title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to negotiate in respect of the customs provisions contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(78)646 final
                                              Brussels , 20 December 1978
                           Recommendation for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
           authorizing the Commission to negotiate in respect
           of the customs provisions contained in Annex 9 to
            the Convention on International Civil Aviation
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                                              v               \
 C0M(78 ) 646 final
 ---pagebreak---                             Explanatory memorandum
Introduction
              Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation
( Convention signed in Chicago on 7 December 1944 ) contains a number of
standards and recommended practices on " facilitation" which were esta
blished on the basis of Article 37 of the Convention ( Annex I ).
               These standards and recommended practices are largely concerned
with the customs formalities and other measures applicable to aircraft
engaged in international traffic and the passengers or goods carried by
such aircraft .
               They are periodically reviewed at meetings of the Facilitation
Division ( FAL ) of the International Civil Aviation Organization in order
to take account firstly of the growth of international air traffic and
 secondly of developments in the techniques for operating airlines and of
the introduction of new customs verification techniques .
               The Commission has been informed that the Facilitation Divi
 sion will be holding a session some time during the first half of 1979
 devoted to such a review . Given the objective in view, which is constantly
 to amend the provisions agreed internationally in order increasingly to
 facilitate air transport , this exercise is in fact tantamount to renego
 tiation of the provisions in force .
 Scope of the proposed negotiations
       ^    - According to the draft agenda drawn yp by the jFaci litation
 Division (Annex II ) it would appear that all the provisions of Annex 9
 t<5 thfe Chicago Co/went ion will be up fordiscuss.ioriand tience all . the
  Customs formalities and other: measures applicable in the field of intfer -,
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                                          Li tat ion Division , is to work towards the establishment of international rules
   T- " "                         " adapted to the current situation as regards international air' traffic * Progress
   & ■                                   here on customs matters is envisaged in the form of an amendment of the scope •
                                         of the provisions of Chapter 4 of Annex 9 to the Chicago Convention / to which
                                         all the Member States of the EEC are signatory but which is not applied by
                                          all of them under the same conditions ( some of them have accepted recommended
                                         practices which others have so far rejected ) .
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                                                                                It is therefore necessary for the European Community as such
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                                          to be able to participate in the proposed negotiations in order to exercise
                          <:              the powers which it possesses under the Treaty regarding customs matters .
                                                                                Moreover , at the same time the opportunity should be taken to
                                          stress that as a result of the establishment of the customs union the cus
                                          toms provisions contained in the Chicago Convention itself may be applied
                                          only in relations between the Community regarded as an entity arid non-member
                                          countries . Such is the case with article 24(b ) of the Convention / which
                                          states that " Spare parts and equipment imported into the territory of a
                                          contracting State for incorporation in or use on an aircraft of another
                                          contracting State engaged in international air navigation shall be admitted
                                          free of customs duty' . Such a provision is obviously no longer applicable for
                                          spare parts and third country materials imported from one Member State into
                                          another for installing in or use on a Community aircraft#                                                                                In effect Member
                                          States can only apply to spare parts and third country materials imported
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 for these pu ; poses the relevant measures of suspension of the duties of the
 common customs tariff adopted each ysar by the Council , Article 2'< ( b ) of
the Chicago Convention thus relates only to aircraft registered in third
countries which touch down in the Community .
                 The special situation resulting from the EEC 's customs union
should therefore be emphasized during these negotiations so that it becomes
clear to all the participants that , at least in as far as the provisions re
lating to customs matters are concerned , Community participation in the
Chicago Convention and Annex 9 thereto has become necessary .
Basis of the action to be taken by the Community
                 Most of the customs provisions of Annex 9 to the Chicago Con
vention , particularly those in Chapter 4 thereof , have a direct bearing on
the application of the Common Customs Tariff and the operation of the cus
toms union In general . Therefore , in so far as these provisions have to be
renegotiated at international level in order to be amended the agreements
resulting from such negotiations must be considered as tariff and trade
agreements within the meaning of Article 113 of the Treaty . And according
to Article 113 the Community alone has authority to negotiate and conclude
such agreements .
                 Article 113(3 ) of the Treaty also states that where such agree
ments with third countries need to be negotiated the Commission must make
recommendations to the Council , which authorizes the Commission to open the
necessary negotiations .
Conclusion
                 Consequently , the Commission recommends that the Council , pur
 suant to Article 113 of the EEC Treaty, authorize it to negotiate the amend
ment of the customs provisions contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation .
                                                            ■ ··»···
 ---pagebreak---                 The negotiations must be conducted in such a way as to attain
the following objectives :
(i)    amendments to the current provisions of Annex 9 to the said Convention
       should take account of the special situation resulting from the EEC 's
       customs union ;
( ii ) the steps should be undertaken for the preparation of legal bases neces
       sary to secure the participation of the European Economic Community ,
       given its jurisdiction in customs matters, in the Chicago Convention
       and Annex 9 thereto .
                It will be possible for the Council to establish more precise
negotiating directives as and when the proposals of the Facilitation Division
of the International Civil Aviation Organisation are made more explicit .
 ---pagebreak---                                  Recommendat ion
                            for a Council Decision
                  on the negotiation of the customs provisions
                  contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on
                          International Civil Aviation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Artcile 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the conclusion of an agreement for the amendment of the customs pro
visions contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation
is likely to facilitate and boost trade in goods carried by air ; " Whereas
it is desirable for the Community to attain such an objective ;".
Whereas the conclusion of such an agreement has a direct bearing on the col
lection of Common Customs Tariff duties , agricultural levies and other charges
provided for under the common agricultural policy; whereas such an agreement
must , moreover , take into account the specific requirements of the customs
union ; whereas it is therefore necessary for the Community to negotiate    this
agreement ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    Sole Arti eie
                The Commission is hereby authorized to conduct negotiations
within the framework of the Facilitation Division of the International Civil
Aviation Organization for the amendment of the customs provisions contained
 in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation .
 ---pagebreak---               The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in accordance
with the general directives annexed hereto and in consultation with the Arti
cle 113 Committee , which shall assist it in this task .             , :
                                       i
                                         Done at Brussels ,
                                         For the Council
                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---                        General negotiating directives
                The negotiation by the Commission of the customs provisions
contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation must
be conducted in such a way as to attain the following objectives :
(i)    amendments to the current provisions of Annex 9 should take account of
       the special situation resulting from the EEC 's customs union ;
( ii ) the steps shall be undertaken for the preparation of legal bases neces
       sary to secure the participation of the European Economic Community ,
       given its juridiction in customs matters , in the Chicago Convention
       and Annex 9 thereto .
                It will be possible for the Council to establish more precise
negotiating directives as and when the proposals of the Facilitation Division
of the International Civil Aviation Organisation are made more explicit .
 ---pagebreak---  APPENDiX C - ANfttEX 9 - REPRÎNT OF IICAO DOCUMENTS
                     i     -                       ,
              INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
           AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
                  FACILITATION
                               ANNEX 9
TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
          SEVENTH EDITION – .APRIL 1974
                    . I                              •
                     < rmm :
   This edition incorporates all amendments adopted by the Council
   prior to 8 December 1973 and supersedes, on I S July 1974, all previous
                             editions of Annex 9 .
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ÀVIATION ORGANIZATION
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 ---pagebreak---                                                             FOREWORD
                           Historica! Background                      customs and immigration procedures affecting inter
                                                                      national air navigation in accordance with the practices
       Standards and Recommended Practices on Facilitation            which may be established or recommended from t'nr.o to
  were first adopted by the Council on 25 March 1949 ,                time pursuant to this Convention ".*
  pursuant to the provisions of Article 37 of the Conven
  tion on International Civil Aviation ( Chicago , ! 944 ), and            In addition        to    the   Standards and Recommenced
  designated as Anne * 9 to the Convention with the title             Practices of Annex 9, the Organization 's FAL Propr&mme
.."Standards and Recommended Practices - Facilitation ".              ia based or the FAL Resolutions of the Sixteenth Session
  They became effective on 1 September 1949. The                      of the Assembly, Council's Statement of 26 November                      !· !:
  Standauls ard Recommended Practices were based on                    1965 on t/ie Aims of ICAO in the Field of Facilitation
  re co in men d a-t ion » of the First and Second Sessions of the    ( Doc 7891 -C/906/ 2 ) and Recommendations of rasf PAL
- Facilitation I'ivision . held at Montreal in February 1946          Division Sessions, not affecting Annex 9, as published in                 'Î
  and at Geneva in June 1948. They were expanded and                  Circular H9-AT/ 31 .
  amended comprehensively as a Jesuit of subsequent
  Sessions of the Division , i.e. , the Third Session , held at
  Buenos Aires in December 1951 , the Fourth Session , held                                          Applicability
  at Manila in October 1955 , the Fifth Session , held at
   Rome in December 1959 , the Sixth Session , held at                      As indicated in Chapter I , Section B , the Standards and
  Mexico City in March-April 1963 and the Seventh                     Recommended Practices in this document apply to all
  Session , held at Montreal in May 1968 . As a result of the         categories of aircraft operation except where a particular
  Division 's Recommendations for amendment of Annex 9                provision specifically refers to one type of operation
  and Council 's action thereon, the Second Edition of                without mentioning other types of operations.
  Annex 9 became effective on I March 1953 , the Third
  Fdition on 1 November I *> 56 , the Fourth Edition on                    The Standards and Recommended Practices on Facilita
   1 November I %0, the Fifth Edition on I April 1964 and              tion inevitably take two forms : fust a " negative " form ,
  the Sixth I-dilion on I April 1969 .                                e.g. , that States shall not impose more than certain maxi
                                                                       mum requirements in the way of paper work , restrictions of
       Seventh Idition .- The present edition incorporates .           freedom of movement, etc ., and second a " powtive " form ,
  Inter alia , provisions arising from recommendations of the          e.g. , that Slates shall provide certain minimum facilities fur
   Fir.luh Session of the Facilitation Division ( Dubrovnik ,          pastenpet convenience , for traffic which is merely passing
   March 1973 ) which again resulted in a comprehensive                through , etc . Whenever a question arises under a " negative "
  expansion and amendment of Annex 9 . This Seventh                    provision , it is assumed that States will , wherever possible ,
   Fdition of Annex 9 became effective on !5 April 1974                relax their requirements below the maximum .set forth in
   and is to become applicable on IS July 1974 .                       the Standards and Recommended Practices. Wherever there
                                                                       ia a "positive" provision , it is assumed that States will ,
       The Standards and Recommended Practices on Facili
                                                                       wherever possible , furnish more than the minunum set
   tation arc the outcome of Article 37 of the Convention ,            forth in the Standards and Recommended Practices.
   which provides , inter alia , that the " International Civil
    Aviation Orp.ini/ ation shall adopt and amend from time                                Action by Contracting States
   to time , as may be necessary , international standards and
   recommended practices and procedures dealing with . . .                  Notifica'ion of differences. The attention of Contract
   customs anil immigration procedures . . . and such other            ing States is drawn to the obligation imposed by Article .18
    malteis concerned with the safety , regularity and                 of the Convention by which Contracting States are required
   clficicncy of air navigation as may from time to time
                                                                        to notify tl.e Organization of any differences between their
   appear appropriate ". The policy with respect to the
   implementation by States of the Standards and Recom                national regulations and practices and the international
    mended Practices on Facilitation is strengthened by                 Standards contained in this Annex and any amendments
    Article 22 of the Convention , wliich expresses the obliga
                                                                          A number of other article * of the Convention h»ve spocijl
    tion accepted by each Contracting State "to adopt all                 pertinence to the provision of the FAL Annex and hive been
    practicable measures, through the issuance of special                 taken Into account in Its preparation . In particular , prr»on »
    regulations or otherwise , to facilitate and expedite naviga         responsible for the Implementation -of th« provision * of iliii
    tion by aircraft between the territories of Contracting               Anne * should he familiar with the following article * in addition
                                                                          to Article » 22 and 2.1 :
    States, and to prevent unnecessary delays to aircraft ,               Article 10. Landing it Customs Airport ;
    crews, passengers, and cargo, especially in the administra           Article 1 1 * Applicability of Air Regulation *;
    tion of the laws relating to immigration , quarantine ,               Article 13 , Fntry and Clearance Regulations;
    customs and clearance ", and by Article 23 of the Conven             Article 14 , Prevention of Sprc»d of Ditttw ;
                                                                          Article 16 , Sc&rch of Aircrafl ;
    tion., which expresses the undertaking of each Contracting            Article 24 , Customs Duty ;
    State "so far as it may find practicable, to establish                Artklc 29 , Documenti cirried in Atrcraft .
    ANNEX 9                                                        34                                                              15 / 7 / 74
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                Fortword
 Annex 9 - Facilitation
thereto . Contracting Stales are invited to extend such                           by the Council pursuant to Article 54 (/) of the
(unification to any differences from the Recommended                              Convention , and to which Contracting States will
1'ui.tKos contained in this Annex , and any amendments                            endeavour to conform in accordance with the
thereto . luttliet . Contracting Stales arc invited to keep the                   Convention .
Orf..mi/ ation currently informed of any differences which                     b) Appendices comprising material grouped separ
Iiuy subsequently occur, or of the withdrawal of any                              ately for convenience but forming part of the
differences previojsly notified . A specific request for              .           Standards and Recommended Practices adopted
notification of differences will be sent to Contracting States                    by the Councih
immediately after the adoption of each Amendment to this
 Annex .                                                                       c) Definitions of terms used in the Standards and
                                                                                Recommended       Practices   which   arc   not   self-
       Attention of States is also drawn to the provision of                      explanatory in that they do not have accepted
 Annex 1 5 related to the publication of differences between                      dictionary meanings . A definition docs not have
 their national regulations and practices and the related                         an independent status but it is an essential part of
 U AO Standards and Recommended Practices through the                             each    Standard and   Recommended        Practice in
 Aeronautical Information Service , in addition to the obliga                    which the term is used , since a change in the
 tion of States under Article 38 of the Convention .                              meaning of the term would affect the specific
                                                                                ation .
       Promulgation of information. The establishment and                  2.–Material approved by the Council for publication in
 withdrawal of and changes to facilities, services and                association with the Standards and Recommended Practices
 procedures affecting aircraft operations provided in accord
 ance      with the Standards and Recommended Practices                      " a) Forewords comprising historical and explanatory
 specified in this Annex should be notified and take effect in                     material based on the action of the Council and
 accordance with the provisions of Annex 1 5.                                     including an explanation of the oblipations of
                                                                             '     States with regard to the application of the
       Use of the text of the Annex in national regulations.                       Stand irds and Recommended Practices ensuing
  I lie Council , on 13 April 1948 , adopted a resolution                         from the     Convention and the       Resolution of
 inviting the attention of Contracting States to the desira                       Adoption .
 bility of using in their own n^V' -"a! regulations, as far as                 b) Introductions comprising explanatory material
  practicable , the precise language of those ICAO Standards
                                                                                introduced at the beginning of parts , chapters or
 that are of a regulatory character and also of indicating                        sections of the Annex to assist in the under
 departures from the Standards, including any additional
                                                                                standing of the application of the text .
  national regulations that were important for the safety or
 regularity of air navigation . Wherever possible , the provi                 e) Notes included in the text , where appropriate , to
 sions of this Annex have been written in such a way as                            give fcctual information or references bearing on
 would facilitate incorporation , without major textual                            the   Standards or   Recommended       Practices in
 changes, into national legislation .                                              question , but not constituting part of the Stan
                                                                                dards or Recommended Practices .
