONE 'flrc Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Governrnent of the Republic of Sicrn Leone, hereinafter referrcd to as the Contracting Parties, l)csiring to promote an international aviation system based on competition among Airlines in the nurkctplace with minimum govemmental interference, l)csiring to promote their mutual relations in the field of civil aviation and thus to facilirare the cxpausion of intemational air services opportunities between them, Recognizing that efficient and competitive intemational air services enhance trade, the welfare of consumers, and economic growth, Desiring to make it possible for Airlines to offer the traveling and shipping public a variety of service options, and wishing to encourage individual Airlines to develop and implement innovative and competitive prices, Being aware and committed to provide and to rnaintain the highest degree of safety and security in intemational air services and reaffirming their grave concem about acts or tlueats against the security of aircraft, which jeopardize the safety of persons or property, adversely affect the operzrtion of air services, and undermine public confidence in the safety of civil aviation and Being Parties to the Convention on Intemational Civil Avialion opened for signature at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944 , Have agreed as follows: * ( e A. Articlc I DEFINITIONS For the
 purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: I a) The temr "Convention" means the Convention on Intemational Civil Aviation opened for signature al Chicago on the seventh day of December, 1944 and includes any Annexes adopted under Article 90 of that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes or the Convention under Articles 90 and 94 thereof, which have been adopted by bolh Contracting Parties; D_ b) The term "Agreement" means this Agreement, its Amexes, and any amendments thereto; c)
 The term "Aeronautical Authorities" means, in the case of the Govemment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission and in case of the Govemment of the Republic of Sierra Leone or in both cases, any other authority or person legaly empowered to perform the functions presently exercised by the said authorities; d) The term "Agreed Services" means the international scheduled air services which can be operated, according to the provisions of this Agreenient, on the specified routes, e) The term "Designated Airlines" means Airlines which have been Designated and authorized in accordance with Articte 3 of this Agreement; f) 'Ihe term "Territory" has the meaning specified in Article 2 of the Convention; g) The terms "Air Service","International Air Service", "Airline" and "Stop for non - TraIIic purposes" have the meanings specified in Article 96 of the Convention; h) The term "Capacity" means (i) in relation to an aircraft, the availability ofseats and/or cargo of the said aircraft on a route or section ofa route; F (iD in relation to the Agreed Services, the Capacity of the aircraft used on such service, multiplied by the frequency operated by such aircraft over a given period on a route or a section ofa route; i) The term "Tariff' means the prices to be paid for the carriage of passengers and cargo .
and the conditions under which these prices apply, including prices and conditions for agency and other auxiliary services, but excluding remuneration and conditions lor caniage of mail; j) The term "Traffic" means passengers, baggage, cargo and mail; k) The term "User Charges" means a charge made to Airlines by the competent authorities or permitted by those authorities to be made for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities, or related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo.
2 The Annex to this Agreement and any amendmens thereto forms an integral part of the Agreement.

-2- v lr I Article 2 GRANT OF RIGHTS 1. )

l 4. l. 2 Each Contracting farty grants to the other Contracting Party the rights specified in this Agreement for the purpose of establishing scheduled intemational air services on the routes specified in the Annex to this Agrcement.
The Airlines Designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy the following rights: a) to fly without landing across the Tenitory of the other Contracting Party; b) to make stops in the said Territory for non-Traffic purposes and c) rvhile operating an agreed service on a specified route, to make stops in the Territories of the Contracting Parties at the points specified for that route in the Annex to this Agreement for the purpose ofputting down and taking up intemational Traffic.
Nothing in paragraph (l) of this Article shall be deemed to confer on the Designated Airlines olone Contracting Party the privilege of taking up, in the Territory of the other Contracting Party, Traffic carried for remuneration or hire and destined for another point in the 'ferritory of that other Contracting Party.

