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1 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDSAIRCRAFT NATIONALITYAND REGISTRATION MARKSANNEX 7TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATIONFOURTH EDITION JULY 1981 This edition incorporates all amendments adopted by the Council prior to 31 March 1982 and supersedes, on 26 November 1981, all previous editions of Annex information regarding the applicability of the STANDARDS , CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATIONAMENDMENTSThe issue of amendments is announced regularly in the ICAO Journal and in themonthly Supplement to the Catalogue of ICAO Publications and Audio-visualTraining Aids, which holders of this publication should consult.

2 The space belowis provided to keep a record of such OF AMENDMENTS AND issueDateenteredEnteredby1-4 Incorporated in this edition26/11/81(ii)ANNEX 7(iii)26/11/81 TABLE OF CONTENTSPagePageFOREWORD ..(v) INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ..11. Definitions..12. nationality , common and registrationmarks to be used..13. Location of nationality , common andregistration marks .. General .. Lighter-than-air AIRCRAFT .. Heavier-than-air AIRCRAFT ..24. Measurements of nationality , common andregistration marks.

3 Lighter-than-air AIRCRAFT .. Heavier-than-air AIRCRAFT ..25. Type of characters for nationality , commonand registration marks ..36. Register of nationality , common andregistration marks ..37. Certificate of registration..38. Identification plate ..39. General..3 ANNEX 7(v)26/11/81 FOREWORDH istorical backgroundAnnex 7 contains STANDARDS adopted by the INTERNATIONAL CivilAviation Organization as the minimum STANDARDS for thedisplay of marks to indicate appropriate nationality andregistration which have been determined to comply withArticle 20 of the Convention.

4 STANDARDS for AircraftNationality and Registration Marks were first adopted by theCouncil on 8 February 1949 pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 37 of the Convention on INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation(Chicago 1944) and designated as Annex 7 to the became effective on 1 July 1949. The STANDARDS werebased on recommendations of the first and second sessions ofthe Airworthiness Division held respectively in March 1946and February A shows the origin of subsequent amendmentstogether with a list of the principal subjects involved and thedates on which the Annex and the amendments were adoptedby the Council, when they became effective and when theybecame by Contracting StatesNotification of differences.

5 The attention of Contracting Statesis drawn to the obligation imposed by Article 38 of theConvention by which Contracting States are required to notifythe Organization of any differences between their nationalregulations and practices and the INTERNATIONAL Standardscontained in this Annex and any amendments thereto. Further,Contracting States are invited to keep the Organizationcurrently informed of any differences which may subsequentlyoccur, or of the withdrawal of any differences previouslynotified.

6 A specific request for notification of differences willbe sent to Contracting States immediately after the adoption ofeach amendment to this attention of States is also drawn to the provisions ofAnnex 15 related to the publication of differences betweentheir national regulations and practices and the related ICAOS tandards and Recommended Practices through the Aero-nautical Information Service, in addition to the obligation ofStates under Article 38 of the of information.

7 The establishment andwithdrawal of and changes to facilities, services and pro-cedures affecting AIRCRAFT operations provided in accordancewith the STANDARDS specified in this Annex should be notifiedand take effect in accordance with the provisions of Annex of Annex componentsAn Annex is made up of the following component parts, not allof which, however, are necessarily found in every Annex; theyhave the status indicated:1. Material comprising the Annex proper:a) STANDARDS and Recommended Practices adopted bythe Council under the provisions of the are defined as follows:Standard.

8 Any specification for physical charac-teristics, configuration, mat riel, performance,personnel or procedure, the uniform application ofwhich is recognized as necessary for the safety orregularity of INTERNATIONAL air navigation and to whichContracting States will conform in accordance withthe Convention; in the event of impossibility ofcompliance, notification to the Council is com-pulsory under Article Practice. Any specification forphysical characteristics, configuration, mat riel,performance, personnel or procedure, the uniformapplication of which is recognized as desirable in theinterest of safety, regularity or efficiency ofinternational air navigation, and to which ContractingStates will endeavour to conform in accordance withthe )Appendices comprising material grouped separatelyfor convenience but forming part of the Standardsand Recommended Practices adopted by the )

9 Definitions of terms used in the STANDARDS and Rec-ommended Practices which are not self explanatoryin that they do not have accepted dictionarymeanings. A definition does not have independentstatus but is an essential part of each Standard andRecommended Practice in which the term is used,since a change in the meaning of the term wouldaffect the )Ta b l e s and Figures which add to or illustrate aStandard or Recommended Practice and which arereferred to therein, form part of the associatedStandard or Recommended Practice and have thesame 7 AIRCRAFT nationality and Registration MarksForeword26/11/81(vi)2.

10 Material approved by the Council for publication inassociation with the STANDARDS and Recommended Practices:a)Forewords comprising historical and explanatorymaterial based on the action of the Council andincluding an explanation of the obligations of Stateswith regard to the application of the STANDARDS andRecommended Practices ensuing from the Con-vention and the Resolution of )Introductions comprising explanatory materialintroduced at the beginning of parts, chapters orsections of the Annex to assist in the understandingof the application of the )