                         Genertl Information
                                                                               d) Attachments comprising material supplementary
                                                                                to the Standards and Recommended Practices , or
       An Annex is made up of the following component
                                                                                included as a guide to their application .
  parts, not all of which , however , arc necessarily found in
  every Annex , they have the status indicated :
                                                                            By Council Resolution of 25 May 1970, Annexes to the
                                                                       Convention on International Civil Aviation arc adopted in
        I .-Material comprising the Annex proper
                                                                       three languages - Enplish , French and Spanish . Pursuant to
            a) Standards and Recommended Practices adopted             the same Council Resolution , each Contracting State is
               by the Council under the provisions of the              requested to sekct one of those texts for the purpose of
               Convention . They are defined , in the case of this     national implementation and for other effects provided for
               Annex , ar> follows :                                   in the Convention , either through direct use or through
               Standard: Any specification , the uniform observ       translation into its own national language , and to notify the
               ance of which has been recognized as practicable        Organization accordingly .
               and as necessary to facilitate and improve some
               aspect of international air navigation , which has           The following practice has been adhered to in order to
               been adopted by the Council pursuant to Article         indicate at a glance the status of each statement : Standards
               54 (/) of the Convention , and in respect of which      have been printed in light face roman ; Recommended
               non-compliance must be notified by States to the        Practices have been printed in light face italics , the status
               Council in accordance with Article 38 .                  being indicated by the words RECOMMENDED PRAC
                                                                       TICE ; Notes have been printed in light face italics , the
               Recommended Practice: Any specification , the            status being indicated by the prefix Note .
               observance of which has been recognized as
               generally practicable and as highly desirable to             Any reference to a portion of thia document which is
               facilitate and improve tome aspect of inter             identified by • number includes all subdivisions of the
               national air navigation, which has been adopted.         portion.
    I 5/7/74                                                       35
 ---pagebreak---                         .       '         INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
                                       AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
                     - • ' «                 I
                             CHAPTER 1 . – DEFINITIONS AND APPLICABILITY
                                                 »
                          A. – Definitions '                           Free airport. An international airport at which , provided
                                                   • :            they remain within a designated area until removal by air to
     Whon ti e following terms are used in the Standards and      a point outside the territory of the State , crew , passengers,
Recommended Practices on Facilitation, they have the              baggage, cargo, mail and stores may be disembarked or
following meanings: ■                                             unladen, may remain and may be trans-shipped , without
                                                                  being subjected to any customs charges or duties and,
     Aircraft equipment. Articles, other than stores and spare    except in special circumstances, to any examination .
parts of a removable nature, for use on J>oard an aircraft            1 · . ι
during flight, including first-aid and survival equipment.             Free zone. An area where merchandise , whether of
                                                                  domestic or foreign origin, may be admitted , deposited ,
     Airline. As provided in Article 96 of the Convention,        stored, packed , exhibited , sold, processed or manufactured ,
any air transport enterprise offering or operating c              and from which such merchandise may be removed to a
scheduled international air service. '    -                •>     point outside the tenitory of the State without being
                                                       I ·        subjected to customs duties or internal consumer taxes or,
     Authorized agent. A responsible person who represents        except in special circumstances, to inspection. Merchandise
an operator and who is authorized by or on behalf of such         of domestic origin admitted into a free rone may be
operator to act on all formalities connected with the entry       deemed to foe exported.
and clearance of the operator's aircraft, crew, passengers,
cargo, mail, baggage or stores.                                        Ground equipment. Articles of a specialized nature for
                                                                  use in the maintenance , repair and servicing of an aircraft
     Baggage. Personal property of passengers or crew carried     on the ground , including testing equipment and cargo- and
on an aircraft by agreement with the operator.                    passenger-h;indling equipment.
     Cargo. Any property c-tned on an aircraft other than              International airport. Any airport designated by the
mail , stores and baggage.                                        Contracting State in whose territory it is situated as an
                                                                  airport of entry and departure for international air traffic,
     Crew member. A person assigned by an operator to duty        where the formalities incident to customs, immigration ,
on an aircraft during flight time.                                public health , animal and plant quarantine and similar
                                                                  procedures «re carried out.
     Direct transit area. A special area established in con
nexion with an international airport, approved by the                   Lading. The placing of cargo, mail , baggage or stores on
public authorities concerned and under their direct super        board an aircraft to be carried on a flight, except such
vision, for accommodation of traffic which is pausing             cargo, mail , baggage or stores as have been laden on a
briefly in its passage through the Contracting State.             previous stage of the same through-flight.
     Direct transit arrangements. Special arrangements                 Mail. Dispatches of correspondence and other objects
approved by the public authorities concerned by which             tendered by and intended for delivery to postal adminis
                                                                  trations.
 traffic which is pausing briefly in its passage through the
Contracting State may remain under their direct control.
                                                                        Operator. A person, organization or enterprise engaged
     Disembarkation. The leaving of an aircraft after a           in or offering to engage in an aircraft operation.
landing, except by crew or passengers continuing on the                Filot-ln-command. The pilot responsible for the opera
next stage of the same through-flight.                             tion and safety of the aircraft during flight time.
     Embarkation. The boarding of an aircraft for the                   Public authorities. The agencies or officials ofl a Con
 purpose of commencing a flight, except by such crew or            tracting State responsible for the application and enforce
 passengers as have embarked on a previous stage of the            ment of the particular laws and regulations of that State
 same through-flight. *                                            which relate to any aspect of these Standards and Recom
                                                                   mended Practices.
     Flight crew member. A licensed crew member charged
 with duties essential to the operation of an aircraft during          Security equipment. Devices of a specialized najture for
 flight time.                                                     use. Individually or as part of * system, in the prevention or
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detection of acls of unlawful Interference with civil aviation           Through-fight. A particular operation of aircraft , iden
and its facilities.                                                 tified by the operator by the use throughout of ths same
                                                                    symbol, from point of origin via any intermediate poirts to
    Si -are parts. Articles of a repair or replacement nature       point of desti -tation.
for incorporation in an aircraft, including engines and
propellers.                                                              Unaccompanied baggage. Baggage not carried on the
                                                                    same aircraft with the passengers or crew to whom it
    Slate of Registry, A Contracting State on whose register      ' belongs.
the aircraft is entered.
                                                                         Unlading. The removal of cargo, mail, baggage or stores
    Srirci Ai licks of a readily consumable nature for use          from an aircraft after a landing, except cargo, mail , baggage
or vile on board an aircraft during flight, including               or stores continuing on the next stage of the same
commissary supplies.                                                through-flight.
    Temporary visitor. Any person, without distinction as
to race , sex , language or religion , who disembarks and
enters ths territory of a Contracting State other than that                                       B. – Applicability
in which that person normally resides ; remains there for not
more than three months for legitimate non-immigrant
purposes, such as touring, recreation, sports, health, family            The provision of these Standards and Recommended
reasons, study, religious pilgrimages, or business; and does        Practices apply to all categories of aircraft operation except
not take up any gainful occupation during hit itay in the           where • particular provision specifically refers to one type
territory visited.                                                  of operation without mentioning other types of operations.
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                       CHAPTER 2. – ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF AIRCRAFT
                           A. -General                                    2.6.1      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.-/* Contracting
                                                                    States where the presentation of a list of passenger names is
    2.1    Governmental regulations and procedures appli        | not required, public authorities should not require more
cable to the clearance of aircraft shall he no less favourable       than a notation on the General Declaration of the nam her
than those arplictl to other forms of transportation.               of passengers embarking or disembarking, as the case rt ay
                                                                     be, and the number going through the airport on the same
    2.2    Contracting States shall make provision whereby          flight.             -
procedures for the clearance of aircraft will be applied and
earned out in such a manner as to retain the advantage of        ■ ' Note. - It is the aim to eliminate from the General
speed inherent in air transport.                                     Declaration, as soon as possible, any notation in respect of
                                                                    passengers.
    2.3 ; No documents, other than those provided for in
this Chapter, shall be required by the public authorities         '       2.6.2      A Contracting State which continues to require
from operators for the entry and departure of aircraft..             the presentation of a Passenger Manifest, in lieu -of a
                                                                 " notatiort on the General Declaration , shall limit its require
    Note, - It is part of the intention of this paragraph that       ments to t'\e items and shall follow the format set forth in
standard forms shall not be varied by the inclusion of               Appendix 1         Passenger Manifest.
national markings thereon.                         ,
                                                                          2.7      A Contracting State which continues to require
                                                                     the presen.ation of a Cargo Manifest shall, apart from the
               B. - Description , Purpose and Use                    information indicated in the heading of the format of the
                     of Aircraft Documents
                                                                     Cargo Manifest set forth in Appendix 3 , not require more
                                                                     than the following three items:
    2.4    RUCOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
Stat<'i should not require the presentation of a General                 a) the iir waybill number;
Declaration .
                                                                          b ) the number of packages related to each air waybill
    2.4 1     A Contracting State which continues to require                   number ; and
the presentation of a General Declaration shall limit its
                                                                         c ) the nature of the goods.
requirements to the items and shall follow the format set
fotth in Appendix 1 - General Declaration .                          The Cargo Manifest shall be accepted either when it follows
                                                                     the above-mentioned format , or a clear and understandable
    2. S 2    When a Contracting Stale has eliminated the            format adapted to electronic data-processing techniques.
Passcnpci Manifest and no longer requires the General
Declaration ( except for purposes of attestation ) it shall
                                                                         Note.-lt is part of the intention of this paragraph that ,
accept , at the option of the operator, either a General
                                                                    for the purpose of reporting air cargo on arrival to the
Declaration or an appropriate attestation , signed by the           authorities, operators be given the following options suh:% < ;
authorized ap':nt or pilot-in-command, on one page only of           to the agreement of the governments concerned:
the Cargo Manifest. The attestation on the Cargo Manifest
can be provided by means of a rubber stamp. When the                     ft) submission of the Cargo Manifest as per Appendix J
operator chooses to furnish the attestation on the Cargo            "          when prepared by the station of loading abroad, . -r
Manifest, and when no cargo, mail, stores or baggage are '
laden ot unladen, he shall record this on the manifest.                   b} preparation and submission of the Cargo Manifest on
                                                                           ■   arrival on the basis of shipments actually landed, or
    2 4 3 Contracting States shall accept the Genera)
Declaration when signed by either the authorized agent or                c) submission of the information required in the Cargo
                                                                               Manifest in a different way, such as direct tram-
the pilot-in-command, but may, when necessary, require
the health section thereof to be signed by a crew member                       mission Into a compute^, teletype listings, vr one
                                                                             ' copy of the air waybill per shipment.
when the Genera] Declaration itself has been signed by a
non-crew mem ber.        .
                                                                          2.7.1      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Contracting
    2.5 Where Contracting States require the presentation            States should dispense with the requirement for informa
on entry and departure of aircraft of information relating           tion concerning the nature of goods in the Cargo Manifest.
to crew members, such information shall be limited to a
notation of the number of crew on board , which shall be                  2.8      Contracting States shall not require the presenta
provided on the General Declaration in the column headed             tion of i writteji declaration of the mail other than the
" Total number of crew ".                                            form AV ? prescribed by the Universal Postal Convention
                                                                     of Tokyo ( 1969 ). Operators carrying mail shall, upon the
    2.6 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                           request Of the customs authorities, present to them for
States should not require the presentation of a Passenger            inspection and return s copy of the pertinent AV 7 m.n)
Manifest.                                             ...            form in cases where it has not otherwise been nia.Io
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  avjiia "ie for cusloms'xlearance purposes by the postal                  c) three copies of the Cargo Manifest, when used ,
  authorities.                                                                  listing cargo and unaccompanied bagg3ge unladen
                                                                                according to points of lading ,
       2.9 Contracting States shall not require the presenta
  tion of a written declaration of stores remaining on board               d) two copies of a simple stores list, when used , listing
                                                                                stores unladen.
  aircraft . In respect of stores laden on or unladen from an
  aircraft , Contracting States which continue to require the
  presentation of a written <]•- 'laration of such stores shall            2.15 If the aircraft is not disembarking passengers or
  limit the information required to an absolute minimum,               unlading carpo, mail, stores or baggage , no aircraft docu
  and simplify their clearance to the greatest possible extent.        ment shall be required except the General Declaration
                                                                       ( which shall so state ) or, if the provisions of 2.4.2 apply,
       2.10 Contracting States shall not require the presen           the Cargo Manifest.
  tation of a list of the number of pieces of accompanied
  baggage. Operators carrying baggage shall, upon request
  from the authorities, provide them with any available
  information where it has not otherwise been provided for                 E.–Consecutive Stops at Two or More international
  customs clearance purposes by the passenger.                                       Airports in the Same Contracting State
                                                                           2.16 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE - Contracting
                                                                      States should not require documents or procedures for
                      C. – Outbound Procedures                        entry or departure of aircraft which are different from or in
                                                                      excess of those prescribed in this Chapter in the case where
                                                                      aircraft stop at two or more international airports within
      2. 1 1     Contracting States shall not require the author     their territories without intermediate landing in the terri
 ized agent or pilot-in-command to deliver to the public              tory of another State.
 authorities concerned, before departure of the aircraft,
 more than :
                                                                          Note. - During the interval (which may he of some
                                                                      duration in the case of many private flights) between the
     a ) two copies of the General Declaration, when used ;           time when all inbound procedures have been completed and
     b) two copies of the Passenger Manifest, when used,              outbound procedures are begun, it is assumed that Cm-
           listing embarking passengers according to their            tracting State:■ normally will allow aircraft to land at ether
           points of disembarkation ;                                 than international airports in their territories and will
                                                                      require no further documentation or procedures of the
     c) two copies of the Cargo Manifest, when used, listing          nature referred to in this Chapter.
           cargo and unaccompanied baggage laden according
           to points of unlading;
     d) two copies of a simple stores list, when used, listing                      ¥•– Completion of Aircraft Documents
           stores laden.
                                                                          2. 1 7 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Documents for
      2.12 If the aircraft is not embarking passengers or            entry and departure of aircraft should be accepted if
 lading cargo, mail, stores or baggage, no aircraft document         furnished in English or in French or in Spanish . Any
 shall be required except the General Declaration (which             Contracting State may require an oral or written translation
 shall  so state) or, if the provisions of 2.4.2 apply, the Cargo
 Manifest.                                                           into its own language.
     2.13        When it will facilitate aircraft departure, Con         2.18       Typewriting shall not be required in filling out
                                                                     the documents referred to in this Chapter 2. Handwritten
 tracting Stales shall permit those operators that have              block lettering in ink or indelible pencil, or documents
provided a sufficiently conclusive statistical basis for             produced by electronic data-processing techniques, in
obtaining such permission the use of standard baggage                legible and understandable form shall be accepted in all
 weights for each piece of baggage or for the aggregate of           cases.
 baggage for each passenger on given services.
                                                                          2.19 No visa shall be required, nor shall any visa or
                                                                     other fee be collected, in connexion with the use of any
                      D.–Inbound Procedures                          documentation required for the entry or departure of
                                                                     aircraft.
