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December 15, 2003

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, considering that it is desirable to amend and supplement the Agreement between their two respective countries signed on 29" August 1992 concerning Air Services;

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE (1)

All references to the 'State of Bahrain' shall read 'Kingdom of Bahrain'.

ARTICLE (2)

Article 1 (b) of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

b) The term ''Aeronautical Authorities" means in the case of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Ministry of Transportation represented by the Civil Aviation Affairs and any person or body legally empowered to perform any function at present exercised by the above mentioned Authority or similar functions; and in the case of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and any person or body legally empowered to perform any functions at present exercised by the above authority or similar functions.

ARTICLE (3)

Paragraph (1) of Article (3) of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

1) Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in writing to the other Contracting Party one or more airline(s) for the purpose of operating the agreed services on the specified routes.

ARTICLE (4)

This protocol shall come provisionally into force from the date of signature, and definitively on the day of an exchange of Diplomatic Notes confirming that the constitutional requirements in the country of each Contracting Party have been fulfilled.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

Done in Manila in duplicate this 15th Day of December 2003 in the English language.