The Airlines of each Contracting Party, other than those Designated under Article 3 of this Agreement, shall also enjoy the rights specified in paragraph 1(a) and (b) of this Article.
Ildue to armed conflict, natural disasters, or political dislurbances a Designated Airline of one Contracting Party is unable to operate a sen'ice on its normal routing, the other Contracting Party shall use its best efforts to facilitate the continued operation of such service through appropriate temporary rearrangement of routes.
Article 3 DESIGNATION AND AUTHORIZATION Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in writing to the other Contracting Party one or more Airlines to operate the Agreed Services in accordance with this Agreement and to withdrarv or alter such designation.
On receipt of such designation and upon receipt of application from the Designated Airliire, in the tbrm and manner prescribed for operating authorization, each Contracting Party shall grant the appropriate operating authorization with minimum procedural delay, provided that: a) b) the Designated Airline has its principal place of business in the Territory of the designating Contracting Party, where evidence of principle place of business is predicated upon the Airline being established and incorporated in the Territory of the designating Contracting Party in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations; the substantial ownership and effective control of the Designated Airlies are vested in the Contracting Party designating the Airline(s) or in is nationals; a o ,\l -J c) the Conlracting Party designating the Airline has and maintains regulatory control of the Airline, where evidence of regulatory control is predicated upon but is not limited to: the Airline holding a valid operating licence or permit issued by the licensing authority, such as an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), meeting the criteria of thei'designating Contracting Pany for the operation of intemational air services as well as the designating Contracling Pany having and maintaining safety and security oversight programmes in compliance rvith ICAO standards; d) e) the Contracting Party designating the Airline is in compliance with the provisions set forth in Article 14 and Article 15; and the Designated Airline is qualified to meet other conditions prescribed under the law,s and regulations normally applied to the operation of intemational air transport services by the Contracting Party receiving the designation- On receipt of the operating authorization of paragraph (2), a Designated Airline may at any time begin to opemte the Agreed Services for which it is so Designated, provided that the Airline complies with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Article 4 REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF OPERATING AUTHORIZATIONS Each Contracting Party shall have the right to revoke an operating authorization or to suspend the exercise of the rights specified in Article 2 of this Agreement by an Airline Designated by the other Contracting Partv or to impose such conditions as it may deem necessary on the exercise ofthese rights: a) in any case where it is not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control of that Airline are vested in the Contracting Party designating the Airline or in its nationals, or b) in any case of failure by that Airlino to comply with the laws and/or regulations of the - Contracting Party granting these rights, or c) in any case the Airline otherwise fails to operate in accordance with the conditions prescribed under this Agreement, or.
Unless immediate revocation, suspension or imposition of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (l) of this Article is essential to prevent further infringements of laws or regulations, such right shall be exercised only after consultation between the Aeronautical Authorities of the Contracting Parties.

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I - L- 1 1 J t. l. Article 5 APPLICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS Tl.re laws and regulations of one Contracting Party relating to the admission into, stay in, or departure fromFits Territory of aircraft engaged in intemational air transport, or to the operation zmd navigation of such aircraft while within its Tenitory, shall be applied to the aircraft of bolh Contracting Parties without distinction as to narionaliry, and shall be complied with by the Designated Airlines of the other Contracting Party upon entering or departure from or rvhile within the said Territory ofthat Contracting Party.
The lau's and regulations of one Contracting Party respecting entry, clearance, transit, immigration.

passports, customs, currency, sanitary requirements and quarantine shall be complied with by the Designated Airlines of the other Contracting Party and by or on behalf of their aircraft engaged in intemational air transport, crews, passengers, baggage, cargo and mail upon transit of, admission to, departure from and while within dre 'lenitory of such Contracting Party.
Neither of the Contracting Parties shall give preference to its own or any other Airline over the Airlines engaged in similar intemational air services of the other Contracting Party in the application of its regulations specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article or in the use of airports, airways, air Traffic services and associated facilities under its control.
Article 6 RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES AND LICENCES Certilicates of airworthiness, ce ificates of competency and licences issued or rendered valid by one Contracting Party shall, during the period of their validity, be recognized as valid by the other Contracting Party, provided that the requirements under which such certificates or licences were issued or rendered valid are equal to or above the minimum standards rvhich may be established pursuant to the Convention.
Each Contracting Party resen es lhe right, however, to refuse to recognize as valid, for the purpose of flights over its own Tenitory, certificates of competency and licences granted to or rendered valid for its own nationals by the other Contracting Party or by any other State.
Article 7 EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS AND OTHER DUTIES AND TAXES Subject to the laws and regulations of the Contracting Party, aircraft operated on intemational services by the Designated Airlines of either Contracting Party, as well as their regular equipment, supplies of fuel and lubricants, and aircraft stores already on board, introduced into or taken on board such aircraft and intended solely lor use by or in such aircraft shall, with respect to all customs duties, inspection fees and other similar duties or taxes, be accorded in the Tenitory of the other Contracting Party, trcatment not Iess favourable than that granted by the other Contracting Party to its own Airline(s) operating scheduled intemational air services or to the Airlines of the most favoured nation.
5- Y {_ ; &= I I + fr The same treatment shall be accorded to spare pa s entered into the Territory of either Contracting Party for maintenance or repair of aircraft uscd on intemational services by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting party.
Neither contractirfg Parr-v shall be obliged to grant to the Designated Airline(s) of the olher Contracting Pany exemption or remission of customs duty, inspection fees or similar charges unless such other contracting Party grants exemption or remission of such charges to the Designated Airline(s) ofthe first Contracting Party.
The regular airbome equipment as well as the materials and supplies retained on board the aircraft of either Contracting Party may be unloaded in the Territory of the other Contracting Party only with the approval of the Customs authorities of such Territory.