     2.14       Contracting States shall not require the author
ized agent or pilot-in-command to deliver to the public
authorities concerned, on arrival of the aircraft, more than :                            G.– Disinsecting of Aircraft           j
    a) three copies of the Genera] Declaration, when used ;               2.20       Wh.*n disinsecting is required by a Contracting
                                                                     State as a public health measure, that requirement sliail be
     b) four copies of the Passenger Manifest, when used,            deemed to have ; bccn met by discharging into tho*c
          listing disembarking passengers according to their         portions of the aircraft which may carry insects from one
          points of embarkation;
                                                                     area to another, an insecticide of a strength, formula and
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 method of dispersal recommended by this World Keailh                 such Slate should devise neans >» integrate its procedures
 Organiration and acceptable to that S * ale, «ich insecticide        In this field with other clearance procedures whenever this
 to be effectively discharged :                                       Will expedite the clearance of aircraft and the loads that
                                                                      they carry, in so far as this docs not detract from the safety
                                                                      of the aircraft and the effectiveness of the measures.
    a) into the flight deck and into those portions of the
        aircraft which cannot be reached when the aircraft is             2.27      Contracting States shall ensure thai their proce
        mov ng, as near as possible to the time of the                dures for disinsecting or any other remedial measure are not
        ain.Tift 's last departure before entering the State and      Injurious to the health of passengers and crew and cause the
        in sufficient time to avoid delaying such departure ;         minimum of discomfort to them .
        and
    b ) info those portions of the aircraft which can be                  2.28      Contracting States shall ensure that any insecti
        reached when the aircraft is moving, after the time           cide or any other substance used to meet the rc'iuirenu-tus
        of the aircraft 's last departure before entering the         of public health , agriculture or food conservation is not
        State , either                                                inflammable and does not have a deleterious effect on the
                                                                      structure of the aircraft or its operating equipment .
          i) by means of an aerosol spray , or any equivalent
             system , while the aircraft is taxiing from the              2.29      Contracting States shall define the types of
             ramp to the runway for take-off, or                      animals and animal products which , when imported by air ,
                                                                      require that the aircraft be disinfected and shall normally
         ii) if the aircraft is suitably equipped, by means of        exempt aircraft from disinfection when such animals or
             an automatic dispersal of vapour while the               animal products are carried in approved containers. When
             aircraft is flying, but as far in advance « possible     aircraft disinfection is required, the following provision
             and at least thirty minutes prior to first landing,      chall apply :
             or
        Hi ) by other equally effective meant.                            a) the application shall be limited solely to the con
                                                                              tainer or to the compartment of the aircraft in which
                                                                              the traffic was carried ;
    2.21      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- When disin
fecting as a public health measure has been properly                      b) the disinfection shall be carried out expeditiously ;
performed pursuant to 2.20 and has been recorded on the                   c) inflammable chemical compounds or solutions likely
General Declaration, it should be accepted by all Con•                        to damage aircraft structure, by corrosion or other
trading States as evidm v that effective disinsecting has                     effects, shall not be employed.
been carried out for preventing the spread of all insect
vectors of human diseases for whose destruction the
insecticide is effective.
    2.22      When disinsecting as a public health measure has              H.– Arrangements concerning International Flights
 been properly performed pursuant to 2.20, passengers and                    other than Scheduled International Air Services
crew on arrival shall , except in special circumstances, be
allowed to disembark immediately from the aircraft.
                                                                          2.30 In the casfe of aircraft registered in other
    2.23 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                           Contracting States, which are not engaged in scheduled
Slates should ensure that all personnel in charge of                  international air services and which are making (lights either
disinfecting receive appropriate information concerning the           in transit non-stop across the territory of a Contracting
way In which to perform such disinsecting effectively.               State or stopping in the territory of a Contracting State for
                                                                      non-traffic purposes, such Contracting State shall not
    2.24      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.– Disinsecting of                 require more advance notice of such flights than is
an aircraft on a through-flight should not be required to be         necessary to meet the requirements of air traffic control
repeated on behalf of any insect vectors of human disease,           and of the public authorities concerned.             j
against which the insecticide used is effective, except when
lit* intecr vectors of human disease have been found on                   2.30.1 Contracting States shall accept from the
board the aircraft, or when the aircraft is proceeding               appropriate authority of any other Contracting State the
directly from an infected area of an insect-borne disease to
a receptive erea.                                                    information contained in a flight plan as adequate advance
                                                                     notification of the arrival of in-coining aircraft referred In
                                                                     in 2.30 above, provided that such information is received at
    2.25      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- When a Con                     least two hours in advance of arrival and that the landing
tracting State requires treatment of the aircraft with an            occurs at a previously designated international airport .
iniecticiife in the interest of agriculture or food conserve-.       Responsibility for notification to authorized inspection
tinn, « tingle treatment should be employed that also meets          officials, in the case of both arrivals and departures of
the requirements of public health.
                                                                     registered aircraft of other Contracting States, shall rest
    2.26 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- When disin-                          with the appropriate authority of the State concerned .
secting or other remedial measures are required by a                     Note. -Specifications for flight plant are sen forth „i
Contracting Slate for animal and plant quarantine purposes,          Annex 2 - Rules of the Air.                           i
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      2.30.2    Any Contracting State which , for reasons of              b) make such permission effective for a specific length
safety of flight , requires special permission in addition to                of time or number of flights wherever possible ; and
the filing of a flight plan , in respect of Rights referred to in         c) impose no fees, dues or charges for the issue of such
2.30 above, shall not require the application of such                         permission .
permission to be filed more than three working days in
advance of the intended arrival of the aircraft in the                    2.32.1      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
territory of said Contracting State , or the intended non         , States should not require more than the following details in
stop transit flight across the territory of said State .             the applications referred to in 2.32:
      2.30.3 Contracting States requiring advance notice of                     i) nawe of opéra for;
the intended landing of aircraft in their territory shall                      ii) typ.' of aircraft and registration marks;
designate a single agency through which such notices may
be routed .                                                                   tii) date and lime of arrival at, and departure from ,
                                                                                the airport concerned;
      t.30.4     Contracting States requiring advance notice of               iv) place or places of embarkation or discmharka-
the intended landing of aircraft in their territory shall limit                    tier, abroad, as the case may be, of passengers
the amount of information required in such notices to that                         aitd /or freight ;
transmitted in flight plans.                                                    v) purpose of flight and number of passengers
                                                                                and /or nature and amount of freight:
      2.31    RECOMMFNDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
                                                                               vi) name, address and business of charterer, if any .
States should make arrangements whereby one govern
mental agency is authorized to undertake, on behalf of all
other government departments concerned, clearance of                      Note.– ft is the intent of this provision that applications
sm illc at -anJ: and their loads at airports used only by            in advance for special permission should be acted upon
occasional international flights.                                    expeditiously on the basis of the above standard informa
                                                                      tion. As an example to illustrate the intent of this
     .Vfnr. Some Contracting States have already authorized          provision, a State which requires applications in advance
local police or other authorities at or near certain of their        could provide that whenever applications contain all of the
air adds to iarry out all clearance aspects, thus enabling the       above standard information they need not reach the
State concerned to permit many of the smaller aircraft,              appropriate agency more than two full business days m
coming directly from abroad, to land and depart from                 advance of the intended landing of the aircraft in the
airports where normal clearance facilities do not exist,              territory of that State.
provided that no dutiable articles are unladen upon arrival
or intended to be laden on departure.                                     2.33      Contracting States shall publish their regulations
                                                                     concerning the advance notices and applications for permis
                                                                     sion referred lo in 2.30 and 2.32 , and communicate them
      2.32    In the case of aircraft engaged in the carriage of      to ICAO.
passengers , carco or mail for remuneration or hire on other
than scheduled international air services, if a Contracting               2.34      An aircraft which is not engaged in scheduled
State requires its special permission for the operation of            international air services and which is making a flight to or
 taking on or discharging passengers, cargo or mail , it shall        through any designated international airport of a Con
not require that such special permission be applied for               tracting State and is admitted temporarily free of duty in
 through diplomatic channels, and shall :                             accordance with Article 24 of the Convention shall be
                                                                      allowed to remain within that State , for a period to be
      a) establish procedures whereby such application will           established by that State, without security for customs
          be dealt with promptly ;                                    duty on the aircraft being required.
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                            A. –General                                 3.5.5 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- A Contractus
                                                                    State should not require separate passports for children
     3.1    Regulation* and procedures applied to persons           under sixteen years of age entering its territory when
(ravelling by nir shall be no less favourable than those            accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, provided that
applied to persons travelling by other means of transport.          particulars of the child are recorded In the passport of thr
                                                                    accompanying adult.
     3.2    Contracting States shall make provision whereby
the procedures for clearance of persons travelling by air will          3.6    In cases where a temporary visitor holds a vali-.l
be applied and carried out in such a manner as to retain the        passport and no visa is required of him Kef. 3.7 below ).
advantage of speed inherent in air transport.                       Contracting States shall not require him to obtain any other
                                                                    identity document , such as a tourist card , from their
     3.3    No documents other than those provided for in .         consulates or from operators prior to the commcnccirent
this Chapter shall be required by Contracting States for the        of his flight .
entry into and departure from theiMemtories of temporary
visitors.
                                                                        Note.– It is the intention of this Standard that the-
                                                                    temporary visitors referred to should be admitted upon
                                                                    arrival without having to furnish any other document
                                                                    except, if required, a Disembarkation Card (cf. J. 10 below)
            B.– Entry Requirements and Procedure!                   and, if required, a Certificate of Vaccination or Kevacetna-
                                                                    tion (cf. 3.11 belowf. It is not desired to discour<i?c
                                                                    Contracting States from issuing a tourist card to a non-
                I.-Passenger Identity Documents                     national who holds no passport, as a document entitling
                                                                    him to enter into their territories, if they are willing to do
     3.4    Contracting States shall not require from tempor       so.
ary visitors travelling by air any other document of identity
 than a valid passport .                                                3.6.1       A Contracting State which issues tourist cards
                                                                    to non-nationals arriving by air from another Contracting
     Note.- It is not the intent of the above Standard to           State shall make provision for such issuance at all of its
discourage Contracting States, who wish to be more liberal,         international airports.
from accepting official documents of Identity such as
expired passports, national registration cards, seafarers'
 identity documents, alien resident permits and crew                                             Il.-Visas
 member certificates In lieu of a valid passport.
                                                                         3.7    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
      3.5   Contracting States shall take all practicable            States should extend to the maximum number of countries
 measures to ensure that passports are issued as quickly as          the practice of abolishing through bilateral arrangements or
 possible after receipt of the application .                         unilateral at'tion, entrance visas for temporary visitors.
      3.5.1    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- As a means of                     Note.– As of the end of 1973, fifty-two Contracting
 giving effect to 3.5 above. Contracting States should, if           States had already eliminated entrance visas in respect of
 necessary, decentralize their facilities for the issue of           nationals fr rm fifty or more other countries„ Seventeen nt
 passports and should waive any requirements to produce              these State:• were in the 'Western Hemisphere, twenty-one
 ccriifu ates of good conduct, documentary evidence of               were in Europe and the Middle Hast, nine were in Africa
 financial status and similar supporting documents, except in        and five were in East and South Asia and the Pacific,
 special circumstances.
                                                                         3.8    In cases where a Contracting State continues to
      3.5.2 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                       require entrance visas from temporary visitors , it shall
 States should issue passports with an initial period of             adopt the practice of issuing such visas without charge
  validity of at least five years, valid for an unlimited number     through reciprocal or other acceptable arrangements,
 of tourneys and for all countries, except to special
■circumstances.              >.                       't                 3.8.1      Contracting ■ States shall simplify the docu
                                                                     mentary requirements and other formalities fur the isstte of
      3.5.3 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE,^* Contracting                      entrance vi*a:s for temporary visitors anil shall ensure ilut
 States should institute simple procedures for the renewal or        such visas ure issued as quickly as possible after receipt of
  replacement of passports and grant the same period of              the application and shall not normally require the applicant
  validity for the new or renewed passport as for the initial ^ . to make a personal appearance at a consulate.
  iSSUe. Y.                       Y.   -           ■■
                                                                         3.8.2      Entrance visas for temporary visitors shall
^     3.5.4 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.– If any fee is t                   normally be made valid for at least twelve months troin the
  chawed for the issue or renewal of a passport. the amount          date of issue regardless of the number of entries into the
  nf \uch fee should not exceed the cost of the operation.           State concerned and with the understanding th.it the
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 duration of each stay may be limited . However, the State            3.12      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Medical exami
 concerned miy require that the length of validity of the         nation of persons arriving by air should normally be limited
 visa does not exceed the length of validity of the passport      So those disembarking and coming within the incubation
 or other identity document in which such visa is inserted .      period of the disease concerned, as stated in the Inter•
                                                                  national Health Regulations ( 1969), from an area infected
      3.8.3     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                with one of the four quarantinable diseases (plague,
 States should not require visas for re-entry from their own      cholera, yellow fever and smallpox).
 nationals and resident aliens.
      3.8.4     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Visas should
                                                                                V. –Clearance Procedures
 in all cases include the following information given in the
 order shown :
                                                                      3.13     Except in special circumstances, Contracting
                                                                  States shall not require that identity documents be col
      J ) numbtr of visa;
                                                                  lected from passengers or crew before they arrive at the
      2) type of lisa;                                            passport control points.
     3) date of issue, showing day, month and year in that
          order;
                                                                      3.13.1     After individual presentation by passengers
                                                                  and crew of the identity documents, the public officials
     4) date of expiry, showing day, month and year in that       concerned shall, except in special individual cases , hand
          order ;                                                 back such documents immediately after examination ,
     Si number of entries permitted;                              rather than witholding them for purposes of obtaining
                                                                  additional control .
     61 authorized duration of each stay.
                                                                      3.14     Each Contracting State shall make arrangements
     3.8.5 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Numerals 1,                    whereby the vdentity document of a temporary visitor need
 2, 3, 4, 5, rt.        8, 9, 0 and the Gregorian calendar (with  be inspected by only one official at times of entry and
 months being spelled out in full) should be used in             departure .
furnishing the information listed in 3.8.4.
                                                                      Note. - This provision is intended to ensure inspection of
     3.8.6     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- When the text              the identity document of a temporary visitor by only one
of the visa is in a national language other than English         official on behalf of both the Immigration and Police
French or Spanish, one of these three languages should alio      authorities. It Is not intended to discourage Health and
be used.                                                         Customs officials from examining the identity document
                                                                 whenever this may facilitate health and customs clearance
                                                                 of the temporary visitor.
                   Iil.-Additional Documentation                      3. 15    Contracting States shall accept an oral declara
                                                                 tion of baggage from passengers and crew .
     3.V RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
States should not require either from temporary visitors              3.16 Contracting States shall normally accomplish
travelling by air. or from operators on their behalf, any        inbound passenger baggage, inspection on a sampling or
information in writing supplementary to or repeating that        selective basis.
already presented in their identity documents.
