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Facilitation

Annex 9

to the Convention onInternational Civil Aviation

International Civil Aviation Organization

International Standards and

Recommended Practices

Twelfth EditionJuly 2005

This edition incorporates all amendmentsadopted by the Council prior to 8 March 2005and supersedes, on 24 November 2005, allprevious editions of Annex 9.

For information regarding the applicabilityof the Standards and Recommended Practices,

Foreword.see



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (v)

CHAPTER 1. Definitions and general principles . . . . 1-1

A. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1B. General principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

CHAPTER 2. Entry and departure of aircraft . . . . . . 2-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1B. Documents — requirements and use . . . . . . . . 2-1C. Correction of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2D. Disinsection of aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2E. Disinfection of aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2F. Arrangements concerning international

general aviation and other non-scheduledflights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3I. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3II. Prior authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3III. Advance notification of arrival . . . . . . . . . 2-3IV. Clearance and sojourn of aircraft . . . . . . . 2-4

CHAPTER 3. Entry and departure of persons andtheir baggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1B. Documents required for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1C. Security of travel documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1D. Travel documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1E. Exit visas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2F. Entry/re-entry visas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2G. Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards . . . . . . . . . 3-2H. Certificates of vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3I. Inspection of travel documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3J. Departure procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3K. Entry procedures and responsibilities . . . . . . . . 3-3L. Transit procedures and requirements . . . . . . . . 3-4M. Disposition of baggage separated from

its owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5N. Identification and entry of crew and other

aircraft operators’ personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5O. Flight operations and cabin safety

inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

CHAPTER 4. Entry and departure of cargo andother articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1B. Information required by the public

authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1C. Release and clearance of export cargo . . . . . . . 4-2D. Release and clearance of import cargo . . . . . . . 4-2E. Spare parts, equipment, stores and

other material imported or exported by aircraft operators in connection with international services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

F. Containers and pallets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3G. Mail documents and procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

CHAPTER 5. Inadmissible persons and deportees . . . 5-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1B. Inadmissable persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1C. Deportees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2D. Procurement of a replacement travel

document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

CHAPTER 6 International airports — facilitiesand services for traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1B. Airport traffic flow arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

I. Common provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1II. Parking and servicing arrangements . . . . . . 6-2III. Outbound passengers, crew

and baggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2IV. Inbound passengers, crew

and baggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3V. Transit and transfer of passengers

and crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4VI. Miscellaneous facilities and services

in passenger terminal buildings . . . . . . . . . 6-4VII. Cargo and mail handling and

clearance facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4C. Facilities required for implementation of

public health, emergency medical relief, and animal and plant quarantine measures . . . . 6-5

D. Facilities required for clearance controls and operation of control services . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

E. Monetary exchange facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6F. Unruly passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7



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CHAPTER 7. Landing elsewhere than atinternational airports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

A. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1B. Short stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1C. No resumption of flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

CHAPTER 8. Other facilitation provisions . . . . . . . . 8-1

A. Bonds and exemption from requisition orseizure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

B. Facilitation of search, rescue, accidentinvestigation and salvage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

C. Relief flights following natural and man-made disasters which seriously endanger human health or the environment, and similar emergency situations where United Nations (UN) assistance is required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

D. Marine pollution and safety emergencyoperations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

E. Implementation of international healthregulations and related provisions . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

F. Establishment of national facilitationprogrammes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

G. Facilitation of the transport of passengers requiring special assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3I. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3II. Access to airports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3III. Access to air services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

H. Assistance to aircraft accident victimsand their families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

APPENDIX 1. General Declaration . . . . . . . . . . APP 1-1

APPENDIX 2. Passenger Manifest . . . . . . . . . . . APP 2-1

APPENDIX 3. Cargo Manifest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 3-1

APPENDIX 4. Certificate of residual disinsection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 4-1

APPENDIX 5. Embarkation/Disembarkation Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 5-1

APPENDIX 6. Recommendation of the CustomsCo-operation Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 6-1

APPENDIX 7. Crew Member Certificate (CMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 7-1

APPENDIX 8. Civil Aviation SafetyInspector Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 8-1

APPENDIX 9. Suggested formats for documentsrelating to the return of inadmissible persons . . . . APP 9-1

APPENDIX 10. United Nations layout keyfor trade documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 10-1

APPENDIX 11. Model airport facilitation(FAL) programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 11-1

APPENDIX 12. Model national FAL programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APP 12-1



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ANNEX 9 (v) 24/11/05

FOREWORD

Historical background

Standards and Recommended Practices on Facilitation werefirst adopted by the Council on 25 March 1949, pursuant to theprovisions of Article 37 of the Convention on InternationalCivil Aviation (Chicago, 1944), and designated as Annex 9 tothe Convention with the title “Standards and RecommendedPractices — Facilitation”. They became effective on1 September 1949. The Standards and Recommended Prac-tices were based on recommendations of the First and SecondSessions of the Facilitation Division, held at Montreal in Feb-ruary 1946 and at Geneva in June 1948. They were expandedand amended comprehensively as a result of subsequentSessions of the Division, i.e., the Third Session, held atBuenos Aires in December 1951, the Fourth Session, held atManila in October 1955, the Fifth Session, held at Rome inDecember 1959, the Sixth Session, held at Mexico City inMarch-April 1963, the Seventh Session, held at Montreal inMay 1968, the Eighth Session, held at Dubrovnik in March1973, the Ninth Session held at Montreal in April-May 1979,the Tenth Session held at Montreal in September 1988 and theEleventh Session held in Montreal in April 1995, and theThird Meeting of the Facilitation (FAL) Panel held in Montrealin February 2001. As a result of the Division’s and FALPanel’s Recommendations for amendment of Annex 9 andCouncil’s action thereon, the Second Edition of Annex 9became effective on 1 March 1953, the Third Edition on1 November 1956, the Fourth Edition on 1 November 1960,the Fifth Edition on 1 April 1964, the Sixth Edition on 1 April1969, the Seventh Edition on 15 April 1974, the EighthEdition on 15 July 1980, the Ninth Edition on 15 November1990, the Tenth Edition on 30 April 1997 and the EleventhEdition on 15 July 2002.

Twelfth Edition.— The present edition incorporates, interalia, provisions arising from the A-type recommendations of theTwelfth Session of the Facilitation Division (FAL/12) (Cairo,Egypt, 22 March to 1 April 2004) on issues including MachineReadable Travel Documents (MRTDs), the deployment ofbiometric technologies in travel documents, aviation security,travel document fraud and illegal immigration, advancepassenger information, international health issues and regu-lations, and assistance to aircraft accident victims and theirfamilies. This again resulted in a comprehensive amendment ofAnnex 9. This Twelfth Edition of Annex 9 became effective on11 July 2005 and is to become applicable on 24 November2005.

The Standards and Recommended Practices on Facilitationare the outcome of Article 37 of the Convention, which

provides, inter alia, that the “International Civil AviationOrganization shall adopt and amend from time to time, as maybe necessary, international standards and recommendedpractices and procedures dealing with . . . customs and immi-gration procedures . . . and such other matters concerned withthe safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation as mayfrom time to time appear appropriate”. The policy with respectto the implementation by States of the Standards and Rec-ommended Practices on Facilitation is strengthened byArticle 22 of the Convention, which expresses the obligationaccepted by each Contracting State “to adopt all practicablemeasures, through the issuance of special regulations or other-wise, to facilitate and expedite navigation by aircraft betweenthe territories of Contracting States, and to prevent unnecess-ary delays to aircraft, crews, passengers, and cargo, especiallyin the administration of the laws relating to immigration,quarantine, customs and clearance”, and by Article 23 of theConvention, which expresses the undertaking of each Con-tracting State “so far as it may find practicable, to establishcustoms and immigration procedures affecting international airnavigation in accordance with the practices which may beestablished or recommended from time to time pursuant to thisConvention”.*

In addition to the Standards and Recommended Practices ofAnnex 9, the Organization’s FAL Programme is based on theFAL Resolutions of the Assembly and B-type recommendationsof FAL Division Sessions which are those recommendationswhich do not suggest amendments to the Annex provisions.