In such case, they may be placed under the supervision ofsaid authorities up to such time as they are re - exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations.
Materials referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of this Anicle may be required to be kept under Customs supervision or control.

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4 ) Article 8 DIRECT TRANSIT l)assengers, baggage and cargo in direct transit across the Tenitory ofone Contracting Party and not |caving the area of the airport reserved for such purpose shall be subject to no more than a sinrplilied control except in respect of measures relating to civil aviation security and narcotics control.
Baggage and cargo in direct transit shall be exempt from customs duties and other charues.

Article 9 USER CHARGES l. 2 t. 2 Neither Contracting Party shall impose or permit to be imposed on the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party User Charges higher than those imposed on thcir own Airlines operating similar intemational air services.
Each Contracting Party shall encourage consultations on User Charges between its compelent charging authorities and Airlines using the services and facilities provided by those charging authorities, where practicable, through those Airlines representative organizations.

Reasonable notice of any proposals for changes in User Charges may be given to such users to enable them to express their views before changes are made.
Arlicle l0 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES Thc Designated Airlines of each Contracting Party shall be allowed, on the basis of reciprocity, to maintain in the Territory of the other Contracting Party, their offices and representatives, as well as their commercial, operational and technical staff as required in connection with the operation ofthe Agreed Services.
The request for staff may, at the option of the Designated Airlines of each Contracting Party, be satisfied either by their own personnel or by using the services of any other organisalion, company or Airlines opera(ing in the Tenitory of the other Contracting Party, and authorised to perform such services in the Territory ofthat Contracting Party.
-6- t -fhe representatives and staff shall be subject to the laws and regulations in force of the other Contracting Party, and, consistent with such laws and regulations: a) each Contrac{ing Parry shall, on the basis of reciprocity and with minin.rum delay, grant the necessary employment authorizations, visitor visas or other simiiar documents to the representarives and staff referred to in paragraph (l) of this Article; and b) Both Contracting Parties shall facilitate and expedite the requiren.rent ofenrployment aufiorizations for personnel performing certain temporary duties.
Articlc I I FINANCIAL PROVISIONS l. ) J 2 J 4 Each Designated Airline shall have the right to sell and issue its own transportation docur.nents in the Tenitory of the other Contracting Party directly and, at its discretion, tlrrough its agents.

Such Airlines shall have the right to sell such tmnsportation, and any person shall be free to purchase such transportation in local curency or any convertible curency.
Each Designated Airline shall have the right to convert and remit to its country on demand, at the official rate of exchange, the excess of receipts over expenditures achieved in cormection with the carriage of passengers, cargo and mail.

The above mentioned transfer shall be made in convertible currencies and in accordance with the national laws and foreign exchange larvs and regulations applicable.
In case special arrangements ruling the settlement of payments are in force betrveen the Contracting Parties, the provisions of such arrangements shall be applied to the transfer offunds under paragraph (2) of this Article.
Article 12 PRINCIPLES GUIDING CON{NIERCIAL ACTIVITIES The Contracting Parties shall, on reciprocal basis, allow Airlines to freely compete in providing the Agreed Services according 10 this Agreement, provided that fair and equal opportunig'is provided for the Designated Airlines ofboth Contracting Parties to operate the Agreed Services on the specified routes between their respective territories.
No limitations shall be imposed on the Designated Airlines of both Contracting Parties in their operation of the Agreed Services, be it passengers, cargo and/or mail, with regard to Capaciw, number of flights operated (frequency), and/or the type of aircraft used.
The Designated Airlines of both Contracting Parties shall be free to decide the frequency and Capacity oltheir operation on the Agreed Services Neither of the Contracting Parties shall unilaterally impose any limitations on rhe Capacity of the aircraft used by the Designated Airlines of the other Contracting Party, except as required for custom, technical, operational, and/or environmental requirements according to unified conditions.
'fhe Designated Airlines ofboth Contracting Parties shall be allowed to set their Tarifls on commercial basis and in accordance rvith the commercial situation of the market, without violating the applicable competition laws.