                                                                      3.16.1 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
     3.10 A Contracting St*' which continues to require          States should adopt the dual-channel baggage clearance
written supplementary information from temporary visitors        system at international ' airports where the volume of
travelling by air, shall limit its requirements to the items     passenger traffic justifies its installation.
and shall follow the format set forth in Appendix 4 -
Embarkation/Disembarkation Card. Contracting States shall             Note. - See Appendix 6 – Dual-Channel System as
accept      the     Embarkation/ Disembarkation    Card    when  recommended by the Customs Co-operation Council.
completed by temporary visitors and shall not require it to
be completed or checked by the operator. Legible hand
written script shall be accepted on the card, except where
the form specifics block lettering.                                         VI ,–Crew and Other Operators' Personnel
                                                                      3.17 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
                                                                 States should ensure that inspection, when required, of
                  IV – Public Health Requirements                crew members and their baggage, on arrival and departure,
     3.11     In c:tses where evidence of protection against     is carried out expeditiously.                             j
yellow fever of smallpox is required from persons travelling
by air, Contracting States shall accept the International
                                                                      3.18 Contracting States shall provide facilities (vhkh
                                                                 will enable unlicensed crew members of their airlines to
Ccrnficatcs of Vaccination or Revaccination in . the forms       obtain without delay and without charge crew members'
set out by the World Health Organization in Appendices 3         certificates containing the material set forth in Appendix 5
and 4 of the International Health Regulations ( 1969).           and valid for the cWw member's term of employment.'
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      3. 1 9     In the case of an airline flight crew member who           3.20.2 When it is necessary for a crew member of an
retains his licence in his possession when embarking and               airline , in the exercise of his or her duties, to ( ravel ! r>
ilncmt>jrking, remains at the airport where the aircraft has           another Stite as a passenger by any means of transportation
%tnppf«i or within the confines of cities adjacent thereto,            in order to join an aircraft , each St;ste shall accept from
and departs on the same aircraft or on his next regularly              that crew uember, in lieu of a passport and visa , a licence
scheduled thf.ht . each Contracting State shall accept such            as specified in 3.19 or a Crew Member Certificate as
licence for temporary admission to the State and shall not             specified in Appendix 5, for temporary admission and for
rciiuirc j passport or visa provided the licence contains the          the necessary freedom of movement within its territory to
specifications set forth in 5.1.1 of Annex 1 , plus: a) a              join such aircraft.
certification that the holder may at all times re-enter the
State of issuance of the licence upon production of the                     3.20.3    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE - Each Con
licence ; b)a photograph of the holder; and c) place and               tracting St.tte should extend privileges of temporary admis
date of birth of the holder.                                           sion similar to those provided under 3.20.2 and on the same
                                                                       conditions, to a crew member of an aircraft operated for
      Note. - It is the intent of thisJStandard that a licence         remuneration or hire but not engaged in scheduled inter
shall be recognized as a satisfactory identity document                national air services.
under the specific circumstances when it contains the above
certification and the other items specified, even if the                    3.21    RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE.-      Contracting
holder is not a national of the State of Registry of the               States should make arrangements to expedite the admis
aircraft on which he serves. It is not desired to discourage           sion, for residence in their territories, of ground end flight
Contracting States from issuing such licences to resident              personnel of foreign airlines operating to or through such
alien flight crew members if they are willing to do so.                territories, to the extent that such personnel are necessary
                                                                       to perform supervisory and technical duties directly con- ,
      Specifications for licences are set forth in Chapter 5 of        nected with the operation of the international air services
Annex I - Personnel Licensing.                                         being performed by such airlines.
      3.19.1       RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Each Con
                                                                            3.22    Contracting States shall make arrangements to
 tracting State should extend privileges of temporary admis           ensure entry without delay into their territories on a
sion similar to those provided under 3. 1 <>, and on the same
                                                                       temporary basis of technical personnel of foreign airiincs
conditions, to a flight crew member of an aircraft                     operating to or through such territories who are urgently
operated for remuneration or hire but not engaged in                   required for the purpose of converting to an airworthy
scheduled international air services, subfect to the require          condition any aircraft which is, for technical reasons ,
ment that such flight crew member must depart on the                   unable to continue its journey . In the event of States
aircraft on its first flight out of the territory of the State.        requiring a guarantee of, for instance , the subsistence in ,
                                                                       and return from , such State , this shall be negotiated
      3.20 ! In the case of either an airline flight crew              without delaying the immediate admission of such
 member whose licence does not meet the specifications of              personnel.
 3.19 or an unlicensed crew member of an airline, each
 Contracting State shall extend privileges of temporary
admission similar to those provided under 3.19 and on
                                                                                C– Departure Requirements and Procédures
 the same corditions, provided the crew member concerned
is in possession of a valid Crew Member Certificate
( Appendix 5 ).                                                             3.23 Contracting States shall not require exit visas
                                                                       from their own nationals or residents wishing to tour
      Note. - The implementation of 3.19 and 3.20 permits'             abroad nor from temporary visitors at the end of their stay .
rapid and efficient disposition of flight personnel by
airhnet. The full benefit cannot be derived from these                      3.24 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
provisions while some Stales withhold acceptance of them.              Slates should, in conformity with their respective regula
                                                                       tions. endeavour to reduce the documentation required to
      3.20.1       RPCOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Each Con                    be produced by passengers departing from their territories
tracting State should extend privileges of temporary admis            to a valid passport or other acceptable form of identity
sion similar to those provided Under 3.20 and on the seme              document.
conditions, to a flight crew member of an aircraft operated
for remuneration or hire but not engaged in scheduled                      Note. – It is not the Intent of the above Recommended
international air services, when such flight crew member 's            Practice to discburage Contracting States;, who with to he
licence does not meet the specifications of 3,19 and to an             more liberal, from accepting official documents of identity
unlicensed crew member of an aircraft operated for                     such as expired . passports, national - registration, cards,
remuneration or hire but not engaged in scheduled Inter               seafarers' identity documents, alien resident permits, crew
national air services, subfect to the requirements:                    member certificates, etc. in lieu of a valid passport.
      a) that the crew member concerned is in possession ofa                3.25 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- hi order to
            valid Crew Member Certificate (Appendix 3); and            facilitate aircraft departure. Contracting States which
                                                                       examine passengers as a security measure shouhl, to the
      b) that the crew member concerned must depart on the             extent feasible, utilize security equipment in conducting
           aircraft on its first flight out of the territory of the    such examinations so as to reduce materially the number of
           State.
                                                                       persons to b ? specially searched.
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    Note - Vie use of radiological techniques for screening             3.32.1    The operator shall be responsible for { in-
passengers should be avoided.                                      custody and care of passengers and crew until they arc
                                                                   accepted for such examination . The responsibility of the
     - Privacy should be assured when a thorough physical          operator shall include the custody of passengers and crew
        search is to he carried out. If special rooms are not      between the aircraft and the terminal building and within
        available, portable screens may be used for this           the terminal building transit area , it being understood th.it
        purport.                                                   the Contractirg State may , if it so wishes , relieve the
                                                                   operator from all , or part of this responsibility .
     3.26     RF.COMMFNDED PRACTICE .- Contracting
States should not normally require presentation of baggage             3.32.2     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- After such
of passengers departing from their territory.                      acceptance,    whether conditional or unconditional,      the
                                                                   public authorities concerned should be responsible for the
     3.27     Contracting Stat<; r ».all not require inspection    custody and care of passengers and crew who ere in
of bapgage of passengers departing from their territory ,          possession of ill necessary papers, until they are finally
except in special circumstances.          „                        admitted or re fused admission and transferred back to the
                                                                   custody of the operator for transport away from the
     3.28     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- In                order to    territory of the State.
facilitate aircraft departure. Contracting States which
examine baggage of passengers departing from their terri              3.33    Upon refusal of admission and transfer back of
 tory as a security measure should, to the extent feasible,        any person , the operator shall be responsible for promptly
utilize security equipment in conducting such examinations         returning him ro the point where he commenced the use of
so as to reduce materially the amount of baggage to be             the operator's aircraft or to any other place where the
actually searched.                                                 person is admissible .
     3.29 Contracting States shall not require tax clear              Note. -In transferring such passengers back to an
ance certificates from temporary visitors .                        operator, public authorities, as far as circumstances and
                                                                   time permit, should promptly consult with the operator
     3.30 Contacting States shall not hold the operator            concerned regarding the possibilities of departure.
responsible for any payment arising from the non-payment
of taxes by any ( avenger.                                             3.33.1    Tie obligation of a carrier to transport any
                                                                   person away from the territory of a Contracting Slate shall
      D. –Completion of PaMenger and Crew Document*                terminate from the moment such person has been definitely
                                                                   admitted into that State .
    3.31     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- The practice
of entering names on passenger and crew documents should               3.33.2    When a person is found inadmissible and is
he to put the surname or surnames first. Where both                returned to the operator for transport away from the
paternal and maternal surnames are used, the paternal              territory of tin State, the operator shall not be precluded
surname should he placed first. Where for married females          from recovering from such person any transportation costs
both the husband 's and the wife 's paternal surnames are          arising from his deportation .
used, the husband 's paternal surname should be placed first.
                                                                       3.34    Operators shall not be fined in the event that
                                                                   any control documents in possession of a passenger arc
         E.–Custody and Car® of Passengers and Crew                found by a Contracting State to be inadequate or if, for any
                                                                   other reason , the passenger is found to be inadmissible to
    3.32     The public authorities concerned shall, without       the State. Operators shall take precautions to the end that
unreasonable delay, accept passengers and crew for exami>          passengers hold any control documents required by Con
nation as to their admissibility into the State.                   tracting State*.
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                                       CHAPTER 4. – EMllY AND DEPARTURE
                                             OF CARGO AND OTHER ARTICLES
                                A. General
                                                                                C.-CIearance of Exporl Cargo
                                                                               4.7     RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE.-        Contracting
     4 l Regulations and procedures applicable to goods                  States should waive, as far as posuble, presentation of
carried by aircraft shali be no less favourable than those               individual documents pertaining to shipments of cargo and
which would be applicable if the goods were carried by                   unaccompanied baggage to be exported by air.
other means .
     42      Contracting States shall make provision whereby                   4.8     A Contracting State which continues to require
the inward md outward procedures for clearance of goods                  such documents for export clearance shall , for as many
canted by air will be applied and carried out in such a                  types of goods as possible, limit its requirements to a simple
manner as to retain the advantage of speed inherent In air               export declaration .
transport .
                                                                               4.9      Contracting States shall make arrangements
      4.3      Contracting States shall examine with operators            consistent with security requirements which permit opera
 and organizations concerned with international trade all                 tors to select and load cargo , stores and unaccornparv.cd
 possible means of simplifying the clearance of goods carried             baggage on outbound aircraft up to the time of departure.
 inbound ard outbound by air and shall introduce such
 means as soon as possible .                                                    4.10 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- A Contracting
                                                                          State which continues to require export licences or permits
                                                                          for certain types of goods should establish simple proce
                       B.-Electronic Data -Processing
                                                                          dures whereby such licences or permits can be obtained or
                                                                          renewed rapidly.
                                 Techniques
                                                                                4.11     RECOMMENDED            PRACTICE .-     Contractu n-
      44        RECOMMENDED             PRACTICE.-        Contracting     States shr.uld not normally require physical examination ->f
 States should make arrangements which would enable the                   cargo and unaccompanied baggage to be exported by air.
 use of commercial documents required for the clearance of
 air cargo when produced by electronic data-processing                          Note. - This provision is not intended to prevent authori
 techniques in legible, understandable, and acceptable form.               ties from examining goods exported under certain condi
                                                                           tions, e.g. under bond, licence or drawback, nor is it
      4.5       RECOMMENDED             PRACTICE .-      Contracting       intended to preclude examinations considered essential, in
 States should examine, in close collaboration with inter                 particular cases, for security purposes.
 national operators and others concerned with air cargo, the                                                                     !
 additional facilitation which cart be derived from the                         4.12      In Contracting States where physical examina
 application of electronic data-processing techniques and                   tion of export cargo cannot be waived completely , such
  consider introducing such techniques where the volume of                 examination shall be accomplished by applying the
  air cargo warrants.                                                       sampling or selective technique in a most liberal manner .
       4.6       RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- When the intro
                                                                            The appropriate public authorities of the State concerned
                                                                            shall also, in consultation with , inter alia, operators and
  duction of electronic data-processing techniques is planned               airport administrations, devise physical means for carrying
  in a Contracting State for controlling the movement of                    out the inspection rapidly and without necessitating a
  import/i'xnort air cargo, that State should endeavour to                  separate ground handling of the bulk of the goods for
  apply the following principles:                                           purposes of examination . ,
            t) existing control requirements and procedures
                   should be examined with a view to their modifi-               4.13     Contracting States shall permit cargo and unac-
              ; cation as necessary;                                        companie J bapp.agc which arc to be exported by air to be
                                                                            presented for clearance purposes at any approved customs
           ii) all interested parties should, from the outset, be           office . T/ ansfer from the     first office to the air . customs
                   afforded the opportunity for consultation ;              office of the airport where the cargo and unaccompanied
               I ,
           Hi) close attention should be given to the need for              baggage a e to be laden on the aircraft shall be effected in
                    ensuring that the new system is compatible with         accordance with the procedure laid down in the laws and
                    those tn existence at its airports or being             regulations of the State concerned . Such procedure shall be
                    developed at airports in other States; and              as simple as possible, making due allowance fo^ essential
           lv) close attention should be given to the possibility
                                                                            security precautions, in particular cases.             f;
                  1 of accepting the information necessary for the                            i
                                                                                ■       !;
                                                                                i
                    receipt, loading, discharge, delivery and clear             4,14     Where goods are exported from a Contracting
                    ance of air cargo prepared and transmitted by            State , free of taxes or duties which would be payable in i!ic
                    electronic data-processing techniques.                   absence of exportation , and that Stale requiics evidence of
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                                                                                4. - Entry and Departure of Cargo
the arrival abroad of such goods, it shall accept as such                   4.22 Contracting States shall make arrangements for
evidence a statement supplied by the shipper or consignee              the use of a si nplified form of customs documentation and
and certified by the customs authorities in the State of               facilitate prompt clearance and release in respect ot that
destination . In any event, the Contracting State shall not            Imported carps, including private gift packages and trade
require a certified cargo manifest as such evidence of arrival         samples, which exceeds the limits set in accordance with
at destination .
                                                                       4.21 and shall establish higher limits of value or weight up
                                                                       to which such simplified documentation will apply .
                                                                            4.23     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
                   D. – Clearance of Import Cargo                      States should make arrangements whereby the maximum
                                                                       number of consignments not falling under 4 . 21 and 4.22
       4 15     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                     above can be released promptly after arrival upon prcsmta-
 St,t la should rrulcavour to simplify documentary require-             tion of a provisional entry document and an adequate
 menu for the clearance of import cargo and reduce to a                guarantee for payment of duties and other taxes and
 minimum the variety of forms and the information to be                 charges, subject to complete fulfilment of customs and
 shown thereon.                                                         other requirements within a time limit specified bv that
                                                                        State .