Applicability

As indicated in Chapter 1, Section B, the Standards andRecommended Practices in this document apply to all

* A number of other articles of the Convention have specialpertinence to the provisions of the FAL Annex and have beentaken into account in its preparation. In particular, personsresponsible for the implementation of the provisions of this Annexshould be familiar with the following articles in addition toArticles 22 and 23:Article 10, Landing at customs airport;Article 11, Applicability of air regulations;Article 13, Entry and clearance regulations;Article 14, Prevention of spread of disease;Article 24, Customs duty;Article 29, Documents carried in aircraft; Article 35, Cargo restrictions.



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categories of aircraft operation except where a particularprovision specifically refers to one type of operation withoutmentioning other types of operations.

The Standards and Recommended Practices on Facilitationinevitably take two forms: first a “negative” form, e.g. thatStates shall not impose more than certain maximum require-ments in the way of paperwork, restrictions of freedom ofmovement, etc., and second a “positive” form, e.g. that Statesshall provide certain minimum facilities for passenger con-venience, for traffic which is merely passing through, etc.Whenever a question arises under a “negative” provision, it isassumed that States will, wherever possible, relax theirrequirements below the maximum set forth in the Standardsand Recommended Practices. Wherever there is a “positive”provision, it is assumed that States will, wherever possible,furnish more than the minimum set forth in the Standards andRecommended Practices.

Action by Contracting States

Notification of differences. The attention of Contracting Statesis drawn to the obligation imposed by Article 38 of theConvention by which Contracting States are required to notifythe Organization of any differences between their nationalregulations and practices and the International Standards con-tained in this Annex and any amendments thereto. ContractingStates are invited to extend such notification to any differencesfrom the Recommended Practices contained in this Annex, andany amendments thereto. Further, Contracting States areinvited to keep the Organization currently informed of any dif-ferences which may subsequently occur, or of the withdrawalof any differences previously notified. A specific request fornotification of differences will be sent to Contracting Statesimmediately after the adoption of each Amendment to thisAnnex.

Attention of States is also drawn to the provision ofAnnex 15 related to the publication of significant differencesbetween their national regulations and practices and the relatedICAO Standards and Recommended Practices through theAeronautical Information Service, in addition to the obligationof States under Article 38 of the Convention.

Promulgation of information. The establishment and with-drawal of and changes to facilities, services and proceduresaffecting aircraft operations provided in accordance with theStandards and Recommended Practices specified in this Annexshould be notified and take effect in accordance with theprovisions of Annex 15.

Contracting States should make every effort to publish theFAL information required by Annex 15 (as amplified by theAeronautical Information Services Manual — Doc 8126) and,in particular, ensure that they conform with the new require-ments as to presentation and contents of such informationprescribed by the Twelfth Edition of Annex 15.

Use of the text of the Annex in national regulations. TheCouncil, on 13 April 1948, adopted a resolution inviting theattention of Contracting States to the desirability of using intheir own national regulations, as far as practicable, the preciselanguage of those ICAO Standards that are of a regulatorycharacter and also indicating departures from the Standards,including any additional national regulations that wereimportant for the safety or regularity of air navigation.Wherever possible, the provisions of this Annex have beenwritten in such a way as would facilitate incorporation,without major textual changes, into national legislation.

General information

An Annex is made up of the following component parts, notall of which, however, are necessarily found in every Annex;they have the status indicated:

1.— Material comprising the Annex proper

a) Standards and Recommended Practices adopted bythe Council under the provisions of the Convention.They are defined, in the case of this Annex, asfollows:

Standard: Any specification, the uniform observanceof which has been recognized as practicable and asnecessary to facilitate and improve some aspect ofinternational air navigation, which has been adoptedby the Council pursuant to Article 54 (l) of the Con-vention, and in respect of which non-compliancemust be notified by Contracting States to the Councilin accordance with Article 38.

Recommended Practice: Any specification, theobservance of which has been recognized asgenerally practicable and as highly desirable tofacilitate and improve some aspect of internationalair navigation, which has been adopted by theCouncil pursuant to Article 54 (l) of the Convention,and to which Contracting States will endeavour toconform in accordance with the Convention.

b) Appendices comprising material grouped separatelyfor convenience but forming part of the Standardsand Recommended Practices adopted by the Council.

c) Definitions of terms used in the Standards and Rec-ommended Practices which are not self-explanatoryin that they do not have accepted dictionary mean-ings. A definition does not have an independentstatus but it is an essential part of each Standard andRecommended Practice in which the term is used,since a change in the meaning of the term wouldaffect the specification.



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2.— Material approved by the Council for publication inassociation with the Standards and Recommended Practices

a) Forewords comprising historical and explanatorymaterial based on the action of the Council andincluding an explanation of the obligations of Stateswith regard to the application of the Standards andRecommended Practices ensuing from the Conventionand the Resolution of Adoption.

b) Introductions comprising explanatory material intro-duced at the beginning of parts, chapters or sectionsof the Annex to assist in the understanding of theapplication of the text.

c) Notes included in the text, where appropriate, to givefactual information or references bearing on theStandards or Recommended Practices in question,but not constituting part of the Standards or Rec-ommended Practices.

d) Attachments comprising material supplementary tothe Standards and Recommended Practices, orincluded as a guide to their application.

This Annex has been adopted in six languages — English,Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. Each Con-tracting State is requested to select one of those texts for thepurpose of national implementation and for other effectsprovided for in the Convention, either through direct use orthrough translation into its own national language, and tonotify the Organization accordingly.

The following practice has been adhered to in order toindicate at a glance the status of each statement: Standardshave been printed in light face roman; RecommendedPractices have been printed in light face italics, the statusbeing indicated by the words Recommended Practice; Noteshave been printed in light face italics, the status beingindicated by the prefix Note.

Any reference to a portion of this document which isidentified by a number includes all subdivisions of theportion.

Throughout this Annex, the use of the male gender shouldbe understood to include male and female persons.



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INTERNATIONAL STANDARDSAND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES

CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

A. Definitions

When the following terms are used in the Standards andRecommended Practices on Facilitation, they have the follow-ing meanings:

Admission. The permission granted to a person to enter a Stateby the public authorities of that State in accordance with itsnational laws.

Aircraft equipment. Articles, including first-aid and survivalequipment and commissary supplies, but not spare parts orstores, for use on board an aircraft during flight.

Aircraft operator. A person, organization or enterpriseengaged in or offering to engage in an aircraft operation.

Aircraft operators’ documents. Air waybills/consignmentnotes, passenger tickets and boarding passes, bank andagent settlement plan documents, excess baggage tickets,miscellaneous charges orders (M.C.O.), damage and irregu-larity reports, baggage and cargo labels, timetables, andweight and balance documents, for use by aircraft opera-tors.

Airline. As provided in Article 96 of the Convention, any airtransport enterprise offering or operating a scheduled inter-national air service.

Authorized agent. A person who represents an aircraftoperator and who is authorized by or on behalf of suchoperator to act on formalities connected with the entry andclearance of the operator’s aircraft, crew, passengers, cargo,mail, baggage or stores and includes, where national lawpermits, a third party authorized to handle cargo on theaircraft.

Baggage. Personal property of passengers or crew carried onan aircraft by agreement with the operator.

Border integrity. The enforcement, by a State, of its lawsand/or regulations concerning the movement of goodsand/or persons across its borders.

Cargo. Any property carried on an aircraft other than mail,stores and accompanied or mishandled baggage.

Clearance of goods. The accomplishment of the customsformalities necessary to allow goods to enter home use, to beexported or to be placed under another customs procedure.

