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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977.

Notifications and agreements concerning medical aircraft

Article 29

-- Notifications and agreements concerning medical aircraft

1. Notifications under Article 25

, or requests for prior agreement under Articles 26

, 27

, 28 (paragraph 4)

, or 31

shall state the proposed number of medical aircraft, their flight plans and means of identification, and shall be understood to mean that every flight will be carried out in compliance with Article 28

2. A Party which receives a notification given under Article 25

shall at once acknowledge receipt of such notification.

3. A Party which receives a request for prior agreement under Articles 26

, 27

, 28 (paragraph 4)

, or 31

shall, as rapidly as possible, notify the requesting Party:

(a) that the request is agreed to;

(b) that the request is denied; or

(c) of reasonable alternative proposals to the request. It may also propose a prohibition or restriction of other flights in the area during the time involved. If the Party which submitted the request accepts the alternative proposals, it shall notify the other Party of such acceptance.

4. The Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure that notifications and agreements can be made rapidly.

5. The Parties shall also take the necessary measures to disseminate rapidly the substance of any such notifications and agreements to the military units concerned and shall instruct these units regarding the means of identification that will be used by the medical aircraft in question.

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