       4.16     The commercial invoice , which includes the
 information required by the importing country for the                       4.24    RECOMMENDED            PRACTICE .-     Where    the
 clearance of goods, shall constitute the basic document for            nature of a consignment calls for different clearance
 the accomplishment of customs or other governmental                    agencies, e.g. customs and veterinary or phytosamtary
 formalities .                                                          controls. Contracting States should endeavour to delegate
                                                                        authority for clearance to one of the agencies or, where not
       4.17     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Where a Con                     feasible, take all necessary steps to ensure that clearance is
 tracting State requires two or more of the following                   carried out simultaneously and with a minimum of delay.
 documents :
                                                                             4.25     Contracting     States shall   accomplish    their
        - commercial invoice,                                            physical examination of cargo imported by air on a
                                                                         sampling or selective basis. The appropriate public authori
        - certificate of origin,                                         ties of the State concerned shall also , in consultation with ,
        - certificate of value,                                          inter alia , operators and airport administrations, devise
                                                                         physical means for carrying out such examination rapidly .
  it should accept either separate documents or a combined
  form incorporating the information contained on the                        4.26     Each Contracting State shall allow cargo and
  separate documents, at the trader 's option.                           unaccompanied baggage which have been unladen from an
                                                                         aircraft at an international airport to be transferred to any
        4.18 Contracting States which continue to require                authorized customs office within the St^te for customs
   the air waybill to be presented for inspection in connexion           entry and clearance . The customs regulations of the State
   with the clearance of cargo shall not require the consignor           concerned relating to such transfer shall be as simple as
   and /or operator to place special information for customs or          possible .
   other governmental purposes on the air waybill.
        4.19     Contracting States shall not require consular                       E.–Containers, Pallets and their Loads
   formalities or consular charges or fees in connexion with
   document ) for the clearance of air cargo.                                 4.27 Contracting States shall, subject to compliance
                                                                          with their respective regulations, permit the temporary
         4.20    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- A Contracting                    importation of containers, pallets and associated equipment
   State which continues to require import licences or permits            - whether owned by airlines, consignors /consignees, or
   for certain types of goods should establish simple proce              third parties - without payment of customs duties and
    dures whereby such licences or permits can be obtained and            other taxes and charges and shall facilitate the use of this
    renewed rapidly.                                                      equipment in air traffic.
         4.21    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Each Contract                        Note.-A Contracting State may reserve the right not to
    ing State should make arrangements whereby Imported air               grant these concessions in the case of containers, pallets and
    cargo, including private gift packages and trade samples, not         associated equipment which have been the subject of
    exceeding a certain value or weight specified by that State,          purchase, hire-purchase, lease or a contract of a similar
     will be exempt, as far as possible, from governmental                 nature, concluded by a person (natural or legal) resident or
    clearance documents and facilitate their prompt clearance             established in its territory.
    and release to the consignee or his agent. Such value or
     weight limitation should be set at a level as high as possible.          4.27.1     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
                                                                           Slates should provide in their regulations, referred to in
         4.21.1    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                      4.27, for the acceptance of a simple declaration from the
     Stales should exempt those shipments referred to tn 4. 21♦            operator to the effect that the containers, pallets and
     as far as possible, from import duties end other taxes and            associated equipment temporarily imported will be re-
     charges.                                                              exported within the time limit set by the State concerned.
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4. - Entry <iird Departure of Cargo
     4.28      RFCOMMF.NDED         PRACTICE.-     Containers ,                C.–Procedures concerning the Clearance
lullrn aid associated equipment entering the territory of a                              of Particular Articles
Contracting State under the provisions of 4.27 should he
permitted to leave the limits of an international airport for           4.37     Contracting States shall allow       the     loan of
import i karam e of their loads and/or for export lading            aircraft equipment and spare parts and security equipim ni
under simplified control procedures and with a minimum of           anil spare parts between airlines, when these aie u-.cil in
documentation as specified hy the State concerned.                  connexion with the establishment or maintenance »>f
                                                                    scheduled international air services, without payment of
     4.29      RECOMMENDED         PRACTICE.-      Contracting      customs duties or other taxes or charges subject only to
States should, where practicable and desirable, make                control measures which may provide that repayment of the
suitable arrangements for the clearance and/or examination          loan is normally to be accomplished by means of the return
of containers/pallets and their loads at off-airport locations.     of articles that are qualitatively and technically similar and
                                                                    of the same origin , and in any event that no profit-making
     4.30 Contracting States shall permit containers, pal          transaction is involved .
lets and associated equipment temporarily imported , to be
re-exported to any other State *nd through any of its                   4.38     Stores imported into the territory of a Contract
approved customs offices.                                           ing State by an airline of another Contracting State for use
                                                                    in connexion with the establishment or maintenance of an
     4.3 1     Contracting States shall permit the temporary        international service operated by that airline shall be
importation of component parts of containers and pallets            admitted free of customs duties and other taxes or charges
 without payment of customs duties and other taxes and              subject to compliance with the regulations of the Contract
charges when these parts are needed for the repair of               ing State concerned . Such regulations shall not unreason
containers and pallets already admitted under the terms             ably interfere with Die necessary use by the airline
of 4.27 .                                                           concerned of such stores.
     4.32      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                       4.39     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Ground equip
States should permit the loan between airlines of tempor           ment and security equipment imported into the territory of
arily imported containers, pallets, and associated equip           a Contracting State by an airline of another Contracting
ment, without payment of customs duties and other taxes             State for use within the limits of an international airport in
and charges, when these are used only on international              connexion with the establishment or maintenance of an
routes.                                                             International service operated by that airline ihnuld be
                                                                    admitted free of customs duties and, as fur as possible,
                                                                    other tares and charges, suh/ect to compliance with the
                                                                    regulation of the Contracting State concerned: Such
        ■ F. – Limitation of Operators' Responsibilities            regulations should not unreasonably interfere with the
                                                                    necessary use by the airline concerned of such ground
     4.3.1 Where a Contracting State has requirements for           equipment and security equipment.
 documents such as the commercial invoice , declaration
 forms, import licence and the like, it shall not make it the           Kate. -It is the intent of this provision that items such
obligation of the operator to ensure that these documen            as the following should be admissible under the a have
tary requirements are met , nor shall the operator be held          provision , and it is not desired to discourage a Contracting
responsible , fined or penalized for inaccuracies or omissions      State from allowing once-admitted Hems to be used by
of facts shown on such documents, unless he is, or is acting        another foreign airline or at a location other than an
for, the importer or exporter.                                      international airport:
     4 34      In Contracting States where the operator has the
obligation to the customs authorities for safeguarding                  I) Repair, maintenance and servicing equipment :
carpo, baggage , unaccompanied bagg3ge , mail and stores                    – all repair and maintenance material for airframes,
until they are cleared by customs, he shall be freed from                       engines and instruments;
this obligation and from liability for customs duties and
taxes chargeable on such items when they are taken into                     – specialized aircraft repair kits:                     ■ v
charce by the customs authorities and are under their sole                  – starter batteries and carts;
control .
                                                                           " maintenance platforms and steps;                    ;
     4.35 Contracting States shall absolve operators from                       test equipment for aircraft, aircraft engines, anj
liability for customs duties, taxes and other charges at such                  aircraft instruments:        - '■ -V .        . .■■■
time as goods are transferred, with the approval of the
authorities, into the possession of a third party, having on              . - aircraft engine Heaters and coolers;
file with the customs authorities adequate security or                         grauna radio cquipwertt.
guarantee .
                                                                        2) Passenger-handling equipment:
     4.36 Contracting States shall nol impede the move                     - passenger-loading steps;                  : *.
ment of air cargo solely in order to collect statistics. Any
necessary documents shall be provided by the declarant as                   ** tpevialiied passenger-weighing devices: *
required by the authorities
                                                                            ~ specialized catering equipment.             i
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      3) Cargo loading equipment:                                 excess baggage tickets, exchange orders, damage and irregu
          - vehicles for moving or loading of baggage, cargo,     larity reports, baggage and cargo labels, time - tables, cad
             equipment or supplies;                               weight and balance documents, being the property <>f
                                                                  operators not domiciled within the country of importation.
          - specialized cargo-loading devices;
          - specialized cargo-weighing devices.                       4.43 Unaccompanied baggage by air shall be treated
                                                                  as baggago and not as cargo for the purpose of clearance
      4i Component parts for incorporation into ground            through the customs controls .
         equipment including the items listed above.
      51 Sccurity equipment:                                          Note.–It it the intent of this provision, inter alia, that :
          - weapon detecting devices;                                   i) unaccompanied ba^age he as free from declaration
                                                                           forms as accompanied baggage;
          - explosives detecting devices;
                                                                       ill the same customs concessions be granted as for
          - intrusion detection devices.**                                 accompanied baggage, subject to compliance with
      6) Component parts for incorporation into security                   the regulations of the Contracting State concerned;
                                                                           and         i
         equipment.
                                                                      Hi) arrangements be made for the clearance of unac
                                                                           companied baggage in the passenger customs hall
      4.40 Contracting States shall establish procedures for               where selected accompanied baggage is cleared when
  the prompt entry into , or departure from, their territories             necessary.    .
 of aircraft equipment, spare parts, stores, ground equip
  ment and security equipment. When such items are urgently           4.44     Contracting States which in certain circum
 required by an operator of another Contracting State in         stances require sanitary certificates or related documents in
 order to maintain service, Contracting States shall grant       respect of particular animal and plant shipments sltail
 prompt clearance for their import or export and shall           publish the details of their requirements in this connexion.
 dispense with requirements for advance production of
 documents such as entry or exit permits, and the tike,
 provided that the operator accepts full responsibility in                  H. –Cargo and Other Articles Not Entering
 writing to produce these documents within a reasonable
                                                                               the Country of Intended Destination
 time after the items have been admitted or exported , and
 provided that the Contracts - State concerned is satisfied
 that the documents will in fact be produced .                       4.45 When cargo , unaccompanied baggage or stores
                                                                 arc not unladen at their intended destination, due to error,
     4.41 RHCOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Instructional                   emergency or inaccessible stowage , the public authorise:, at
 material and training aids imported by an airline ofanother     the place of ir tended unlading shall, subject to the operator
 Contracting State into the territory of a Contracting State     proving to thtm that there has been no gross negligence or
for uie in connexion with the technical training of ground      carlessness on his part , accept a declaration from him that
and flight personnel required to establish and maintain an       the articles in question have not been unladen and the
international service operated by that airline should be         reasons thereor, and shall not require the operator to
admitted free of customs duties and other taxes and              prepare new documentation , nor impose penalties, fines,
charges, subject to compliance with the regulations of the      customs duties and taxes-on the operator.
 Contracting State concerned.
                                                                     4.46 When goods are consigned to a destination
     Note. -It Is the intent of this Recommended Practice       within a Contracting Stale and have not yet been released
that items solely identified with aviation and aeronautical     for home consumption in that State but subsequently are
education and training such as the following should be          required to be returned to the point of origin or to be
admissible under the above provisions:                          redirected to another destination, the Contracting State
     - flight sirn •ilators;
                                                                shall allow rclorwarding without requiring import, export
                                                                or transit licences if no contravention of the laws and
     - link-trainers;                                           regulations in force is involved.
     - mock-ups;
                                                                     Note.-Thi:; provision is not intended to prevent Con
     - cut-away engines and parts;                              tracting States from requiring import, export or transit
                                                               licences in case of particular consignments which are
     - charts showing the functioning of various technical     subject to spe( ial restrictions.
        systems.
                                                                     4.47 When, because of erTor or emergency , or Jieing
    4.42     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                stowed so as to be inaccessible upon arrival , cargo, baggage ,
States should, wherever possible, arrange for duty-free        unaccompanied baggage or stores are not unladen at their
admittance of airline documents and should arrange for         intended destination but are unladen at another inter
their expedition* clearance.
                                                               national airport, the Contracting State where the unlading
                                                               takes place shall facilitate their being rcforwarded to their
    Note. - The term "airline documents " is deemed to         intended destination and, if satisfied that there has been no
include air waybills/consignment notes, passenger tickets.     pott negligence or carelessness by the operator, shall not
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                                                                                Anne .r 9 - Faahtation
J - / /i /n and DefXirfure of Cargo
impose penalties, fines, customs duties and taxes on the             Articles 61 and 62 of the Universal Postal Convention of
operator nor any requirements in connexion with »uch                 Tokyo ( 1969) and in Article 183 of the Detailed Regu
reforwanlriR other than thef following :                             lations .
                                                                          Note. - Articles St and 62 of the Universal Postal
    a ) that they be reported to the public authorities              Convention of Tokyo ( 1969/ and Article 183 of the
         concerned ;
                                                                     Detailed Regulations read as follows:
    b ) that until reforwarded , they remain under the
          supervision of the public authorities concerned at                   "Article 61 - 'Operations at airports'
          tlu- point of unlading or at any other place pre-
          scnhtfil by the State ;                                              Administrations shall take the necessary steps to
                                                                          ensure the best conditions for the receipt and onward
    c ) that a notation that they were carried to the wrong                transmission of air mails at airports in their countries."
          destination be made either on the manifest or
          General Declaration delivered in connexion with the                   "Article 62 – 'Customs control of air mail corres
          unludmc ;                                                       pondence'
    d) that they be reforwarded without delay ;                                Administrations shall take all necessary steps to
    e ) that they be subject to the laws and regulations of               speed up the operations relating to the customs control
          the State relating to public health and animal and              of air mail correspondence addressed to their
                                                                          countries. "
          plant quarantine ;
     f) that , if reforwarded by air, they be entered either on                 "Article 183 - 'AVI Delivery bill'
          the appropriate manifest or General Declaration                       1 . Mails to be handed over at the airport shall be
          upon rcforwarding ;                                              accompanied by not more than five copies of a white
     g) that , if reforwarded by air, a declaration of trans-              delivery bill in the form of AV 7 for each stop.
          shipment and /or verification be made in respect of                   2. A copy of the AV 7 delivery bill signed by the
          them at the airport from which they leave the State.              representative of the authority (airline or special airport
                                                                           service) 'esponsihle for the ground services shall he
                                                                           retained by the dispatching office; the other four copies
              I. -Sale and Use of Commissary Supplies
                            on board Aircraft
                                                                           shalt accompany the mails for use in the following way :
                                                                        i       – th ? first, duly signed at the airport of off-loading
     4 48        RFCOM MENDED PRACTICE .- In the case                               as a receipt for the math shall he kept by the air
 where aircraft enraged in international flights slop at two                        crew on behalf of their company ;
 or more international airports within the territory nf a
                                                                          ■ *   – the second shall accompany the mails to the post
 Contracting State without intermediate landing in the
                                                                                office to which the delivery bill is addressed;
 territory of another State and without embarking and
 disembarking cny domestic passengers. Contracting States                           the third shall he kept, at the airport of loading,'
 should permit the sale and use of commissary supplies on                           by the authority responsible for the ground
 hoard aircraft without payment of customs duties or other                          services;
 taxes.                                      ,
                                                                                – the fourth shall he handed over at the airport of
                                                                                off-loading, to the authority responsible for the
                  I. - Mail Documents and Procedures                                ground scn ices at that airport.
                                                                                3. When air mails are sent by surface to an
     4.49        Cor trading States shall carry out the handling,           intermediate administration for reforwardmg by air,
 forwarding .-inc clearance of air mail and shall comply with               they shall be accompanied hy an A V 7 delivery bill for
 the documentary procedures as currently prescribed in                      the intermediate office."