Commencement of journey. The point at which the personbegan his journey, without taking into account any airportat which he stopped in direct transit, either on a through-flight or a connecting flight, if he did not leave the directtransit area of the airport in question.

Commissary supplies. Items, either disposable or intended formultiple use, that are used by the aircraft operator for pro-vision of services during flights, in particular for catering,and for the comfort of passengers.

Crew member. A person assigned by an operator to duty on anaircraft during a flight duty period.

Declarant. Any person who makes a goods declaration or inwhose name such a declaration is made.

Deportation order. A written order, issued by the competentauthorities of a State and served upon a deportee, directinghim to leave that State.

Deportee. A person who had legally been admitted to a Stateby its authorities or who had entered a State illegally, andwho at some later time is formally ordered by the com-petent authorities to leave that State.

Direct transit area. A special area established in an inter-national airport, approved by the public authoritiesconcerned and under their direct supervision or control,where passengers can stay during transit or transfer withoutapplying for entry to the State.

Direct transit arrangements. Special arrangements approvedby the public authorities concerned by which traffic whichis pausing briefly in its passage through the ContractingState may remain under their direct control.



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Disembarkation. The leaving of an aircraft after a landing,except by crew or passengers continuing on the next stageof the same through-flight.

Disinsection. The operation in which measures are taken tocontrol or kill insects present in aircraft and in containers.

Embarkation. The boarding of an aircraft for the purpose ofcommencing a flight, except by such crew or passengers ashave embarked on a previous stage of the same through-flight.

Flight crew member. A licensed crew member charged withduties essential to the operation of an aircraft during a flightduty period.

Free zone. A part of the territory of a Contracting State whereany goods introduced are generally regarded, insofar asimport duties and taxes are concerned, as being outside thecustoms territory.

General aviation operation. An aircraft operation other than acommercial air transport operation or an aerial workoperation.

Ground equipment. Articles of a specialized nature for usein the maintenance, repair and servicing of an aircraft onthe ground, including testing equipment and cargo- andpassenger-handling equipment.

Immigration control. Measures adopted by States to controlthe entry into, transit through and departure from theirterritories of persons travelling by air.

Import duties and taxes. Customs duties and all other duties,taxes or charges, which are collected on or in connectionwith the importation of goods. Not included are any chargeswhich are limited in amount to the approximate cost ofservices rendered or collected by the customs on behalf ofanother national authority.

Improperly documented person. A person who travels, orattempts to travel: (a) with an expired travel document oran invalid visa; (b) with a counterfeit, forged or alteredtravel document or visa; (c) with someone else’s traveldocument or visa; (d) without a travel document; or (e)without a visa, if required.

Inadmissible person. A person who is or will be refusedadmission to a State by its authorities.

Infected area. (for human health purposes) Defined as geo-graphical areas where human and/or animal vector-bornediseases are actively transmitted, as reported by local ornational public health authorities or by the World HealthOrganization.

Note.— A list of infected areas notified by health admin-istrations is published in the World Health Organization’sWeekly Epidemiological Record.

International airport. Any airport designated by the Con-tracting State in whose territory it is situated as an airportof entry and departure for international air traffic, where theformalities incident to customs, immigration, public health,animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures arecarried out.

Lading. The placing of cargo, mail, baggage or stores on boardan aircraft to be carried on a flight.

Mail. Dispatches of correspondence and other items tenderedby and intended for delivery to postal services in accord-ance with the rules of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Mishandled baggage. Baggage involuntarily, or inadvertently,separated from passengers or crew.

Narcotics control. Measures to control the illicit movement ofnarcotics and psychotropic substances by air.

Person with disabilities. Any person whose mobility is reduceddue to a physical incapacity (sensory or locomotor), anintellectual deficiency, age, illness or any other cause ofdisability when using transport and whose situation needsspecial attention and the adaptation to the person’s needs ofthe services made available to all passengers.

Pilot-in-command. The pilot responsible for the operation andsafety of the aircraft during flight time.

Public authorities. The agencies or officials of a ContractingState responsible for the application and enforcement of theparticular laws and regulations of that State which relate toany aspect of these Standards and Recommended Practices.

Release of goods. The action by the customs authorities topermit goods undergoing clearance to be placed at thedisposal of the persons concerned.

Relief flights. Flights operated for humanitarian purposeswhich carry relief personnel and relief supplies such asfood, clothing, shelter, medical and other items during orafter an emergency and/or disaster and/or are used toevacuate persons from a place where their life or health isthreatened by such emergency and/or disaster to a safehaven in the same State or another State willing to receivesuch persons.

Removal of a person. Action by the public authorities of aState, in accordance with its laws, to direct a person toleave that State.

Removal order. A written order served by a State on the oper-ator on whose flight an inadmissible person travelled intothat State, directing the operator to remove that person fromits territory.



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Risk assessment. An assessment by a deporting State of adeportee’s suitability for escorted or unescorted removalvia commercial air services. The assessment should takeinto account all pertinent factors, including medical, mentaland physical fitness for carriage on a commercial flight,willingness or unwillingness to travel, behavioural patternsand any history of violence.

Risk management. The systematic application of managementprocedures and practices which provide border inspectionagencies with the necessary information to address move-ments or consignments which represent a risk.

Security equipment. Devices of a specialized nature for use,individually or as part of a system, in the prevention ordetection of acts of unlawful interference with civil aviationand its facilities.

Spare parts. Articles, including engines and propellers, of arepair or replacement nature for incorporation in an aircraft.

State of Registry. The State on whose register the aircraft isentered.

Stores (Supplies). a) Stores (supplies) for consumption; and b)Stores (supplies) to be taken away.

Stores (Supplies) for consumption. Goods, whether or notsold, intended for consumption by the passengers andthe crew on board aircraft, and goods necessary for theoperation and maintenance of aircraft, including fuel andlubricants.

Stores (Supplies) to be taken away. Goods for sale to thepassengers and the crew of aircraft with a view to beinglanded.

Temporary admission. The customs procedure under whichcertain goods can be brought into a customs territoryconditionally relieved totally or partially from payment ofimport duties and taxes; such goods must be imported for aspecific purpose and must be intended for re-exportationwithin a specified period and without having undergone anychange except normal depreciation due to the use made ofthem.

Through-flight. A particular operation of aircraft, identifiedby the operator by the use throughout of the same symbol,from point of origin via any intermediate points to point ofdestination.

Travel document. A passport or other official document ofidentity issued by a State or organization, which may beused by the rightful holder for international travel.

Unaccompanied baggage. Baggage that is transported as cargoand may or may not be carried on the same aircraft with theperson to whom it belongs.

Unclaimed baggage. Baggage that arrives at an airport and isnot picked up or claimed by a passenger.

Unidentified baggage. Baggage at an airport, with or withouta baggage tag, which is not picked up by or identified witha passenger.

Unlading. The removal of cargo, mail, baggage or stores froman aircraft after a landing.

Visitor. Any person who disembarks and enters the territory ofa Contracting State other than that in which that personnormally resides; remains there lawfully as prescribed bythat Contracting State for legitimate non-immigrant pur-poses, such as touring, recreation, sports, health, familyreasons, religious pilgrimages, or business; and does not takeup any gainful occupation during his stay in the territoryvisited.

B. General Principles

1.1 The Standards and Recommended Practices in thisAnnex shall apply to all categories of aircraft operation exceptwhere a particular provision refers specifically to only onetype of operation.

1.2 Contracting States shall take necessary measures toensure that:

a) the time required for the accomplishment of bordercontrols in respect of persons and aircraft and for therelease/clearance of goods is kept to the minimum;

b) minimum inconvenience is caused by the application ofadministrative and control requirements;

c) exchange of relevant information between ContractingStates, operators and airports is fostered and promotedto the greatest extent possible; and

d) optimal levels of security, and compliance with the law,are attained.

1.3 Contracting States shall use risk management in theapplication of border control procedures for the release/clearanceof goods.