L f -7 I I I 6 1 8 t. 2 l. -fhe Designated Airlines of both Contracting Parties shall not be required to consult with the other Airlines operating over the whole or part of the route with regard to Tariffs.
The Aeronaulical ,futhorities of a Contracting Party may require that a Designated Airline file its Tariffs for monitoring purposes.

The Aeronautical Aurhorities of a Contracting Party shall not reject Tariffs so filed without providing ajustified reason.
The Contracting Parties shall not unilaterally take any action to refuse the Tariffs of a Designated Airline or stop the application thereof, except in situations thal the Aeronautical Authorities consider that the application of such Tariffs is, or will cbnstitute a violation of the applicable competition laws.
If a Contracting Party considers the Tariffs of an Airline Designated by the other Contracting Party to be in violation of the relevant competition laws, any Contracting Party shall be entitled to ask for consultations.

Such consultations shall be set within 30 days from the date of receipt of the consultations request.

The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in providing the necessary information for adopting the required solutions for the issue at hand.
Article 13 APPROVAL OF FLIGHT SCHEDULES The flight schedules of the Agreed Services shall be submitted by the Designated Airlines ofone Contracting Party for the approval of the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party at least sixty (60) days before the intended date of their implementation.

Any modification to such flight schedules shall also be submitted to the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party for approval at least thirty (30) days in advance.
The Designated Airlines shall also fumish any other information as may be required to satisfr the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party that the requiremenls ofthe Agreement are being duly observed.

Article l4 AVIATION SECURITY Consistent with their rights and obligations under intemational law, the Contracting Parties reaffirm that their obligation to each other to protect the security of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference lorms an integral part of this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of their .rights and obligations under intemational law, the Contracting Parties shall in particular act in conlormity with the provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircrali, signed at Tokyo on l4 September 1963, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlalrfill Seizure of AircraIi, signed at the Hague on 16 December 1970 and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawfi-rl Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971 and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving Intemational Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on February 24 1988 and all other international instruments in the same field which the Contracting Parties may be Parties to.
2 The Contracting Parties shall provide upon request, all necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of .unlawful seizure of civil aircraft and other unlawfi:l acts against the -8- I I a -k period as may be agreed, shall be grounds for the application of Article 4 of this Agreemenl (Revocation and Suspension of Operating Authorization).
(3) Notwithstanding lihe obligations mentioned in Article 33 of the Convention, it is agreed that any aircraft operated by the airline or airlines of one Contracting Party on services to or from the territory of another Contracting Party may, while rvithin the territory of the other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by the authorised representatives ofthe other Contracting Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article called "ramp inspection"), provided this does not lead to unreasonable delay.
(4) Ifany such ramp inspection or series oframp inspections gives rise to: a) serious concems that an aircraft or the operation ofan aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at thal time pursuaqt to the Convention, or o b) serious concems that there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant Io the Convention, the Contracting Party canying out the inspection shall, for the purposes of Article 33 ol the Convention, be free to conclude that the requirements under which the certificate or licences in respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the requirements under which that aircraft is operated, are not equal to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention- (5) In the event that access for the-purpose of undertaking a ramp inspection of an aircraft operated by the airline or airlines ofone Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph (3) above is denied by the representative of that airline or airlines, the other Contracting Party shall be free to infer that serious concems of the type referred to in paragraph (4) above arise an draw the conclusions referred in that paragraph.
,_) (6)- Each Contracting Party reserves the right to suspend or vary the operating authorisation of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party immediately in the event the first Contracting Party concludes, whether as a result of a ramp inspection, a series of ramp inspections, a denial ol access lor ramp inspection, consultation or otherwise, that immediate action is essential to the safety ofan airline operation.
('7) Any action by one Contracting Party in accordance with paragraphs (2) or (6) above shall be discontinued once the basis for the taking ofthat action ceases to exist.

(8) The designated airlines ofeach Contracting Party shall be a nonlisted in any Banning Iist (or equivalent) published by recognized Safety Agency or Airworthiness Authority.