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                   CHAPTER 5 .               TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH THE TERRITORY
                                               OF A CONTRACTING STATE
                A. - Traffic Arriving and Departing                      b) designate some specific area or place in the city
                    on the Same Through-flight                                where the international airport is located, or a
                                                                              neighbouring city , as the sphere of activities of such
    5.1      Fach Contracting State shall make provision by                   passengers;
means of direct transit areas, direct transit arrangements, or           c) take any other necessary administrative measures
otherwise , whereby crew , passengers , baggage , cargo , stores              relating to the stay of such passengers in its territory ;
and ma;i continuing their journey on the same through-                        and
flight may remain temporarily within the State without
undergoing any examination- except in special circum                it is also utderstood that any Contracting State may, if it
stance .; determined by the public authorities concerned .           wishes to do so, extend to passengers passing through its
                                                                     territory more facilities than are provided in the above
    5.2      Contracting States shall not require any docu-         provision and in subparagraphs a), h ) and c) of this Note.
mcnts or visas in respect of traffic continuing its journey on
 the same through-flight , except in special circumstances                5.5     Erch Contracting State shall make arrangements
determined by the public authorities concerned .                    so that unlsden cargo , unaccompanied baggage , and stores
                                                                     being trans-shipped from one flight or operator to another
    Note. - It is the intent of this provision, inter alia, that     at the same airport , without examination except in special
 Contracting States shall neither a) temporarily deprive             circumstances , can be taken directly from the inward to the
passengers of their passports nor h) require the operator to        outward aircraft or , if the latter aircraft is not yet available ,
do so.                                                              can be kept temporarily under supervision at an appropriate
                                                                    location . Operators shall undertake to sort out trans-
                                                                    shipment cargo , unaccompaniged baggage and stores in
      B. –Traffic Being Transferred to Another Flight               order that they may be processed as rapidly as possible .
                       at the Same Airport
                                                                          5.6     Each Contracting State shall make arrangements
    5.3 Fach Contracting State shall make arrangements              to allow operators , under supervision of the public auili-
so that disembarking passengers and their baggage being             orities, to disassemble trans-shipment cargo , including
transferred from one flight or operator to another at the           shipments in containers and pallets, so that they may sort
same airport will be treated in a manner similar to that set        and reassemble shipments for onward carriage without
forth in Section A above. Operators shall undertake to sort         examination , except in special circumstances , and subject
out transferring passengers and their baggage in order that         only to simple documentation where required .
such passengers and baggage may be allowed to proceed as
rapidly as possible to their connecting flights.                         5.7      Unladen airmail being trans-shipped from one
                                                                    flight or operator to another at the same airport shall be
    5.4 Contracting States shall not require any docu              effected in accordance with the provision of current Article
ments or visas in respect of traffic being transferred to            186 – Detailed Regulations – of the Universal Postal
another flight at the same airport, except in special
anolher                                                             Convention :>f Tokyo ( 1 969).
                                                                                S
circumstances
circumstances         determined by the public authorities
concerned .                                                              Note. – A'ticle 186 – Detailed Regulations - of the
                                                                     Universal Postal Convention of Tokyo (1969} reads as
    A ote.-tt is understood that this provision does not            follows:
preclude the submission of cargo manifests as per Annex 9.
                                                                              "I. It the absence of special agreement between the
    5.4 . 1    With respect to passengers passing through the            Administrations concerned, the trans-shipment at the
territory of a Contracting State who are to leave that State             same airport of mails in course of transmission shall be
within three days from the day of their arrival and who                  performed by the Administration of the Country in
cannot stay at the international airport of arrival until their          which the trans-shipment takes place; this rule does not
next fl.Rht for lack of facilities or on account of other                apply when the trans-shipment takes place between
circumstances, each Contracting State shall permit them to               aircraft cf the same carrier performing successive stages
remain within its territory without requiring them to obtain             of the journey.
visan pt'.or to their arrival, except in special circumstances
determined by the public authorities concerned.                                2. The Administration of the transit Country may
                                                                         also authorize a trans-shipment direct from one aircraft
    Note. - It is the intent of this provision that each                 to another between two different carriers; where re
Contracting State may:                                                   quired, the carrier making the trans-shipment shall send
                                                                         to the office of exchange of the Country where this
    a) issue to such passengers, upon arrival, tome form                 trans-shipment takes place a copy of the AV 7 delivery
         indicating they have permission to enter, such at a             bill or any other document giving details of the
         laissez-passcr or a stop-over visa;                             operation. "
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                                                                                Annex 9 - Facilitation
S.-Traffic Passing Thrvugh
                    C.–Traffic Being Transferred                                D.– Free Airports and Free Zones
                        to Another Airport
                                                                       5.10    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .-              Contracting
                                                                   States should establish free airports.
    5 R         Rl COMMENDED PRACTICE .- Each Contract
ing State slit uld make provision , hy means of direct transit         5.1 1   RECOMMENDED PRACTICE - In connexion
arrangements or otherwise, whereby traffic which pastes            with international airports. Contracting States should estab
directly through the State and. in the course of such              lish and either develop and operate themselves, or permit
passage, transfers from one international airport to another       other parties to develop and operate, free zones and ,/or
international airport, may proceed without undergoing              warehousing facilities and should publish detailed regu
examination, except in special circumstances determined by         lations as to the types of operations which may or may not
the public authorities concerned.                                  be performed therein.
    5.9       RFiCOMM ENDED PRACTICE.- With respect to                 5.12    In all cases where free zone facilities and /or
the traffic referred to in 5.8, Contracting States should not      warehousing facilities are not provided in connexion with
require any documents or visas for passengers and their            an international airport but have been provided elsewhere
baggage, and if documents ■ are required for cargo, unac          in the same general vicinity , Contracting States shall make
companied baggage and stores, documents as simplified ax           arrangements so that air transport can utilize these facilities
possible should be used.                                           on the same basis as other means of transport .
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                         CHAPTER 6.            – INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS «                              FACILITIES
                                                AND SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC
                              A.-Gtntml                                 flight arrivals and departures and particularly of any last
                                                                        minute changes in arrival or departure times or changes in
     6.1      Contracting States shall take all necessary steps to      gate numbers.
secure the co-opcration of operators and airport administra
tions in ensuring that satisfactory facilities and services are                       II . - Parking and Servicing Arrangements
provided for rapid handling and clearance of passengers,
crew, baggage , cargo and mail at their international airports.
Such facilities and services shall be flexible and capable of                6.9      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Adequate mea
expansion to meet anticipated growth in traffic volume .                 sures should be taken to ensure convenient parkins und
                                                                         servicing of aircraft of all types and categories - regular,
      6.2      Contracting States shall take all necessary steps to      non-scheduled and general aviation aircraft – in /irdcr to
encourage consultations between the airport administration               expedite clearance and operations on the apion and to
on the one hand and operators, control authorities and                   reduce aircraft ground stop time. It is desirable in parti
appropriate bodies representing other airport users on the               cular:
other at the earliest stage in the planning of new or
 substantially modified terminal buildings at their inter                   a) to make arrangements for optimum allocation of
 national airports .
                                                                                aircraft parking spaces as close as possible to the
                                                                                termir.al building for rapid loading and unloading;
      6.3      Contracting States shall take all necessary steps to          b) to provide adequate parking spaces for aircraf: when
 secure the co-operation of operators and airport administra                     neither loading nor unloading, away from the termi
 tions in ensuring that the facilities and services at their                      nal building so as to avoid obstruction to the flow of
 international airports are designed in such a way as to                          traffic on the apron, and make adequate arrange
 provide the best possible airport traffic flow arrangements.                     ments for their optimum use;
                                                                              C} to equip the parking spaces with the necessary means
                                                                                for rapid performance of all aircraft servicing opera
                B.– Airport Traffic Flow Arrangements                              tions ;
                                                                              d) to give particular importance to measures for assist
                         l.-Common Provisions                                     ance to aircraft during embarkation and disembarka
           64     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- It Is recom                             tion operations.
       mended that the airlines, in agreement with, and subject to
       limitations which may be imposed by the airport auth
       orities, be offered the choice of providing their own services               HI .- Outbound Passengers, Crew and Baggage
       for ground handling operations, or of having such opera
       tions performed entirely, or in part, by an organisation
       controlled by another airline authorized by the airport                 6.10        RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE .-    Easy  and
       authority, or by the airport operator, or by a servicing agent     speedy access to the terminal should be provided for
       licensed by the airport authority.
                                                                          passengers, crew and their baggage arriving at the airport by
        6.5     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- The arrange                       surface transport.
  ments in ft.J should he by the most direct route with no
  crossing between passenger and baggage lines nor between                     6.11        RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
  different circuits. To the extent that the route is not                  States should ensure that rapid and reliable city/airport '
  self-evident, appropriate signposting should be used.                    ground transportation is available' to passengers and crew
                                                                           members.
        6.6      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Arrangements
  should he made so that, when necessary, passengers and                       6.12         RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- International
   crew can proceed under shelter between the air terminal                 airports should have available appropriate automobile
   buildings and the aircraft, anrf vice versa.                            parking facilities for short and long-term parking.
        6.7      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Particular atten                     6.13         RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Consideration
   tion should be given to passenger routes involving long                 should be given to the provision of baggage check-in
   distances to be covered on foot and the possibility should              facilities as close as possible to arrival points of surface
   be studied of facilitating travel over these routes by                  transport.
   mechanical systems.
                                                                                6.14        RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- An individual
         6.8     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Flight informa                    and continuous "trickle " method of processing and loading
    tion boards, or displays, supplemented, where necessary, by            of passengers, crew and baggage should he adopted - in lieu
    a clearly audible public address system should be provided             of the group ("package ") system - whenever this will speed
    so that passengers and the public can be fully informed of             up their clearance.
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6. - Interne rional A irparti                                                                                Annex 9 – tacilitmion
     6.15      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Particular                                      v. – Transit and Transfer of
attention should be paid to the use of sorting, conveyance                                  Passengers and Crew
and loading deuces for baggage. Provision should be made
AS far as possible for:                                                 6.23     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Contra , trig
                                                                    States should, whenever possible, permit passengen to
     a) m *< lionized systems capable of transferring and           remain on board the aircraft and authorize ( mbarkuiion
         hailing large quantities of baggage within a mini         and disembarkation during fuelling, subject to the necessary
         mum amount of time, consistent with the volume of          safety measures.      .
         traffic;
     b) an area where it would be possible to hold baggage              6.23.1     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- It is rerom-
         containers and to re-arrange their contents;               mended in particular, that technical and regulatory pro vi
                                                                    sions should be adopted to ensure that telescopic passage
     c) mechanical means of handling and storing empty              ways to and from aircraft can be kept in use during fuelling
         baggage containers, consistent with the volume of          of aircraft.
         traffic.
                                   *
                                                                        6.24     RECOMMENDED             PRACTICE .-      Provisions
     6.16      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- The premises                 should be made for airline handling counters in the transit
where crew members have to report for operational                  area for the purpose of processing passengers transferring
purposes should be readily accessible and, if possible, next       from one aircraft to another and not going through
to one another.                                                    clearance controls.
                                                                        6.25     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Direct transfer
           iv.-Inbound Passengers , Crew and Baggage               from one aircraft to another of passengers, particularly
                                                                   invalid passengers, should be authorized, where possible,
                                                                   whenever this is warranted by deadlines in making con
     6.17      RECOMMENDED          PRACTICE .-      Particular    necting fights or by other circumstances.
attention should be given to the need for adequate facilities
to be available at all times and appropriate methods should             6.26 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Arrangements
be adopted to permit disembarkation of passengers without          should b *. made whereby crew members in brief transit can
delay bearing in mind the traffic volume created by                communicate from a point near the aircraft 's ItmJing
high-capacity aircraft and the possibility of simultaneous         position, located either on the apron or in a locale near the
processing of several aircraft loads.                              apron, i<a television, telautograph or telephone with the
                                                                   various governmental agencies /e.g. air traffic control, MET
     6.18     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting                   Office) without the need to report to them in person.
States should make arrangements for a sufficient number of
control channels so that appropriate clearance of inbound
fHisscngers and crew may be obtained with the least possible                  VI .– Miscellaneous Facilities and Services
delay. Additional channel(s) should be available where                             in Passenger Terminal Buildings
complicated cases may be referred without delaying the
balance of the passengers.                                              6.27 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.– Facilities pro
                                                                    vided for the use of transit passengers should contain nil
     6.19      RECOMMENDED          PRACTICE .-       Particular   necessary arrangements for their convenience.
attention should be given to points where passenger delays
are frequently found to occur.                                          6.27.1 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Storage fa
                                                                   cilities should be provided for baggage left bv their owners
     6.20 RFCOMMENDED PRACTICE.– Arrangements                      at international airports for later pick-up.
should be made for rapid unloading of baggage, including
containerized baggage, from the aircraft and its swift                  6.28 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- To the extent
movement to the baggage claim area so that it will arrive at       that the non-travelling public are admitted to terminal
delivery points in time to avoid any delay for passengers.         buildings, appropriate arrangements should be made ,u > that
To this end, mechanical unloading and conveyance systems           they do not interfere with the flow of inbound and
should be used where the volume of traffic warrants and a          outbound traffic.
sufficient number of handling staff should be available at all
times.                                                                  6.29     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Where duty-
                                                                   free goods are offered for sale in terminal buildings,
     6.21      RFCOMMENDED          PRACTICE.–       Adequate      provision should be made for a convenient location of the
space should be provided In the baggage claim area                 stores and adequate customer space so as to avoid conges
permitting ready identification and speedy withdrawal by           tion and. interference with the main stream of passenger
each passenger of his checked baggage.                             traffic.
     <> 22    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.-               Where the                      VII ;–Cargb and Mail Handling and
volume of baggage so warrants, mechanized baggage dis                                      Clearance Facilities
pensing systems should be provided in baggage-claim areas
so as to move the baggage towards passengers, thus                     6.30 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting
facilitating pick-up of baggage.                                   Stater shauld make arrangements whereby all-cargo aircraft
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                                                                                6,-Jnternatioital Airports
Annex 9 – facilitation
and their loeds ran be entered and cleared at the cargo                        6.41     RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE .-     When     the
terminal area.                                                            volume of air mail so warrants and where it will expedite
                                                                          the onward transmission of the mail, in the opinion of the
     6.31    RECOMMENDED          PRACTICE.-             Easy   and       postal authorities, adequate space and facilities should be
speedy access should he provided to airport cargo terminals,              provided at international airports for the reworking, sorting
taking into account the space requirements of extra-large                 and onward transmission of air mail.
trucks on access roads and in front of terminals for
manoeuvring into position.
     6.32    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Each cargo ter                                C,– Facilities Required for Implementation of
minal should be provided with delivery /receiving positions                                    Public Health Measures and
adaptable to truck-bed heights.                                                                 Emergency Medical Relief
     6.33    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Use should be                                6.42    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Contracting
made, where justified, of mechanized and automated                         States should provide, at or near all their major inter
facilities for loading and unloading, conveyance and storage               national airports, facilities and services for vaccination or
of cargo.                                                                  revaccination, and for the delivery of the corresponding
                                                                           certificates.
     6.34     RECOMMENDED         PRACTICE.-              Adequate
space should be available in cargo terminals for storage and                     6.43    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- International
handling of air cargo, including building up and breaking                  airports should have available adequate facilities for admin
down of pallet and container loads, located next to the                    istration of public health and animal and plant quarantine
customs area and easily accessible to authorized persons                   measures applicable to aircraft, crew, passengers, baggage,
and vehicles from both the apron and the landside road.                    cargo, mail and stores.