1.4 Contracting States shall develop effective informationtechnology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of theirprocedures at airports.

1.5 Contracting States shall develop procedures for thepre-arrival lodgement of data so as to enable expeditiousrelease/clearance.

1.6 The provisions of this Annex shall not preclude theapplication of national legislation with regard to aviationsecurity measures or other necessary controls.



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CHAPTER 2. ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF AIRCRAFT

A. General

2.1 Contracting States shall adopt appropriate measuresfor the clearance of aircraft arriving from or departing toanother Contracting State and shall implement them in such amanner as to prevent unnecessary delays.

2.2 In developing procedures aimed at the efficientclearance of entering or departing aircraft, Contracting Statesshall take into account the application of aviation security andnarcotics control measures, where appropriate.

2.3 Recommended Practice.— The appropriate publicauthorities of Contracting States should enter into Memorandaof Understanding with the airlines providing internationalservices to that State and with the operators of its internationalairports, setting out guidelines for their mutual cooperation incountering the threat posed by international trafficking innarcotics and psychotropic substances. Such Memoranda ofUnderstanding should be patterned after the applicable modelsdeveloped by the World Customs Organization for this purpose.In addition, Contracting States are encouraged to concludeMemoranda of Understanding amongst themselves.

2.4 Recommended Practice.— In accordance with theInternational Health Regulations of the World Health Organiz-ation, Contracting States should not interrupt air transportservices for health reasons. In cases where, in exceptionalcircumstances, such service suspensions are under consider-ation, Contracting States should first consult with the WorldHealth Organization and the health authorities of the State ofoccurrence of the disease before taking any decision as to thesuspension of air transport services.

B. Documents — requirements and use

2.5 Contracting States shall not require any documents,other than those provided for in this Chapter, for the entry anddeparture of aircraft.

2.6 Contracting States shall not require a visa nor shallany visa or other fee be collected in connection with the useof any documentation required for the entry or departure ofaircraft.

2.7 Recommended Practice.— Documents for entry anddeparture of aircraft should be accepted if furnished in Arabic,English, French, Russian or Spanish. Any Contracting State mayrequire an oral or written translation into its own language.

2.8 Subject to the technological capabilities of the Con-tracting State, documents for the entry and departure of aircraftshall be accepted when presented:

a) in electronic form, transmitted to an information systemof the public authorities;

b) in paper form, produced or transmitted electronically; or

c) in paper form, completed manually following theformats depicted in this Annex.

2.9 When a particular document is transmitted by or onbehalf of the aircraft operator and received by the publicauthorities in electronic form, the Contracting State shall notrequire the presentation of the same document in paper form.

2.10 Contracting States shall not normally require thepresentation of a General Declaration.

2.10.1 On those occasions when a General Declaration isrequired, the information requirements shall be limited to theelements indicated in Appendix 1. The information shall beaccepted in either electronic or paper form.

2.11 When a Contracting State requires the GeneralDeclaration only for the purposes of attestation, it shall adoptmeasures by which that attestation requirement may be satis-fied by a statement added, either manually or by use of arubber stamp containing the required text, to one page of theCargo Manifest. Such attestation shall be signed by theauthorized agent or the pilot-in-command.

2.12 Contracting States shall not normally require thepresentation of a Passenger Manifest. On those occasions whena Passenger Manifest is required, the information requirementsshall be limited to the elements indicated in Appendix 2. Theinformation shall be accepted in either electronic or paper form.

2.13 When a Contracting State requires the presentationof the Cargo Manifest in paper form, it shall accept either:

a) the form shown in Appendix 3, completed according tothe instructions; or

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2.14 Contracting States shall not require the presentationof a written declaration of stores remaining on board theaircraft.

2.15 In respect of stores laden on or unladen from theaircraft, the information required in the Stores List shall notexceed:

a) the information indicated in the heading of the format ofthe Cargo Manifest;

b) the number of units of each commodity; and

c) the nature of each commodity.

2.16 Contracting States shall not require the presentationof a list of accompanied baggage or mishandled baggage ladenon or unladen from the aircraft.

2.17 Contracting States shall not require the presentationof a written declaration of the mail other than the form(s)prescribed in the Acts in force of the Universal Postal Union.

2.18 Contracting States shall not require the aircraftoperator to deliver to the public authorities more than threecopies of any of the above-mentioned documents at the time ofentry or departure of the aircraft.

2.19 If the aircraft is not embarking/disembarking pass-engers or lading/unlading cargo, stores or mail, the relevantdocument(s) shall not be required, provided an appropriatenotation is included in the General Declaration.

C. Correction of documents

2.20 In the event that errors are found in any of theabove-mentioned documents, the public authorities concernedshall accord the aircraft operator or authorized agent an oppor-tunity to correct such errors or shall alternatively perform suchcorrections themselves.

2.21 The aircraft operator or his authorized agent shall notbe subjected to penalties if he satisfies the public authoritiesconcerned that any error which was found in such documentswas inadvertent and made without fraudulent intent or grossnegligence. When considered necessary to discourage a rep-etition of such errors, a penalty shall be no greater than isnecessary for this purpose.

D. Disinsection of aircraft

2.22 Contracting States shall limit any routine require-ment for the disinsection of aircraft cabins and flight deckswith an aerosol while passengers and crews are on board, to

same-aircraft operations originating in, or operating via, terri-tories that they consider to pose a threat to their public health,agriculture or environment.

2.23 Contracting States that require disinsection of aircraftshall periodically review their requirements and modify them,as appropriate, in the light of all available evidence relating tothe transmission of insects to their respective territories viaaircraft.

2.24 When disinsection is required a Contracting Stateshall authorize or accept only those methods, whetherchemical or non-chemical, and/or insecticides, which arerecommended by the World Health Organization and areconsidered efficacious by the Contracting State.

Note.— This provision does not preclude the trial andtesting of other methods for ultimate approval by the WorldHealth Organization.

2.25 Contracting States shall ensure that their proceduresfor disinsection are not injurious to the health of passengersand crew and cause the minimum of discomfort to them.

2.26 Contracting States shall, upon request, provide toaircraft operators appropriate information, in plain language,for air crew and passengers, explaining the pertinent nationalregulation, the reasons for the requirement, and the safety ofproperly performed aircraft disinsection.

2.27 When disinsection has been performed in accordancewith procedures recommended by the World Health Organiz-ation, the Contracting State concerned shall accept a pertinentcertification on the General Declaration as provided for inAppendix 1 or, in the case of residual disinsection, the Certifi-cate of Residual Disinsection set forth in Appendix 4.

2.28 When disinsection has been properly performed pur-suant to 2.24 and a certificate as indicated in 2.27 is presentedor made available to the public authorities in the country ofarrival, the authorities shall normally accept that certificateand permit passengers and crew to disembark immediatelyfrom the aircraft.

2.29 Contracting States shall ensure that any insecticideor any other substance used for disinsection does not have adeleterious effect on the structure of the aircraft or its oper-ating equipment. Flammable chemical compounds or solutionslikely to damage aircraft structure, such as by corrosion, shallnot be employed.

E. Disinfection of aircraft

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certificates from health authorities. When aircraft disinfectionis required, the following provisions shall apply:

a) the application shall be limited solely to the container orto the compartment of the aircraft in which the trafficwas carried;

b) the disinfection shall be carried out expeditiously; and

c) flammable chemical compounds or solutions likely todamage aircraft structure, such as by corrosion, orchemicals likely to damage the health of passengers,shall not be employed.

Note.— When aircraft disinfection is required for animalhealth reasons, only those methods and disinfectants rec-ommended by the International Office of Epizootics should beused.

F. Arrangements concerning internationalgeneral aviation and other non-scheduled flights

I. General

2.31 Contracting States shall publish in their respectiveAeronautical Information Publications (AIPs) their require-ments concerning advance notices and applications for priorauthorization of general aviation and other non-scheduledflights.

