3. The application of this Regulation is without prejudice to the rights and duties of Member States under the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention). In that context, this Regulation aims to assist, in the fields it covers, Member States to fulfil their obligations under the Chicago Convention by providing a basis for a common interpretation and uniform implementation of its provisions, and by ensuring that those provisions are duly taken into account in this Regulation and in the rules drawn up for its implementation.