     6.35     RECOMMENDED          PRACTICE .-             Adequate              6.44    RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE .-     Contracting
space and facilities should be provided at international                   States should provide arrangements whereby passengers cud
airports, or a' convenient off-airport locations, for the                  crew in transit can remain in premises free from arty danger
temporary stotage of empty containers.                                     of infection and insect vectors of diseases and. when
                                                                           necessary, facilities should be provided for the transfer <>f
     6.36     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Cargo ter                           passengers and crew to another terminal or airport nearby
minals should be equipped with storage facilities for special               without exposure to any health hazard. Similar arrange
cargo le g. valuable goods, perishable shipments, and live                  ments and facilities should also be made available in respect
animals ). Those areas of cargo terminals in which cargo and               of animals.
 mail is stored overnight or for extended periods prior to
shipment by lir should be protected against access by                            6.45    RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE.-      Contracting
 unauthorized persons,                                                     States, in co-operation with airport authorities and aircraft
                                                                           operators should take all steps to ensure that the prepara
      6.37    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Parking spaces                        tion, handling, storage and service of food and water
 should be available at cargo terminals for handling equip                supplies intended for consumption both at airports and on
 ment when not in use, located so as to avoid interference                 board aircraft are hygienically carried out in accordance
 with the flow of inbound and outbound cargo.                               with the recommendations and standards of the World
                                                                           Health Organization.
     6.38     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Where high-
 capacity aircraft Kith mixed passenger and cargo loads are                      6.46    RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE.-      Contracting
positioned next to the passenger terminal, all necessary                    States in co operation with airport. authorities and aircraft
facilities should be provided for swift loading/unloading                   operators should ensure that an effective system is insti
and conveyance between the aircraft and the cargo ter                      tuted for the safe removal and safe disposal of excrement,
 minals) of large volumes of air cargo. To this end flow                   refuse, wast^ water, waste, unused and condemned food
 routes should be designed so as to avoid interference with                and other matter dangerous to health in accordance with
 those for passengers and baggage.                                          the recommendation of the World Health Organization.
                                                                                6.47    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- There should
      6.39     RECOMMENDED          PRACTICE.-             Facilities       be maintained at international airports such medical facili
 should be provided, where n . ;*ssary, for the direct removal              ties as may be reasonable and practicable for the emergency
 of bulky or heavy consignments by approved, transport,                     relief of crew and passengers.
 from the airport to the premises of the importer, agent or
 freight forwarder, such removal being subject to customs
 approval and any conditions attached to that approval.
                                                                                D.– Facilities Required for Clearance Controls' ;
      6.40 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Sufficiently                                              and Operation of Control Services        \
  large and convenient areas should be provided at interna
  tional airports, where, under customs supervision, trans-                      6.48    RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE.-      Space and
  shipment cargo can be broken down, sorted and reas                      facilities for the -authorities in charge of clearance controls
  sembled for immediate or later onward transmission.                      should, as far as possible, be provided at public expense.
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6. - Initrnahonal Airporti                                                                I                     Annex 9 – Facilitatu/n
     bA'i     If the space and facilities referred to in 6.48 are      governing the exchange of funds of other States against
not proviJed at public expense, Contracting States shall               national funds.
ensure that such space and facilities are provided on terms
not less favourable than those which apply to the operators                6.55      Contracting States which maintain exchange
of other means of transportation entering the State and               controls with respect to funds of other States shall make
requiring space and facilities on a comparable scale.                 arrangements :
                                                                           a ) to publish the current legal rates of exchjn#c for
     6 . SO   Contracting States shall provide normal services                  such funds ;
of the public authorities concerned at international airports
without charge during regular working hours.                               t>) to display or otherwise make available at their
                                                                                international airports such rates as may IK of
     6.50.1     Contracting States shall establish regular                      principal interest at the respective airports.
working hours for the public authorities concerned at
international airports consistent with any period of sub                  6.56      Contracting States which do not maintain
stantial workload .                     , ■                            exchange controls with respect to some or all funds of-
                                                                       other States shall make arrangements to display informa
     Note 1 . - Paragraphs 6.50 and 6.50.1 should be applied           tion to that effect at their international airports.
In accordance with Articles 1 and 89 of the International
Health Regulations (1969), Second annotated "1974 "                        6.57 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .– With respect
Edition which provide that medical examination, including              to those funds of other States for which no controlled
scrutiny of vaccination certificates, shall be carried out free       exchange rates have been established by the Contracting
of charge at any time of the day or night.                             Slate concerned, it should make such arrangements as
                                                                      may be feasible to make information available at its
     Note 2. - Under Annex IS - Aeronautical Information              International airports as to the prevailing open market rates.
Services - States are obligated to publish the types and
hours of clearance services available (customs, immigration,               6 . 58    Contracting States shall provide , at such times as
health ) at their international airports.                             to meet the needs of the travelling public, adequate
                                                                      facilities at international airports for legal exchange of
     6. 51    RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Appropriate                      funds of ott.cr States through povernment agencies or shall
meaiures should be taken to provide sufficient services               authorize private agencies to do so .
during regular hours of work.
                                                                          Note. ~ The use of vending machines at some interna
     Note. - Where traffic volume and availably space and             tional airports, enabling a departing passenger to obtain, at
facilities warrant. Contracting States may wish to provide            any time during day or night, currency used in his country
clearance controls for passengers and their baggage at more           of destination has proved to be of valuable assistance and
than one terminal building at international airports.                 should be considered a possibility by Contracting States in
                                                                     giving effect to this provision.
     6.52 OutsiJe of the regular working hours referred to
in #>.50. 1 , Contracting States shall provide services of such           6.59       KF.COM MENDED PRACTICE - Con treeting .
authorities on terms not less favourable to operators of              States ristricting the import or export of funds of other
aircraft than those which apply to operators of other means           States should provide for the issuance to travellers ' of
of transportation entering the State .                                certificates showing the. amounts of such funds in their
                                                                      possession upon entering the State and should permit such
     6.53      RECOMMENDED PRACTICE - Contracting                     travellers, upon surrender of such certificates prior to
States should make arrangements whereby one State will                leaving the State, to take such funds with them. Inscription
permit another State to station representatives of the public         on the passport or other official document for travel may :
authorities concerned in its territory to examine aircraft,          serve the same . purpose. 1
passengers, crew, baggage, cargo and documentation for
customs, immigration, public health and animal and plant                  6.60 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- Contracting
quarantine purposes, prior to departure for the other State           States which prohibit or limit the amount of importation of
concerned, when such action will facilitate clearance upon            their own currency should provide reasonable facilities for
arrival in that State.
                                                                      travellers from abroad, who declare en amount of such
                                                                     currency In excess of that permitted by the current
                 E.–Monetary Exchange Facilities                      regulations, to deposit such amount at the international
                                                                     airport of entry and, upon departure, to reclaim it at the
  . 6.54        Contracting States shall make arrangements to        same point or at any other point designated by the publie
display at their international airports their regulations            authorities concerned.
 ---pagebreak---                                   CIIAFTKK 7 . – LANDING ELSEWHERE THAN
                                          AT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
                            A. – Genera!                              7.4.4     Mail shall be disposed of as is required pursuant
                                                                  to Articles 187 and 188 – Detailed Regulations – of the
     7.1    Each Contracting State shall take steps to ensure     Universal Postal Convention of Tokyo ( 1 969 ).
lh.it all possible assistance is rendered by its public
authorities to an aircraft which , for reasons beyond the             Note.- Articles 187 and 188 – Detailed Regulations -
control of the pilot-in-command, has landed elsewhere than        of the Unlvt rsal Postal Convention of Tokyo ( 1 96 9) read as
at one of its international airports and , to this end , shall    follows:
keep control formalities and procedures, in such cases, to a
minimum .                                                                  "Article 187 - 'Steps to be taken in the event of an
                                                                      interrupted flight or diversion of mails'
     7.2 The pilot-in-command or the next senior crew
member available shall cause the landing to be reported as                 1 . When an aircraft interrupts its /light for a length
soon as practicable to the public authorities concerned .             of time likely to delay the mails or when , for any reason
                                                                      ■whatsoever, it delivers the mail to an airport other than
                                                                      that given on the AV 7 delivery bill, the mails shall he
                        B.-Short Stop-over
                                                                      taken charge of by officers of the Administration of the
                                                                      Country where the stop is made. These officers shall
     7.3    If it is apparent that the aircraft can resume its
                                                                      reforward the mails by the most rapid routes fair or
flight within a relatively short time of arrival , the following      surface).
procedure shall apply :
                                                                           2. The office, which did the forwarding, shall in the
     7.3.1     Control measures shall be limited to those that        case inform the office of origin of each dispatch hy CI 4
ensure that the aircraft departs with the same load that was       • verification note, indicating in particular on the verifi
oo board .it the time of arrival . In case the load or part           cation note the air service from which the mail was
thereof cannot , for operational or other reasons, continue           taken and the services used (air or surface ) for onward
on that flij'.ht , the public authorities shall expedite clear       transmission to its destination. "
ance formalities jand co-operate in speedy onward trans
portation for that load to its destination .                               "Article 188 - 'Steps to be taken in the event of an
                                                                      accident'
     7.3.2    The public authorities shall designate , if necess          1. When as a result of an accident in course of
ary , an adequate area under their general supervision where          conveyance an aircraft is unable to continue its flight
passengers and crew can move about during their stop-over.            and deliver the mail at the scheduled stops, the crew of
                                                                      the aircrcft shall hand over the mails to the post office
     7.3.3     The pilot-in-command shall not be required to          nearest to the place of the accident or to the office best
apply to mors than one government agency for take-off                 able to reforward the mail. If the crew arc unable to do
permission ( other than for any necessary air traffic control         this, that office, having been informed of the accident,
clearance ).
                                                                      shall tak ? immediate action, taking over the mail and
                                                                      rcforwarding it to its destination by the most rapid
                   C.– No Resumption of Flight                        route after their condition has been checked and any
                                                                      damaged correspondence put in order.
     7.4    If it is apparent that the aircraft will be substan
tially delayed or is unable to continue its flight, the                    2. The Administration of the Country in which the ,
following provisions shall apply :                                    accident occurred shall inform all Administrations of
                                                                      previous airports of call, by telegraph, of the fate of the
     7.4.1     The    pilot-in-command while      awaiting the         mail, and these Administrations in turn advise by
instructions ot" the public authorities concerned or if he or          telegraph all other Administrations concerned.
his crew is unable to get in touch with them, shall be
entitled to t.ike such emergency measures as he deems                      .?. Administrations which have loaded mail on the
necessary for the health and safety of passengers and crew            aircraft involved in the accident shall send a copy of the
and for avoiding or minimizing loss or destruction to the              AV 7 delivery bills to the Administration of the
aircraft itself and its load .                                         Country where 'the accident occurred.
     7.4.2 Passengers and crew shall be permitted to                       4. The qualified office shall then notify the offices
secure suitable accommodation pending completion of the                of destination of the mads involved in the accident by
 necessary formalities if such formalities cannot be promptly          verification note giving details of the circumstances of
 carried out .: '                                                      the acciacnt and the results of the check of the mails.
                                                                       One copy of each verification note shall be sent to the
     7.4.3      Cargo, stores, and unaccompanied baggage, if           offices of origin of the relative mails and another to the
 required to be removed from the aircraft for safety reasons,          Administration of the Country to which the airline
 shall be deposited in • nearby area and remain there                  belongs. These documents shall be sent by the most
 pending completion of the necessary formalities.                      rapid route (air or surface). "
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                                CHAPTER H. – OTHER FACILITATION PROVISIONS
                     A.– Bonds unci Exemption from                     cation of regulations of any nature restricting the imposi
                           Requisition or Seizure                      tion of goods.
                                                                              Note. - It is understood that this provision does nut
        8.1     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.– // a Contracting                preclude (he application of public health and animal oi.J
 State require/ bonds of an operator to cover his liabilities          plant quarantine measures. If required.
 under the customs, immigration, public health, animal and
 plant quarantine, or similar laws of the State, it should                     8.7 Each Contracting State shall facilitate tiic
 permit the use of a single comprehensive bond whenever                 removal from its territory of both the damaged and any-
 possible.                                                              assisting aircraft, together with tools, spare parts and
                                                                        equipment which may have been brought in for search .
        8.2     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- The aircraft,                    rescue , accident inquiry , repair or salvage purposes .
 ground equipment, security equipment, spare parts and
 technical supplies of an airline located in a Contracting                     8.8     Damaged aircraft or parts thereof, and any stores
 State (other than the Contracting State in which such                  or cargo contained therein, together with any aircraft ,
 airline is established/ for use in the operation of an                 tools, spare parts or equipment brought in for temporary
 international air service serving such Contracting State,              use in search , rescue , accident inquiry , repair or salvage,
 should be exempt from the laws of such Contracting State               which are not removed from the territory of the Contract
 authorizing the requisition or seizure of aircraft, equip             ing State within a length of time to bo specified by that
  ment, parts or supplies for public use, without prejudice to           State, shall be subject to the requirements of the applicable
  the tight of seizure for breeches of the laws of the                   laws of the State concerned .
  Contracting State concerned.
                                                                                8.9 If, in connexion with an aircraft accident inquiry ,
                                                                         it becomes necessary to send a part , or parts , of a damaged
                                                                         aircraft to another Contracting State for technical examina
                     B. – Errors In Documentation «nd                    tion or testing, each Contracting State concerned shall
                              Penalties therefor                         ensure that the movement of such part , or parts, is effected
                                                                          without vlelay. The Contracting States concerned shall'
         8.3    At the time the documents are being checked , the     ■ likewise facilitate the return of such part , or pans; to the
    public authorities concerned shall either accord the author-,         State instituting the accident inquiry should the latter State
    ized spent or piiot-in-command, where this can be done                require thim in order to complete the inquiry .
    without undue delay , an opportunity to correct , or shall
    themselves correct , any errors which they arc satisfied are
    of a purely clerical nature and were not made with intent to                          D.– Natural Disaster Relief Flights
    violate the laws of the Contracting State .
                                                                                8.10     Contracting States slull facilitate the entry into
         '8.4     In the event of errors being found in documents,        and dcpaiture from their territories of aircraft encage .1 in
. the operator or authorized agent shall not be penalized by               natural disaster relief flights when performed by re < wr.i /.cd
     the imposition of a- fine before he has been given an                 international organizations or by States themselves.. .Such
    opportunity of satisfying the public authorities concerned             flights shall be commenced after obtaining agreement- with
     that the error was inadvertent and not of a serious nature.          the recipient State as quickly as possible .
                                                                                8; II Contracting States shall ensure that personnel
                                                                           and articles arriving on the relief flights referred to in 8.1(1
                     C.-Facilltation of Search , Rescue ,                  Are cleared without unnecessary delay .
                        Accident Inquiry and Salvage
          8.5     Subject to any conditions imposed by Anne * 12                    ■ E.^Implementation of Interna clonal Health •
     f Search and Ke-.cne ) and Annex 13 ( Aircraft Accident                              Regulations and Related Provisions
     Inquiry ), Contracting States shall make arrangements to
     ensure entry without ' delay into their territories on a               ••V 8.12     RECOMMENDED          PR ACTICF.'-      Contm^tinr
     temporary - basis of qualified personnel required for search,          States should comply with the pertinent provisions of the
     rescue; accident inquiry , repair or salvage in connexion with         International Health Regulations ( 1969) of the H'<rrl<!
     a lost or damaged aircraft . .> ■ ,         ' . -                      Health Conization and any amendments thereto,
  .       8.<j     Each Contracting State shall facilitate the tem            ' 8.13     RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ;- In eases- *l>erif
      porary entry into its territory of all aircraft , tools, spare        epidemiological conditions permit and it will result in
      lurts and equipment required in the search , rescue , accident        reducing or eliminating the number of sanitary tuusures
      inquiry , repair or salvage of the damaged aircraft of another        required. Contracting States should, pursuant to Article
      State* These items shall be temporarily admitted free from             92 d) of the International Health Regulations itS/M),
      customs duties and other taxes or charges and the appli         : Second annotated "J 974 " Edition , combine their tprri-
       ANSI X 9                                                      58                                                             1 5 /7 / 74
                    nym ».i i iwmm
                .