2.32 Contracting States requiring advance notice of theintended landing of aircraft in their territory, or applicationsfor prior authorization, shall designate a single agency toreceive and coordinate the government’s response to suchnotices or applications.

2.33 Contracting States shall indicate in their respectiveAIPs the mail address and, where available, the AFTNaddress, the telex number or cable address, fax number, elec-tronic mail address, web page and telephone number of theagency designated as in 2.32.

2.34 In Contracting States notification to the interestedborder inspection agencies, e.g. customs, immigration or quar-antine, of intended arrivals, departures or transit operationsshall be the responsibility of the agency designated as in 2.32.

II. Prior authorization

2.35 Contracting States shall not require that priorauthorization or notification be applied for through diplomaticchannels unless the flight is diplomatic in nature.

2.36 Contracting States that require aircraft operators toapply for prior authorization shall:

a) establish procedures whereby such application will bedealt with promptly;

b) make such permission effective for a specific length oftime or number of flights wherever possible; and

c) impose no fees, dues or charges for the issue of suchpermission.

2.37 Recommended Practice.— In the case of aircraftengaged in the carriage of passengers, cargo or mail forremuneration or hire, Contracting States should not requiremore than the following details in applications for priorauthorization:

a) name of operator;

b) type of aircraft and registration marks;

c) date and time of arrival at, and departure from, theairport concerned;

d) place or places of embarkation or disembarkationabroad, as the case may be, of passengers and/or freight;

e) purpose of flight and number of passengers and/ornature and amount of freight; and

f) name, address and business of charterer, if any.

2.37.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould publish in their respective AIPs the minimum amount oftime required in advance of the flight for processing the appli-cations for prior authorizations referred to in 2.37.

2.38 In the case of aircraft either in transit non-stop orstopping for non-traffic purposes, any Contracting State that,for reasons of safety of flight, requires prior authorization shallnot require any other information than that contained in aflight plan when application for prior authorization is made.

Note.— Specifications for flight plans are set forth inAnnex 2 — Rules of the Air.

2.39 Contracting States that require prior authorization forflights referred to in 2.38 shall not require applications to befiled more than three working days in advance.

III. Advance notification of arrival

2.40 In the case of aircraft either in transit non-stop orstopping for non-traffic purposes, the Contracting State con-cerned shall not require more advance notice of such oper-ations than is required by the air traffic control services and byinterested border inspection agencies.

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2.41 Contracting States shall accept the information con-tained in a flight plan as adequate advance notification ofarrival, provided that such information is received at least twohours in advance of arrival and that the landing occurs at a pre-viously designated international airport.

IV. Clearance and sojourn of aircraft

2.42 Recommended Practice.— At internationalairports where there are international general aviation oper-ations, Contracting States should arrange for an adequatelevel of border inspection and clearance services for thoseoperations. Contracting States, in cooperation with aircraftoperators and airport operators, should establish as a goal atotal time period of 60 minutes in aggregate for the completionof all required departure/arrival formalities inclusive ofaviation security measures for an aircraft requiring not morethan normal processing, calculated from the time of the crewmember’s presenting the aircraft at the first processing point atthe airport.

Note.— “Required departure/arrival formalities” to becompleted during the 60 minutes should include aviationsecurity measures and, where applicable, the collectionof airport charges and other levies, and border controlmeasures.

2.43 Recommended Practice.— At international airportswhere international general aviation operations are infrequent,Contracting States should authorize one governmental agencyto undertake, on behalf of all border inspection agencies, clear-ance of aircraft and their loads.

2.44 An aircraft that is not engaged in scheduled interna-tional air services and which is making a flight to or throughany designated international airport of a Contracting State andis admitted temporarily free of duty in accordance withArticle 24 of the Convention shall be allowed to remain withinthat State, for a period to be established by that State, withoutsecurity for customs duty on the aircraft being required.



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CHAPTER 3. ENTRY AND DEPARTURE OF PERSONSAND THEIR BAGGAGE

A. General

3.1 In order to facilitate and expedite the clearance ofpersons entering or departing by air, Contracting States shalladopt border control regulations appropriate to the air transportenvironment and shall apply them in such a manner as toprevent unnecessary delays.

3.2 In developing procedures aimed at the efficient appli-cation of border controls on passengers and crew, ContractingStates shall take into account the application of aviation secur-ity, border integrity, narcotics control and immigration controlmeasures, where appropriate.

3.3 Contracting States that use Integrated Circuit (IC)chips or other optional machine readable technologies for therepresentation of personal data, including biometric data, intheir travel documents shall make provision whereby theencoded data may be revealed to the holder of the documentupon request.

3.4 Contracting States shall not extend the validity oftheir machine readable travel documents.

Note 1.— Specifications for machine readable travel docu-ments (Doc 9303, Series) do not permit alteration of theexpiration date and other data in the machine readable zone.

Note 2. — States whose national legislation or regulationscurrently allow for the extension of the period of validityshould undertake to amend the appropriate text in a reason-able period.

B. Documents required for travel

3.5 No documents other than those provided for in thisChapter shall be required by Contracting States for the entryinto and departure from their territories of visitors.

3.6 Contracting States shall not require visitors travellingby air, rightfully holding valid passports recognized by thereceiving State and holding valid visas, where appropriate, topresent any other document of identity.

Note.— It is not the intent of the above provision todiscourage Contracting States from accepting other officialdocuments of identity for travel purposes, such as national

identity cards, seafarers’ identity documents, alien residentcards and provisional alternative travel identity documents.

C. Security of travel documents

3.7 Contracting States shall regularly update security fea-tures in new versions of their travel documents, to guardagainst their misuse and to facilitate detection of cases wheresuch documents have been unlawfully altered, replicated orissued.

3.8 Contracting States shall establish controls on thecreation and issuance of travel documents in order to safe-guard against the theft of their stocks and the misappropriationof newly issued travel documents.

3.9 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould incorporate biometric data in their machine readablepassports, visas and other official travel documents, using oneor more optional data storage technologies to supplement themachine readable zone, as specified in Doc 9303, MachineReadable Travel Documents. The required data stored on theintegrated circuit chip is the same as that printed on the datapage, that is, the data contained in the machine-readable zoneplus the digitized photographic image. Fingerprint image(s)and/or iris image(s) are optional biometrics for ContractingStates wishing to supplement the facial image with anotherbiometric in the passport. Contracting States incorporatingbiometric data in their Machine Readable Passports are tostore the data in a contactless integrated circuit chip comply-ing with ISO/IEC 14443 and programmed according to theLogical Data Structure as specified by ICAO.

D. Travel documents

3.10 Contracting States shall begin issuing only MachineReadable Passports in accordance with the specifications ofDoc 9303, Part 1, no later than 1 April 2010.

Note.—This provision does not intend to preclude the issu-ance of non-machine readable passports or temporary traveldocuments of limited validity in cases of emergency.

3.10.1 For. passports issued after 24 November 2005 andwhich are not machine readable, Contracting States shallensure the expiration date falls before 24 November 2015.



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3.11 Recommended Practice.— When issuing identitydocuments or visas accepted for travel purposes, ContractingStates should issue these in machine readable form, as speci-fied in Doc 9303 (series), Machine Readable Travel Docu-ments.

3.12 When issuing passports that are not machine reada-ble, Contracting States shall ensure that the personal identifi-cation and document issuance data and the format of the datapage conform to the specifications for the “visual zone” setforth in Doc 9303, Part 1, Machine Readable Passports. The“machine readable zone” area shall be filled with words suchas “this passport is not machine readable” or other data to pre-clude fraudulent insertion of machine readable characters.

3.13 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould establish publicly accessible facilities for the receipt ofpassport applications and/or for the issuance of passports.

3.14 Contracting States shall establish transparent appli-cation procedures for the issuance, renewal or replacement ofpassports and shall make information describing their require-ments available to prospective applicants upon request.