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(3) Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in Article 33 of the Convention, it is agreed that any aircraft operated by the airline or airlines of one Contracting Party on services 1o or from the territory of another Contracting Party may, while within the territory of the other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by the authorised representatives ofthe other Contracting Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article called "ramp inspection"), provided this does not lead to unreasonable delay.
(4) Ifany such ramp inspection or series oframp inspections gives rise to: a) serious concerns that an aircraft or the operation ofan aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, or 6 b) serious concems that there is a lack ofeffective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the Contracting Party carrying out the inspection shall, for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention, be free to conclude that the requirements under which the certificate or licences in respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the requirements under which that aircraft is operated, are not equal to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention.
(5) In the event that access for the-purpose of undertaking a ramp inspection of an aircraft operated by the airline or airlines ofone Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph (3) above is denied by the representalive of thal airline or airlines, the olher Contracting Party shall be lree to infer that serious concems of the type referred to in paragraph (4) above arise an draw the conclusions referred in that paragraph.
,J (6) Each Contracting Party reserves the right to suspend or vary the operating authorisation of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party immediately in the event the first Contracting Party concludes, whether as a result of a ramp inspection, a series of ramp inspections, a denial of access for ramp inspection, consultation or otherwise, that immediate action is essential to the safety ofan airline operation.
(7) Any action by one Contracting Party in accordance with paragraphs (2) or (6) above shall be discontinued once the basis for the taking ofthat action ceases to exist.

(8) The designated airlines ofeach Contracting Party shall be a nonlisted in any Banning list (or equivalent) published by recognized Safety Agency or Airworthiness Authority.

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Article 18 IlEGISTRATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION i This Agreerlent and any subsequent modification to it shall be registered with ICAO Article l9 APPLICABILITY OF MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS If a general multilateral air convention comes into force in respect of both Contracting Parties, tlre plovisions ofsuch convention shall prevail.
Article 20 TERMINATION Ilithcr Contracting Party may at any time give notice in writing through diplomatic channels to the otlrer Contracting Party of its intention to terminate this Agreement.

In such case this Agreenrent shall tenninate twelve (12) months after the date of receipt of the notice by other Contracting Party, unless the notice to terminate is withdrawn by agreement before the expiry of this period.

The notice of termination shall be simultaneously communicated to ICAO.
In the absence of acknowledgement of receipt by the other Contracting Party, the notice shall be deemed to have been received fourteen (14) days after the receipt ofthe notice by ICAO.

Article 2l F],NTRY INTO FORCE l. 2.


This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last written notification by which the Contracling Parties have notified each other, through diplomatic channels, that their respective intemal legal requirements for the entry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled.

This Agreement shall be provisionally applied fronr the date of its signature.
ln witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Govemments, have signed this Agreement.

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on this ........ day of..................---..... in two originals, in the Done at Arabic, and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic.

In the case of the divergence of interpretation the English text shall prevail.
C r For the Govemment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan For the Govemment of the Republic of Sierra Leole -12- \ Article 18 RECISTRATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION E This Agreenrent and any subsequent modification to it shall be registered with ICAO Article l9 AI'PLICABILITY OF MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS lf a gcneral multilateral air convention comes into force in respect of both Contracting Parties, the provisions ofsuch convention shall prevail.
Article 20 TEITMINATION Either Contracting Party may at any time give notice in writing through diplomalic channels to the other Contracting Party of its intention to terminate this Agreement.

In such case this Agreenrent shall terminate tlelve (12) months after the date of receipt of the notice by other Contracting Party, unless the notice to terminate is withdrawn by agreement before the expiry of this period.

The notice of termination shall be simultaneously communicated to ICAO.
In rhe absence of acknowledgement of receipt by the other Contracting Party, the notice shall be deemed to have been received fourteen (14) days after the receipt ofthe notice by ICAO.

Article 2l ENTRY INTO FORCE l. 2.


This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last written notification by which the Contracting Parties have notified each other, through diplomatic channels, that their respective internal legal requirements for the enlry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled.

This Agreement shall be provisionally applied fronr the date of its signature.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Govemments, have sigled this Agreement.

...... in two originals, in the Done at ....... Arabic, and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic.

In the case of the divergence of interpretation the English text shall prevail.

.. on this ........ day ol L f For the Govemment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan For the Govemment of the Repubtic of Sierra Leone -t2- \