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VIII PICAO STATISTICAL REPORTING FORMS Whereas : In compliance with the applicable provisions of the Interim Agreement, statistical reporting forms were transmitted to member States on the 30th of November 1945, with the request that the data, beginning with the month of January 1946, be filed with the Interim Council; Whereas : The response to date from member States to this request has been negligible and the statistics sought are indispensable if PICAO is to perform the functions conferred upon it by the Interim Agreement and, through the fulfilment of those functions, to further the development of international civil aviation ; and Whereas : Further study and development of the reporting forms appears necessary in order to increase the value of the information furnished by means thereof, and in order to promote ease of filling them out, such improvement should be worked out in consultation with the operators and other interested organizations ; It is hereby resolved : (a) That member States shall undertake the necessary steps in order to file with the Interim Council the international air traffic data on the existing 1946 PICAO statistical reporting forms as soon as possible. When it proves impossible or unduly burdensome to fill out the forms in complete detail or from the initial date of January 1946, PICAO should accept the forms filled out to the extent practicable ; (b) That member States shall undertake the necessary steps in order to submit their comments on possible improvements of the existing 1946 PICAO statistical reporting forms as soon as possible, and in any event before August 1, 1946, in order that improved forms may become available before 1947 ; (c) That the Interim Council take the necessary steps, by establishing or convening such appropriate bodies as are provided for by the Interim Agreement, by securing the services of the necessary technical experts on a consulting or full time basis, or otherwise, to — (i) Examine and develop the PICAO 1946 statistical reporting forms and modify them, and bring them more in line with the appropriate requirements and with the objectives to be pursued by PICAO ; (ii) Determine and clarify definitions, particularly the definition of the expression " International Air Service," which definitions must be adequate to the development and completion of the PICAO statistical reporting forms ; and (iii) Establish with qualified organizations necessary relationships with a view to contributing to the efficient and prompt development of its work. IX FILING, RECORDING AND PUBLICATION OF AGREEMENTS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT Resolved : That the Assembly appreciates the thoroughness of the preparations which the Interim Council has made for the filing, recording and publication of agreements relating to international air transport in the endeavour to give effect to the principle of open agreements embodied in the Interim Agreement, and, while approving this wolk in principle, directs the Council to re-examine the schedule of classes of agreements which should be filed with PICAO with the object of limiting it to the minimum necessary to secure the principles of the Interim Agreement.

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