LODGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE CAPE TOWN CONVENTION AT THE TIME OF THE DEPOSIT OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION IN RESPECT THEREOF
(1) Pursuant to Article 39 of the Convention -
(A) all categories of non-consensual rights or interests which under United States law have and will in the future have priority over an interest in an object equivalent to that of the holder of a registered international interest shall to that extent have priority over a registered international interest, whether in or outside insolvency proceedings; and(2) Pursuant to Article 54 of the Convention, all remedies available to the creditor under the Convention or Protocol which are not expressed under the relevant provision thereof to require application to the court may be exercised, in accordance with United States law, without leave of the court.(B) nothing in the Convention shall affect the right of the United States or that of any entity thereof, any intergovernmental organization in which the United States is a member State, or other private provider of public services in the United States to arrest or detain an aircraft object under United States law for payment of amounts owed to any such entity, organization, or provider directly relating to the services provided by it in respect of that object or another object.
LODGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE AIRCRAFT PROTOCOL AT THE TIME OF THE DEPOSIT OF ITS INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION IN RESPECT THEREOF
(1) Pursuant to Article XXX of the Protocol -
(A) the United States will apply Article VIII of the Protocol;(2) (A) Pursuant to Article XIX of the Protocol -(B) the United States will apply Article XII of the Protocol; and
(C) the United States will apply Article XIII of the Protocol.
(i) the Federal Aviation Administration, acting through its Aircraft Registry, FAA Aeronautical Center, 6400 South MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125, shall be the entry point at which information required for registration in respect of airframes or helicopters pertaining to civil aircraft of the United States or aircraft to become a civil aircraft of the United States shall be transmitted, and in respect of aircraft engines may be transmitted, to the International Registry; and(B) For purposes of the designation in subparagraph (A) (i) and the requirements in subparagraph (A) (ii), information is transmitted at the Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with procedures established under United States law.(ii) the requirements of chapter 441 of title 49, United States Code, and part 49 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be fully complied with before such information is transmitted at the Federal Aviation Administration to the International Registry.
(C) In this paragraph, the term “civil aircraft of the United States” has the meaning given that term in section 40102(17) of title 49, United States Code.