Aviation safety. 1. The Parties shall, in their mutual relations, act in conformity with the aviation safety provisions established by the International Civil Aviation Organization and designated as annexes to the Convention.
2. Each Party shall recognise as valid, for the purpose of operating the air services provided for in this Agreement, certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency, and licences issued or validated by the competent authorities of the other Party and still in force, provided that the requirements for such certificates or licences are at least equal to the minimum standards which may be established pursuant to the Convention. Each Party may, however, refuse to recognise as valid for the purposes of flights above or landing within the flight information region under each other’s jurisdiction, certificates of competency and licences granted to or validated for its own citizens by the competent authorities of the other Party.
3. If the privileges or conditions of the licences or certificates referred to in paragraph 2 above, issued by the competent authorities of one Party to any person or designated airline or in respect of an aircraft used in the operation of the agreed services, should permit a difference from the minimum standards established under the Convention, the other Party may request consultations between the competent authorities with a view to clarifying the practice in question.
4. Consultations concerning the safety standards and requirements maintained and administered by the competent authorities of the other Party relating to aeronautical facilities, crew members, aircraft, and operation of the designated airlines shall be held within 30 days of receipt of a request from either Party, or such other period as may be mutually determined. If, following such consultations, the competent authorities of one Party find that the competent authorities of the other Party do not effectively maintain and administer safety standards and requirements in these areas that are at least equal to the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention, the competent authorities of the other Party shall be notified of such findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with these minimum standards. Failure to take appropriate corrective action within 30 days, or such other period as may be accepted by the competent authorities of the Party that made the findings, shall constitute grounds for withholding, revoking, suspending or impo...
Aviation safety. 1. Subject to the transitional provisions set out in Annex III to this Agreement, the Parties shall act in conformity with their respective legislation concerning the requirements and standards relating to aviation safety specified in Part C of Annex I to this Agreement, under the conditions set out hereafter.
2. While maintaining to carry out functions and tasks of the State of design, manufacture, registration and operator, as provided by the Convention, Ukraine shall incorporate in its legislation and effectively implement the requirements and standards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the transitional provisions stipulated in Annex III to this Agreement.
3. The Parties shall cooperate to ensure the effective implementation by Ukraine of its legislation adopted with the aim to incorporate the requirements and standards referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. To this purpose, Ukraine shall be involved in the work of the EASA as an observer from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, as provided for in Annex VI to this Agreement
4. To ensure operating of agreed services under sub-paragraphs 1(a), (b), (c) and (d) of Article 16 (Grant of Rights) of this Agreement, each Party shall recognize as valid certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licences issued or validated by the other Party and still in force, provided that the requirements for such certificates or licences at least equal to the minimum standards that may be established pursuant to the Convention.
5. The recognition by the EU Member States of certificates issued by Ukraine referred to in Annex IV, section I to this Agreement shall be decided in accordance with the provisions stipulated in Annex III to this Agreement.
6. The Parties shall cooperate towards the convergence of certification systems in the areas of initial and continuing airworthiness.
7. The Parties shall ensure that aircraft registered in one Party suspected of non-compliance with international aviation safety standards established pursuant to the Convention and landing at airports open to international air traffic in the territory of the other Party shall be subject to ramp inspections by the competent authorities of that other Party, on board and around the aircraft, to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment.
8. The Parties shall exchange information, including on any fin...
Aviation safety. 1. Subject to the transitional provisions set out in Annex II to this Agreement, the Parties shall act in conformity with the provisions of the aviation safety legislation specified in Part C of Annex III to this Agreement, under the conditions set out here after.
2. The Parties shall cooperate to ensure the implementation by Georgia of the legislation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. To this purpose, Georgia shall be involved in the work of the European Aviation Safety Agency as an observer from the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
3. The Parties shall ensure that aircraft registered in one Party suspected of non-compliance with international aviation safety standards established pursuant to the Convention landing at airports open to international air traffic in the territory of the other Party shall be subject to ramp inspections by the competent authorities of that other Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment.
4. The competent authorities of a Party may request consul tations at any time concerning the safety standards maintained by the other Party.
5. The competent authorities of a Party shall take all appro priate and immediate measures whenever they ascertain that an aircraft, a product or an operation may:
(a) fail to satisfy the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention or the legislation specified in Part C of Annex III to this Agreement, whichever is applicable;
(b) give rise to serious concerns — established through an inspection referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article — that an aircraft or the operation of an aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention or the legislation specified in Part C of Annex III to this Agreement, whichever is applicable; or
(c) give rise to serious concerns that there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention or the legislation specified in Part C of Annex III to this Agreement, whichever is applicable.
6. Where the competent authorities of one Party take action under paragraph 5, they shall promptly inform the competent authorities of the other Party of taking such action, providing reasons for their action.
7. Where measures taken in application of paragraph 5 of this Article are not discontinued even though the basis for t...
Aviation safety. 1. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any time concerning safety standards maintained by the other Contracting Party in any area relating to aeronautical facilities, flight crew, aircraft or the operation of aircraft. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request.
2. If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in any such area that are at least equal to the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the first Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party of those findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with those minimum standards, and that other Contracting Party shall take appropriate corrective action. Failure by the other Contracting Party to take appropriate action within fifteen (15) days, or a longer period as may be agreed upon, shall be grounds for the application of Article 5 of this Agreement.
3. It is agreed that any aircraft operated by the designated airline(s) of one Contracting Party on services to or from the territory of the other Contracting Party may, while within the territory of the other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by the authorized representatives of the other Contracting Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article called "ramp inspection"), provided this does not lead to unreasonable delay.