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 Annex 9 - Facilitation                                                                      8. - Other Facilitation Provisions
 loues or  make agreements for the purpose of sanitary          Certificate* vf Vaccination or Rivaccina tion form. in orjrr
contrai.                                                        to assvre uniform acceptance.
    8 14   REiCOM MENDED PRACTICE .- Each Contract                 8.15     RECOMMENDED           PRACTICE .-       Operators
ing Stale should make arrangements to enable all agencies       should ensure compliance with any requirement             of a
concerned to make available to passengers, sufficiently in      Contracting State whereby illness, other than simple airsick
advance of departure, lists of the vaccinations required by     ness, on an aircraft is to he reported promptly by radio to
the authorities of the countries of destination, as well as     health authorities in the Contracting State for which the
vaccination certificate forms conforming to the Inter          aircraft is destined. In order to facilitate provision for the
national Health Regulations (1969). States should take all      presence of any special medical personnel and equipment
possible measures to have vaccinators use the International     necessary for health procedures on arrival.
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                                      CHAPTER 9. – SECURITY PROVISIONS *
      q | RHCOMMENDFD PRACTICE.- Contracting                           other authorized persons, acting in the performance of their
StJtes sh-mld enure that duly authorized officers are                   duties, will he governed by the laws of the Slate involved.
r n.hh avvh y te at their international airports to assist in -'        7Tie carriage of weapons in other ea.\ ct should be allowei/
dealing with suspected, or actual, cases of unlawful Inter*             only when the weapons have been inspected by the
frrence with international civil aviation.                             authorized agents of the operator or, where available a
                                                                        security officer, to determine that they are not Itut. A «/, t/
      9.2     Contracting States shall take the necessary               applicable, and then only if stowed by the auil.orizcj
measures in prohibit the introduction on board an aircraft              agents of the operatorj or hy a security officer in a place
enR iK-cd in the carriage of passengers, by any means what-             inaccessible to passengers.
soever, of weapons, th« carriage or bearing of which is not
authorized.                                                                   94         RECOMMENDED                     PRACTICE .-        Contracting
      9 2 1 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- Contracting . - States should establish the necessary procedures to prevent
St.ates should also take the measures referred to in 9.2                the unautnonzed introduction of explores or mccn^rv
above
   ,
          ,n the case of an aircraft not engaged in the carriage        aircralt.
                                                                                "» ^ggage or cargo mtended to be earned on board
of passengers.
      9.3 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE.- The carriage of                              9.5        RECOMMENDED PRACTICE .- There should be
weapons on board aircraft by law enforcement officers and                maximum segregation and special guarding of aircraft which
                                                                        are liable to be attacked during stop-overs. As much
• Provision! rclattd to thla cubjtct ira alto contained In oth«r        advance notification as possible of the arrival of such
     Chapleri uid AnncxM.                                               aircraft should be given to the airpo * authorities.
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                                                                                No . 10
 ---pagebreak---                                                          ANNEX  II
                        FACILITATION ( FAL ) DIVISION
                      DRAFT AGENDA - NINTH SESSION
REPORT ON PREVIOUS WORK , PARTICULARLY ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE SEVENTH EDITION OF ANNEX 9
     Note : The Secretariat will present a report on the work in the Fa
     cilitation field that has been undertaken by the Organization since
     the last Session of the Division . The report will emphasize the efforts
     that have been made to achieve greater implementation of the provisions
     of the Seventh Edition of Annex 9 and will indicate the particular as
     pects of the Annex which require further intensive work by Contracting
     States and their operators . The work of National facilitation Commit
     tees, FAL meetings of other bodies , etc ., will also be reviewed and it
     is hoped that Contracting States and international organizations will
     also provide information on developments in their particular fields
     of interest .
FORMALITIES CONNECTED WITH THE ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF AIRCRAFT
a ) Description , purpose and use of aircraft documents
     Note :   The Division will wish to review aircraft clearance documents
     in the light of developments , such as the continuing increase in pas
     senger and cargo traffic and the growing operation of large-capacity
     aircraft , bearing in mind also Council 's directives , arising from its
     1976 review of the status of implementation of Annex 9 , 7th Edition ,
     relating to paragraphs 2.4 , 2.5 and 2.7.1 of the Annex . For example ,
     the Division may wish to discuss :
                                                      >»
     1)   whether Recommended Practice 2.6 , concerning elimination of the
          Passenger Manifest , should now be raised to a Standard ( with con
          sequential changes elsewhere in the Annex )
     2)   whether the General Declaration can be further simplified , or its
          use be limited to certain cases .
b)   Outbound and Inbound Procedures
     Note : Under this item , proposals may be made for any amendments to
     provisions in Sections C to F of Chapter 2 of Chapter 2 of the Annex .
     The Division , for example , will wish to consider :
 ---pagebreak---     1)  any consequential amendments to paragraphs 2.11 and 2.14
        arising from action under paragraph 2 a ) above ;
    2)  the possibility of up-grading paragraph 2.16 of Annex 9
        to a standard , in the absence of any major difficulties
        in implementing this provision by Contracting States .
c)  Disinsecting of Aircraft
    Note : The Division will be informed of WHO 's action concerning the use
    of a new insecticide for aircraft disinsecting and any other developments
    in this field and determine whether any amendments are necessary to up
    date the provisions in Section G , Chapter 2 of Annex 9 , 7th Edition .
d)  Arrangements concerning International Flights other than Scheduled
    International Air Services
    Note :   This agenda item will give the Division an opportunity to discuss
    difficulties experienced by operators of non-scheduled flights in flying
    over and into Contracting States . In the light of a continuing increase
    of such operations in various parts of the world , the Division will wish
    to examine the existing provisions of Section H of Chapter 2 , Annex 9 ,
    7th Edition , to see if any improvements could be introduced to that Section .
    For example , the Division may :
    1)  review paragraph 2.30.4 to determine to what extent it    is already
        covered in paragraph 2.30.1 ;
    2)  consider certain amendments to paragraph 2.31 , aimed at making its
        intent more clear and thereby reducing the number of differences no
        tified against it ( Council 's 1976 review of status of implementation
        refers );                                       N
   3 ) discuss the possibility of rearranging the sequence of some of the
        provisions and perhaps group them under pertinent sub-headings *
FORMALITIES CONNECTED WITH THE ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF PERSONS
a) Entry Requirements and Procedures
   Note : Passenger traffic volumes on international flights have increased
    considerably since the last FAL Division Session in 1973 and there is a
   growing need for further simplification of documentary' requirements and
   accelerated clearance procedures at international airports . Under this
    agenda item, the Division will have an opportunity to discuss proposals
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   aimed in this direction while , at the same time , taking into account
   Council 's directives arising from its 1976 review of the status of im
   plementation of Annex 9 , in relation to paragraphs 3.8.2 ., 3.8.3 . and
   3.10 of the Annex . In particular , the Division might wish to consider
   such matters as   :
   1)   possible up-grading of existing paragraph 3.5.3 . to a Standard ,
        aimed at greater simplification in passport-issuing procedures ;
   2)   introduction of a reference in Chapter 3 , Section 8-1 , to the Pass
        port Card, following ICAO action on the final report of the Panel on
        Passport Cards ;
   3)   Further action which might be taken to encourage elimination of visa
        requirements for temporary visitors ( paragraph 3.7 of the Annex re
        fers ) ;
   4)   amendments to paragraph 3.12 of the Annex resulting from WHC action
        concerning certain quarancinable diseases ;
   5)   difficulties experienced at many international airports in the slow
        delivery of inbound baggage to claim areas and measures to improve
        the situation .
b) Departure Requirements and Procédures
   Note : In discussing formalities and procedures related to the clearance
   or departing passengers and their baggage , the Division will wish to make
   a distinction between customs and immigration control requirements of
   States on the one hand and those imposed for airport / aircraft security
   purposes on the other . As to the former there appears to be room for
   further improvements and the Division is invited to discuss , inter alia
   ways and means of accelerating the processing of passengers and baggage
   at all points from the time passengers and their baggage arrive at the
   airport until they board the aircraft . Concerning security aspects , the
   Division may wish to review the facilitation aspects in such procedures
   and , in particular , consider possible amendments to paragraphs 3.25 and
   3.28 in the light of Council 's directives of 15 December 1977 ( C-DEC 92/ 17 ).
c) Other matters affecting the Entry and Departure of     Persons
   Note : This item is included to permit discussion of any matters , related
   to the entry and departure of persons , not covered under item 3 a ) and
   3 b) above . For example , such questions as the custody and care of pas
   sengers and crew are usually discussed by the Division .
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FORMALITIES CONNECTED WITH THE ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF CARGO AND OTH ER
ARTICLES
a)  Electronic Data Processing Techniques
    Note : The Eighth Session of the FAL Division introduced a new Section
    fTTnto Chapter 4 of the Annex , comprising paragraphs 4.4 to 4.6 , on
    the above subject . Since then , the use of EDP techniques in controlling
    the movement of air cargo between shipper and consignee , including its
    clearance through customs , etc ., has become more widespread . Improve
    ments have been made in EDP techniques , based on the experience gained
    since their inception , and the Division will wish to review develop
    ments in this field and consider to what extent they might be reflected
    in Chapter 4 of the Annex . For example , the Division might give some
    thought to achieving wider acceptance by States of EDP-produced docu
    ments for clearance purposes , possibly through up-grading of paragraph
    4.4 to a Standard .
b)  Clearance of export cargo
    Note : The volume of air cargo on international flights continues to
    grow from year to year , aided by the increased freight capacities of
    fered in wide-body passenger and all-cargo aircraft . Since costs on
    the ground continue to constitute a high proportion of the total costs ,
    States and their operators will wish to make every effort to reduce
    this proportion . While ground handling aspects will be considered under
    agenda item 6 and import aspects under item 4 c ) below , the present
    item will enable the Division to concentrate on possible steps designed
    to :
                                                     Ν
    1)   further reduce clearance documentation for cargo to be exported
         by air ; and
    2)   achieve greater simplification and acceleration in the actual
         clearance procedures for such cargo .
c)  Clearance of import cargo
    Note : In order to reduce delays at the import end and to expedite
    delivery of air cargo to the consignee , the Division will wish to re
    view developments since its last session and discuss the possibility
    of making further progress in speeding up the clearance of inbound
     cargo . For example , the Division may consider such aspects as J
    1)   factors contributing to long dwell times of shipments in air
         cargo terminals and steps to ameliorate the situation ;
    2 ) ways and means of reducing and/ or simplifying documentary require
         ments for imported air crago .
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    other articles
    Note : Any matters connected with air cargo and other articles , not
    covered under agenda items 4 a ), 4 b ) and 4 c ) above , will be discussed
    under this item , e.g. :
    1)   additional measures designed to facilitate the growing use of
         containers and pallets in international air transport ;
    2)  problems with respect of temporary import of aircraft equipment ,
         spare parts , ground equipment , etc . ;
    3)   cargo and other articles not entering the country of intended des
        tination ( i.e. as a result of erroneous lading or unlading ) ;
    4)  mail documents and procedures .
PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC PASSING THROUGH THE TERRITORY OF A CONTRACTING STATE
    Note : Chapter 5 of Annex 9 takes into account three categories of
    traffic - a ) in transit on the same through-flight , b ) transferring
    to another flight at the same airport , and c ) transferring to another
    airport . The Division will probably wish to examine the provisions in
    each of the sections in this Chapter to determine if further simpli
    fications in transit arrangements and procedures can be obtained . In
    the light of Council 's directives arising from its review of the status
    of implementation of the Annex , the Division will also review paragraph
    5.4.1 in the light of differences notified by States , for the purpose
    of recommending appropriate action thereon .
THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC AT INTERNA
TIONAL AIRPORTS
a)  Airport Traffic Flow Arrangements
    Note :   The provision of proper traffic flow arrangements at airports
    for passengers , crew, baggage , cargo and mail on arrival , departure
    or in transit , is becoming more important as the volume of traffic
    grows , modifications to airport terminal buildings are being made and
    new terminals are being constructed . In this connexion , the question
    of the permanent relationship of standard signs to Annex 9 will need
    to be reconsidered by the Division as requested in Rec . No . B-9 ,
    clause d) of the 8th Session , as subsequently approved by Council .
    Various ways in which traffic flow improvements can be made will be
    examined, for example , so as   to :
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       1 ) ensure that arrangements are made at airports for the most direct
            flow routes with no crossing between different circuits ;
       2 ) ensure that the comfort and convenience of passengers is borne in
            mind ( e.g. provision of adequate toilet facilities , telephones ,
            snack-bars , etc .) ;
       3 ) expedite the handling and flow of large volumes of cargo and mail .
   b)  The Provision of Facilities and Services
       Note :    Under this item , the Division will wish to consider the demands
       made on governmental control authorities and operators for facilities
       and the provision of service covered under Sections C , D and E of Chap
       ter 6 of the Annex , so as to cope with continually increasing traffic
       e.g.   :
       1)   adequate space and facilities for the exercise of Customs , Immi
            gration , Public Health and Animal and Plant Quarantine Controls ;
       2)   other services , such as banking / monetary exchange facilities to
            meet the needs of air travellers and shippers of cargo .
7. OTHER FACILITATION MATTERS
       Note : Any proposals on Facilitation matters not falling under pre
        ceding agenda items will be considered under this item , e.g. those ret
        related to :
                                                          Ν
        1)   landings elsewhere than at international airports ;
        2)   bonds and exemption from requisition or seizure , errors in docu
             mentation and penalties therefore , etc .;
        3)   facilitation of search , rescue , accident inquiry and - salvage .
8. WAYS AND MEANS OF ACHIEVING MAXIMUM IMPLEMENTATION OF      THE RECOMMENDATIONS
   OF THE PRESENT SESSION OF THE DIVISION AND THE ORGANIZATION 'S      FAL PROGRAMME
   GENERALLY
        Note : Having reviewed , under agenda item 1 , the work by the Organi
        zation , Contracting States and their operators towards achieving grea
        ter implementation of the FAL programme and in the light of the work
        done by the Division at its present Session , the Division is requested
        to consider whether any additional ways and means of promoting Facili
        tation can be adopted .
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 9.  PLANS FOR FUTURE FAL DIVISION MEETINGS
     a)  Recommendations concerning the problems and studies to be worked on
         by Contracting States and the Organization between the 9th and 10th
         Sessions of the Division
         Note :  To be developed in the light of discussions held during the
         9th Session of the Division .
     b)  Recommendations concerning the Agenda and date for convening the 10th
         Session
         Note :  To be developed in the light of discussions held during the
         9th Session of the Division .
10 . APPROVAL OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE 9TH SESSION