3.14.1 Recommended Practice.— If any fee is chargedfor the issue or renewal of a passport, the amount of such feeshould not exceed the cost of the operation.

3.15 Contracting States shall issue a separate passport toeach person, regardless of age.

3.16 Recommended Practice.— When issuing passportsfor tourism or business travel, Contracting States shouldnormally provide that such passports be valid for a period ofat least five years, for an unlimited number of journeys and fortravel to all States and territories.

Note 1. — In consideration of the limited durability ofdocuments and the changing appearance of the passportholder over time, a validity period of not more than ten yearsis recommended.

Note 2.— Emergency, diplomatic, official and other specialpurpose passports could have a shorter validity period.

E. Exit visas

3.17 Contracting States shall not require exit visas fromtheir own nationals wishing to tour abroad nor from visitors atthe end of their stay.

3.18 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States shouldnot require exit visas from their resident aliens wishing to tourabroad.

F. Entry/re-entry visas

3.19 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould waive or abolish, for a maximum number of States, therequirement for an entry visa for nationals seeking entry asvisitors.

3.20 Contracting States shall not require visas for re-entryfrom their own nationals.

3.21 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould not require visas for re-entry from their resident alienswho hold lawful permanent residence permits.

3.22 Contracting States shall establish simple and trans-parent application procedures for the issuance of entry visasfor prospective visitors and shall ensure that applications forsuch visas are acted upon as quickly as possible after receipt.

3.23 Recommended Practice.— Visa issuance proceduresshould not normally require the applicant to make a personalappearance at the issuing office.

3.24 When issuing entry visas to prospective visitors,Contracting States shall normally provide that such visas bevalid for use within a period of at least six months from thedate of issue regardless of the number of entries and with theunderstanding that the duration of each stay may be limited.

3.25 Recommended Practice.— When issuing visas thatare not machine readable, Contracting States should ensurethat the personal and issuance data in such documents con-form to the specifications for the visual zone of the machinereadable visa, as set forth in Doc 9303, Part 2 — MachineReadable Visas.

G. Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards

3.26 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould not require either from visitors travelling by air, orfrom aircraft operators on their behalf, identification informa-tion in writing supplementary to that presented in their identitydocuments. Where the collection of identity information isrequired, Contracting States should develop systems for theelectronic capture of this information from machine readabletravel documents or other sources.

3.27 A Contracting State that requires a written record ofpersonal data from visitors arriving or departing by air shalllimit its information requirements to those set forth inAppendix 5 — Embarkation/Disembarkation Card.

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3.29 Contracting States that require the presentation ofEmbarkation/Disembarkation Cards shall provide them toairline operators or their travel agents, without charge, fordistribution to departing passengers prior to embarkation or toarriving passengers during the flight.

H. Certificates of vaccination

3.30 In cases where evidence of protection against aquarantinable disease is required, Contracting States shallaccept the International Certificate of Vaccination or Revacci-nation form prescribed by the World Health Organization inthe International Health Regulations.

I. Inspection of travel documents

3.31 Contracting States shall assist aircraft operators inthe evaluation of travel documents presented by passengers, inorder to deter fraud and abuse.

3.32 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould consider making arrangements with other ContractingStates to permit the positioning of liaison officers at airportsin order to assist aircraft operators to establish the validityand authenticity of the travel documents of embarking persons.

3.33 Aircraft operators shall take necessary precautions atthe point of embarkation to ensure that passengers are inpossession of the documents prescribed by the States of transitand destination for control purposes as described in this chapter.

J. Departure procedures

3.34 Contracting States shall not require income-taxclearance certificates from visitors.

3.35 Contracting States shall not hold the aircraft operatorliable in the event of the non-payment of income taxes by anypassenger.

3.36 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States, incooperation with aircraft operators and airport management,should establish as a goal a total time period of 60 minutes inaggregate for the completion of required departure formalitiesfor all passengers requiring not more than normal processing,calculated from the time of the passenger’s presenting himselfat the first processing point at the airport (i.e. airline check-in,security control point or other required control point dependingon arrangements at the individual airport).

Note.— “Required departure formalities” to be completedduring the recommended 60 minutes would include airlinecheck-in, aviation security measures and, where applicable,

the collection of airport charges and other levies, and out-bound border control measures, e.g. passport, quarantine orcustoms controls.

3.37 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States thatrequire inspection by the public authorities of the traveldocuments of departing passengers should, in cooperationwith airport management, use applicable technology andadopt a multi-channel inspection system, or other means ofstreaming passengers, in order to expedite such inspections.

3.38 Contracting States shall not normally require thepresentation, for border control inspection, of baggage ofpassengers departing from their territory.

K. Entry procedures and responsibilities

3.39 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States, withthe cooperation of aircraft operators and airport operators,should establish as a goal the clearance within 45 minutes ofdisembarkation from the aircraft of all passengers requiringnot more than the normal inspection, regardless of aircraft sizeand scheduled arrival time.

3.40 In order to expedite inspections, Contracting States,with the cooperation of airport operators, shall use applicabletechnology and adopt a multi-channel immigration inspectionsystem, or other means of streaming passengers, at inter-national airports where the volume of passenger trafficjustifies such measures.

3.41 Except in special circumstances, Contracting Statesshall not require that travel documents or other identity docu-ments be collected from passengers or crew before they arriveat the passport control points.

3.42 The public authorities concerned shall expeditiouslyaccept passengers and crew for examination as to theiradmissibility into the State.

Note.—A passenger or crew member is “accepted forexamination” when he makes his first appearance at thearrivals control point after disembarkation, to seek entry intothe country concerned, at which time the control officer makesa determination whether he should be admitted or not. Thisdoes not include the sighting of travel documents, which maybe carried out immediately upon disembarkation.

3.43 The aircraft operator shall be responsible for thecustody and care of disembarking passengers and crew mem-bers from the time they leave the aircraft until they areaccepted for examination as provided in 3.42.

3.44 Recommended Practice.— After such acceptance,the public authorities concerned should be responsible for thecustody and care of passengers and crew members until theyare admitted or found inadmissible.



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3.45 The responsibility of an aircraft operator for custodyand care of passengers and crew members shall terminate fromthe moment such persons have been admitted into that State.

3.46 The public authorities of each Contracting Stateshall seize fraudulent, falsified or counterfeit travel docu-ments. The public authorities shall also seize the travel docu-ments of a person impersonating the rightful holder of thetravel document. Such documents shall be removed fromcirculation immediately and returned to the appropriate auth-orities of the State named as issuer or to the residentDiplomatic Mission of that State.

3.47 Recommended Practice.— Where appropriate,Contracting States should introduce a system of advancepassenger information which involves the capture of certainpassport or visa details prior to departure, the transmission ofthe details by electronic means to their public authorities, andthe analysis of such data for risk management purposes priorto arrival in order to expedite clearance. To minimize handlingtime during check-in, document reading devices should beused to capture the information in machine readable traveldocuments.

3.47.1 When specifying the identifying information onpassengers to be transmitted, Contracting States shall requireonly data elements that are available in machine readable formin travel documents conforming to the specifications containedin Doc 9303 (series), Machine Readable Travel Documents.All information required shall conform to specifications forUN/EDIFACT PAXLST messages.

3.47.2 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould refrain from imposing fines and penalties on aircraftoperators for any errors caused by a systems failure whichmay have resulted in the transmission of no, or corrupted, datato the public authorities in accordance with API systems.

3.47.3 Contracting States requiring that passenger data betransmitted electronically through an Advance PassengerInformation system shall not also require a passenger manifestin paper form.

3.48 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesrequiring Passenger Name Record (PNR) access shouldconform their data requirements and their handling of suchdata to guidelines developed by ICAO.

3.49 Except in special circumstances, Contracting Statesshall make arrangements whereby the identity documents ofvisitors need to be inspected only once at times of entry anddeparture.