4. If any such ramp inspection or series of ramp inspections gives rise to:
a) serious concerns that an aircraft or the operation of an aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at the time pursuant to the Convention, or
b) serious concerns that there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the Contracting Party carrying out the inspection shall, for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention, be free to conclude that the requirements under which the certificate or licences in respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the requirements under which that aircraft is operated, are not equal to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention.
5. In the event that ac...
Aviation safety. 1. Without prejudice to the discretion of the legislative authorities of the Contracting Parties, the Contracting Parties shall closely cooperate in the area of aviation safety with the objective of establishing, to the practical extent possible, harmonised rules or mutual recognition of each other's safety standards. The Joint Committee, with the assistance of the European Aviation Safety Agency, shall oversee this process of cooperation.
2. The Contracting Parties shall ensure that their relevant legislation, rules or procedures deliver, at minimum, the level of regulatory requirements and standards relating to air transport specified in Part A of Annex IV, as detailed in Annex VI.
3. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall recognise as valid, for the purposes of operating the air transport provided for in this Agreement, certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency, and licenses issued or validated by each other and still in force, provided that the requirements for such certificates or licenses at least equal the minimum standards that may be established pursuant to the Convention. The competent authorities may, however, refuse to recognise as valid for purposes of flight above their own territory, certificates of competency and licenses granted to or validated for their own nationals by such other authorities.
4. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any time concerning the safety standards maintained by the other Contracting Party in areas relating to aeronautical facilities, flight crew, aircraft and the operation of aircraft. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request.
5. If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in the areas referred to in paragraph 4 that meet the standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the other Contracting Party shall be informed of such findings and of the steps considered necessary to conform with the ICAO standards. The other Contracting Party shall then take appropriate corrective action within an agreed time period.
6. The Contracting Parties shall ensure that aircraft registered in one Contracting Party suspected of non-compliance with international aviation safety standards established pursuant to the Convention landing at airports open to international air traffic in the territory of the other Contracting P...
Aviation safety. (1) At the start of the first transitional period Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be involved as observer in the work of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
(2) At the end of the second transitional period the Joint Committee established under Article 18 of the Main Agreement shall determine the precise status and conditions for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Aviation Safety Agency.
(3) Until the end of the second transitional period, if safety deficiencies are identified the European Community may require that the permission for an air carrier licensed by Bosnia and Herzegovina to operate on air routes to, from or within the European Community be made subject to a specific safety assessment. Such assessment shall be made by the European Community expeditiously in order to avoid any undue delay in the exercise of traffic rights.
Aviation safety. A.1 List of air carriers subject to an operating ban Israel shall, at the earliest possible, take measures corresponding to those taken by the EU Member States on the basis of the list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban due to safety reasons. The measures will be taken according to the relevant rules regarding the establishment and publication of a list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban and the information requirements to air passengers of the identity of the air carrier operating the flights on which they travel, established in the following EU legislation: No 2111/2005 Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2005 on the establishment of a Community list of air carriers subject to an operating ban within the Community and on informing air transport passengers of the identity of the operating air carrier, and repealing Article 9 of Directive 2004/36/EC Relevant provisions: Articles 1 to 13, Annex No 473/2006 Commission Regulation (EC) No 473/2006 of 22 March 2006 laying down implementing rules for the Community list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban within the Community referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council Relevant provisions: Articles 1 to 6, Annexes A to C No 474/2006 Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 of 22 March 2006 establishing the Community list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban within the Community referred to in Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regularly amended by Commission Regulations Relevant provisions: Articles 1 to 3, Annexes A to B In case a measure raises serious concerns for Israel, Israel may suspend its application and shall, without undue delay, refer the matter to the Joint Committee pursuant to Article 22(11)(f) of this Agreement.
A.2 Accident/incident investigation and occurrence reporting A.2.1: No 996/2010 Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation and repealing Directive 94/56/EC Relevant provisions: Articles 1-5, 8-18(2), 20-21, 23, Annex A.2.2: No 2003/42 Directive 2003/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2003 on occurrence reporting in civil aviation Relevant provisions: Articles 1-6, 8-9
Aviation safety. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any time concerning safety standards in any area relating to aircrew, aircraft or their operation adopted by the other Contracting Party. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request.
Aviation safety. (1) At the start of the first transitional period Albania shall be involved as observer in the work of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
(2) At the end of the second transitional period the Joint Committee established under Article 18 of the Main Agreement shall determine the precise status and conditions for the participation of Albania in the European Aviation Safety Agency.
(3) Until the end of the second transitional period, if safety deficiencies are identified, the European Community may require that the permission for an air carrier licensed by Albania to operate on air routes to, from or within the European Community be made subject to a specific safety assessment. Such assessment shall be made by the European Community expeditiously in order to avoid any undue delay in the exercise of traffic rights.
Aviation safety. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any time concerning safety standards in any area relating to aircrew, aircraft or their operation adopted by the other Contracting Party. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request. If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in any such area that are at least equal to the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the first Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party of those findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with those minimum standards, and that other Contracting Party shall take appropriate action within fifteen (15) days or such longer period as may be agreed, shall be grounds for the application of Article 5 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in Article 33 of the Convention it is agreed that any aircraft operated by or, under the lease agreement, on behalf of the airline or the airlines of one Contracting Party on services to or from the territory of another Contracting Party may, while within the territory of the other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by the authorized representatives of the other Contracting Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article called “ramp inspection”), provided this does not lead to unreasonable delay. If any such ramp inspection or series of ramp inspections gives rise to: serious concerns that an aircraft or the operation of an aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at the time pursuant to the Convention, or serious concerns that there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the Contracting Party carrying out the inspection shall, for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention, be free to conclude that requirements under which the certificate or licenses in respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the requirements under which that aircraft is operated, or not equal to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention. In the event that access for the purpose of underta...