【正文】 d equipment, including elimination of duties, and to the fullest extent possible, the reduction or elimination of trade restricting or distorting effects。 Noting that Ministers on 1214 September 1973 agreed the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations should achieve the expansion and evergreater liberalization of world trade through, inter alia, the progressive dismantling of obstacles to trade and the improvement of the international framework for the conduct of world trade。 Being mindful of the importance in the civil aircraft sector of their overall mutual economic and trade interests。 Recognizing their obligations and rights under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, hereinafter referred to as the GATT, and under other multilateral agreements negotiated under the auspices of the GATT。Other charges shall have the same meaning as in Article II of the GATT. to eliminate by 1 January 1980, or by the date of entry into force of this Agreement, all customs duties and other charges1 of any kind levied on repairs on civil aircraft。inform other Signatories of its procedures for administering the enduse system. Article 3 Technical Barriers to Trade Signatories note that the provisions of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade apply to trade in civil aircraft. In addition, Signatories agree that civil aircraft certification requirements and specifications on operating and maintenance procedures shall be governed, as between Signatories, by the Provisions of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Article 4 GovernmentDirected Procurement, Mandatory SubContracts and Inducements Purchasers of civil aircraft should be free to select suppliers on the basis of mercial and technological factors. Signatories shall not require airlines, aircraft manufacturers, or other entities engaged in the purchase of civil aircraft, nor exert unreasonable pressure on them, to procure civil aircraft from any particular source, which would create discrimination against suppliers from any Signatory.Other charges shall have the same meaning as in Article II of the GATT. Signatories agree that the purchase of products covered by this Agreement should be made only on a petitive price, quality and delivery basis. In conjunction with the approval or awarding of procurement contracts for products covered by this Agreement a Signatory may, however, require that its qualified firms be provided with access to business opportunities on a petitive basis and on terms no less favourable than those available to the qualified firms of other Signatories agree to avoid attaching inducements of any kind to the sale or purchase of civil aircraft from any particular source which would create discrimination against suppliers from any Signatory. Article 5 Trade Restrictions Signatories shall not apply quantitative restrictions (import quotas) or import licensing requirements to restrict imports of civil aircraft in a manner inconsistent with applicable provisions of the GATT. This does not preclude import monitoring or licensing systems consistent with the GATT. Signatories shall not apply quantitative restrictions or export licensing or other similar requirements to restrict, for mercial or petitive reasons, exports of civil aircraft to other Signatories in a manner inconsistent with applicable provisions of the GATT. Article 6 Government Support, Export Credits, and Aircraft Marketing Signatories note that the provisions of the Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures) apply to trade in civil aircraft. They affirm that in their participation in, or