3.50 Contracting States shall not require a written dec-laration of baggage from passengers and crew, when nodutiable or restricted goods are being carried.

3.51 Contracting States shall adopt the dual-channel sys-tem or other selective process for customs and quarantineinspection based on risk management, as appropriate to theconditions and traffic volumes at the airport concerned.

Note.— See Appendix 6, Recommendation of the CustomsCo-operation Council (now the World Customs Organization)for a simplified customs control based on the dual-channelsystem.

3.52 Recommended Practice.— In exceptional circum-stances, when a visitor, for reasons of force majeure, does notpossess the required entry visa prior to arrival, ContractingStates should authorize temporary entry.

3.53 Recommended Practice.— In cases in which thepassport of a visitor has expired prior to the end of the validityperiod of a visa, the State that has issued the visa should con-tinue to accept the visa until its expiration date when it is pre-sented with the visitor’s new passport.

3.54 Contracting States that issue visas for a limitednumber of entries shall indicate in an appropriate, clear andnon-derogatory way, every instance the visa is used, in orderthat its holder, any aircraft operator or the public authorities ofa State may determine its validity quickly and without the useof any special means.

3.55 After individual presentation by passengers and crewof their passports or other official travel documents, the publicofficials concerned shall, except in special individual cases,hand back such documents immediately after examination.

3.56 Recommended Practice.— Medical examination ofpersons arriving by air should normally be limited to thosedisembarking and coming within the incubation period of thedisease concerned, as stated in the International Health Reg-ulations, from an infected area.

3.57 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States shouldmake arrangements whereby a passenger and his baggage,arriving on an international flight making two or more stops atinternational airports within the territory of the same State, arenot required to be cleared through border control formalities atmore than one airport of the State concerned.

L. Transit procedures and requirements

3.58 Where airport facilities permit, Contracting Statesshall make provision by means of direct transit areas or otherarrangements, whereby crew, passengers and their baggage,arriving from another State and continuing their journey to athird State on the same flight or another flight from the sameairport on the same day may remain temporarily within theairport of arrival without undergoing border control formalitiesto enter the State of transit.



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3.59 Contracting States shall keep to a minimum thenumber of States whose nationals are required to have directtransit visas when arriving on an international flight andcontinuing their journey to a third State on the same flight oranother flight from the same airport on the same day.

3.60 Contracting States shall establish measures wherebyin-transit passengers who are unexpectedly delayed overnightdue to a flight cancellation or delay may be allowed to leavethe airport for the purpose of taking accommodations.

M. Disposition of baggage separatedfrom its owner

3.61 Contracting States shall permit aircraft operators toforward mishandled baggage to the location of its owner andshall not hold aircraft operators liable for penalties, fines, importduties and taxes, on the basis that the baggage was mishandled.

3.62 Contracting States shall permit the direct transfer ofmishandled baggage between international flights at the sameairport, without examination, except for reasons of aviationsecurity or other necessary controls. In cases when directtransfer cannot be effected, Contracting States shall ensure thatarrangements are made for the temporary custody of suchbaggage under secure supervision at an appropriate location.

3.63 Contracting States shall permit aircraft operators topresent unidentified, unclaimed or mishandled baggage forclearance at an appropriate destination on behalf of its owners,and to deliver such baggage to its owners.

3.64 Contracting States shall expedite the clearance ofunidentified, unclaimed or mishandled baggage, and its returnto the aircraft operator for appropriate disposition. Under theconditions laid down by the public authorities, aircraftoperators may be permitted to open such baggage if necessaryto ascertain its owner.

3.65 The aircraft operator shall be freed from theobligation to safeguard baggage not yet cleared by the publicauthorities, and from liability for import duties and taxeschargeable on such baggage, when it is taken into charge bycustoms and is under their sole control.

N. Identification and entry of crew andother aircraft operators’ personnel

3.66 Contracting States shall establish measures, with thecooperation of aircraft operators and airport operators, toexpedite the inspection of crew members and their baggage, asrequired at departure and upon arrival.

3.67 Contracting States shall facilitate and expedite theprocess under which aircraft operators based in their territoriescan apply for Crew Member Certificates (CMCs) for theircrew members.

Note.— The CMC was developed as a card for use foridentification purposes by crew members, leaving the crewlicences to serve their primary purpose of attesting to theprofessional qualifications of the flight crew members.

3.68 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould issue the certificates referred to in 3.67, in the form ofmachine readable cards in accordance with the specificationsin Doc 9303, Part 3 — Size 1 and Size 2 Machine ReadableOfficial Travel Documents.

3.68.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould put in place procedures which will enable any crewmember issued with a Crew Member Certificate to examineand review the validity of the data held, and to provide forcorrection if necessary, at no cost to the crew member.

3.69 Recommended Practice.— To the extent thataircraft operators issue crew identity cards, Contracting Statesshould require the production of such identity documents in theformat shown in Appendix 7, i.e. in the same layout as thevisual zone of the machine readable crew member certificateand having the capability to support machine assisted identityconfirmation and document security verification.

3.69.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that a record of each crew member’s certificatesand other official identity document issued, suspended orwithdrawn, is stored in an electronic database, secure frominterference and unauthorized access. All information storedin the electronic database and crew member certificate shouldbe restricted to details which are essential for the purpose ofverifying a crew member’s identity.

3.70 Adequate controls shall be placed on the issuance ofCMCs and other official crew identity documents to preventfraud, for example, a background check and certification ofemployment status of an applicant prior to issuance, controlson blank card stock, and accountability requirements for issu-ing personnel.

3.71 Contracting States shall waive the visa requirementfor arriving crew members presenting CMCs, when arriving ina duty status on an international flight and seeking temporaryentry for the period allowed by the receiving State in order tojoin their next assigned flight in a duty status.

3.71.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould waive the visa requirement for arriving crew memberspresenting CMCs, when arriving on another aircraft operator



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or another mode of transport and seeking temporary entry forthe period allowed by the receiving State in order to join theirassigned flight in a duty status.

3.72 Contracting States shall establish measures toprovide for the temporary entry without delay into their terri-tories, of technical personnel of foreign aircraft operators oper-ating to or through such territories who are urgently requiredfor the purpose of converting to an airworthy condition anyaircraft which is, for technical reasons, unable to continue itsjourney. Should a State require a guarantee of such persons’subsistence in, and/or return from, such State, this shall benegotiated without delaying their admission.

O. Flight operations andcabin safety inspectors

3.73 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould provide that flight operations and cabin safetyinspectors of another Contracting State, when engaged on

inspections duties, be treated in the same manner as crewmembers when proceeding through departure or arrivalformalities.

3.74 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould provide their flight operations and cabin safety inspec-tors with an identity document in the format set forth inAppendix 8.

3.75 Recommended Practice.— Flight operationsinspectors and cabin safety inspectors should carry theidentity document specified in 3.74, a copy of the inspector’sitinerary issued by the State that employs the inspector, and avalid passport.

3.76 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould extend the privileges of temporary admission, asdescribed in 3.72 for crew members, to flight operations andcabin safety inspectors of another Contracting State, providedthat they carry the documents listed in 3.75 (e.g. identitydocument, itinerary and valid passport, and depart after anormal period of rest.



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ANNEX 9 4-1 24/11/05

CHAPTER 4. ENTRY AND DEPARTUREOF CARGO AND OTHER ARTICLES

A. General

4.1 In order to facilitate and expedite the release andclearance of goods carried by air, Contracting States shalladopt regulations and procedures appropriate to air cargo oper-ations and shall apply them in such a manner as to preventunnecessary delays.

4.2 Recommended Practice.— With respect to cargomoving by both air and surface transport under an air waybill,Contracting States should apply the same regulations andprocedures and in the same manner as they are applied tocargo moving solely by air.

4.3 When introducing or amending regulations andprocedures for the release and clearance of goods carried byair, Contracting States shall consult with aircraft operators andother parties concerned, with the aim of accomplishing theactions set forth in 4.1.

4.4 Where the nature of a consignment could attract theattention of different public authorities, e.g. the customs,veterinary or sanitary controllers, Contracting States shallendeavour to delegate authority for release/clearance tocustoms or one of the other agencies or, where that is notfeasible, take all necessary steps to ensure that clearance iscoordinated and, if possible, carried out simultaneously andwith a minimum of delay.

4.5 Contracting States shall not normally require thephysical examination of cargo to be imported or exported andshall use risk management to determine which goods shall beexamined and the extent of that examination.

4.6 Where practicable, in order to improve efficiency,modern screening or examination techniques shall be used tofacilitate the physical examination of goods to be imported orexported.

4.7 Recommended Practice.— In connection with inter-national airports, Contracting States should establish andeither develop and operate themselves, or permit other partiesto develop and operate, free zones and/or customs warehousesand should publish detailed regulations as to the types ofoperations which may or may not be performed therein.

4.8 In all cases where free-zone facilities and/or customswarehouses are not provided in connection with an inter-national airport but have been provided elsewhere in the same

general vicinity, Contracting States shall make arrangementsso that air transport can utilize these facilities on the samebasis as other means of transport.

B. Information required by the public authorities

4.9 Contracting States shall limit their data requirementsto only those particulars which are deemed necessary by thepublic authorities to release or clear imported goods or goodsintended for exportation.

4.10 Contracting States shall provide for the collection ofstatistical data at such times and under such arrangements sothat the release of imported goods or those intended forexportation is not delayed thereby.

4.11 Subject to the technological capabilities of the Con-tracting State, documents for the importation or exportation ofgoods, including the Cargo Manifest and/or air waybills, shallbe accepted when presented in electronic form transmitted toan information system of the public authorities.

4.12 The production and presentation of the CargoManifest and the air waybill(s) shall be the responsibility of theaircraft operator or his authorized agent. The production andpresentation of the other documents required for the clearanceof the goods shall be the responsibility of the declarant.

4.13 Where a Contracting State has requirements fordocuments such as commercial invoices, declaration forms,import licences and the like, it shall not make it the obligationof the aircraft operator to ensure that these documentaryrequirements are met nor shall the operator be held responsi-ble, fined or penalized for inaccuracies or omissions of factsshown on such documents unless he is the declarant himself oris acting on his behalf.

4.14 When documents for the importation or exportationof goods are presented in paper form, the format shall be basedon the UN layout key, as regards the goods declaration, and onthe format of Appendix 3, as regards the Cargo Manifest.When such documents are submitted in electronic form, theformat shall be based on international standards for theexchange of electronic information.

4.15 To facilitate electronic data interchange, ContractingStates shall encourage all parties concerned, whether public orprivate, to implement compatible systems and to use theappropriate internationally accepted standards and protocols.



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4.16 Recommended Practice.— Electronic informationsystems for the release and clearance of goods should covertheir transfer between air and other modes of transport.

4.17 Contracting States that require supporting documents,such as licenses and certificates, for the importation or expor-tation of certain goods shall publish their requirements andestablish convenient procedures for requesting the issue orrenewal of such documents.

4.18 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould, to the greatest extent possible, remove any requirementto manually produce supporting documents and should estab-lish procedures whereby they can be produced by electronicmeans.

4.19 Contracting States shall not require consular for-malities or consular charges or fees in connection withdocuments required for the release or clearance of goods.

C. Release and clearance of export cargo

4.20 Contracting States that require documents for exportclearance shall normally limit their requirement to a simplifiedexport declaration.

4.21 Contracting States shall provide for export cargo tobe released up to the time of departure of an aircraft.

4.22 Contracting States shall allow goods to be exported,to be presented for clearance at any customs office designatedfor that purpose. Transfer from that office to the airport fromwhich the goods are to be exported shall be carried out underthe procedures laid down in the laws and regulations of theContracting State concerned. Such procedures shall be assimple as possible.

4.23 Contracting States shall not require evidence of thearrival of exported goods as a matter of course.

4.24 Recommended Practice.— When the publicauthorities of a Contracting State require goods to beexamined, but those goods have already been loaded on adeparting aircraft, the aircraft operator or, where appropriate,the operator’s authorized agent, should normally be permittedto provide security to the customs for the return of the goodsrather than delay the departure of the aircraft.

D. Release and clearance of import cargo

4.25 When scheduling examinations, priority shall begiven to the examination of live animals and perishable goodsand to other goods which the public authorities accept areurgently required.

4.26 Consignments declared as personal effects andtransported as unaccompanied baggage shall be cleared undersimplified arrangements.

4.27 Contracting States shall provide for the release orclearance of goods under simplified customs proceduresprovided that:

a) the goods are valued at less than a maximum valuebelow which no import duties and taxes will becollected; or

b) the goods attract import duties and taxes that fall belowthe amount that the State has established as theminimum for collection; or

c) the goods are valued at less than specified value limitsbelow which goods may be released or cleared immedi-ately on the basis of a simple declaration and paymentof, or the giving of security to the customs for, anyapplicable import duties and taxes; or

d) the goods are imported by an authorized person and aregoods of a specified type.

4.28 Recommended Practice.— For authorizedimporters who meet specified criteria, including an appropriaterecord of compliance with official requirements and a satisfac-tory system for managing their commercial records, Con-tracting States should establish special procedures, based onthe advance supply of information, which provide for theimmediate release of goods on arrival.

4.29 Recommended Practice.— Goods not afforded thesimplified or special procedures referred to in provisions 4.25to 4.28 should be released or cleared promptly on arrival,subject to compliance with customs and other requirements.Contracting States should establish as a goal the release of allgoods that do not need any examination, within three hours oftheir arrival and the submission of the correct documentation.Public authorities, and aircraft operators and importers ortheir authorized agents, should coordinate their respectivefunctions to ensure that this goal is met.

4.30 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould process requests for the release of part consignmentswhen all information has been submitted and other require-ments for such part consignments have been met.

4.31 Contracting States shall allow goods that have beenunladen from an aircraft at an international airport to betransferred to any designated customs office in the Stateconcerned for clearance. The customs procedures coveringsuch transfer shall be as simple as possible.

4.32 When, because of error, emergency or inaccessibilityupon arrival, goods are not unladen at their intended desti-nation, Contracting States shall not impose penalties, fines orother similar charges provided:



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a) the aircraft operator or his authorized agent notifies thecustoms of this fact, within any time limit laid down;

b) a valid reason, acceptable to the customs authorities, isgiven for the failure to unload the goods; and

c) the Cargo Manifest is duly amended.

4.33 When, because of error or handling problems, goodsare unladen at an international airport without being listedon the Cargo Manifest, Contracting States shall not imposepenalties, fines or other similar charges provided:

a) the aircraft operator or his authorized agent notifies thecustoms of this fact, within any time limit laid down;

b) a valid reason, acceptable to the customs, is given forthe non-reporting of the goods;

c) the manifest is duly amended; and

d) the goods are placed under the appropriate customsarrangements.

Where applicable, the Contracting State shall, subject to com-pliance with its requirements, facilitate the forwarding of thegoods to their correct destination.

4.34 If goods are consigned to a destination in a Con-tracting State, but have not been released for home use in thatState and subsequently are required to be returned to the pointof origin or to be redirected to another destination, theContracting State shall allow the goods to be re-forwardedwithout requiring import, export or transit licences if nocontravention of the laws and regulations in force is involved.

4.35 A Contracting State shall absolve the aircraft oper-ator or, where appropriate, his authorized agent, from liabilityfor import duties and taxes when the goods are placed in thecustody of the public authorities or, with the latter’s agree-ment, transferred into the possession of a third party who hasfurnished adequate security to the customs.

E. Spare parts, equipment, stores andother material imported or exported by aircraft

operators in connection with international services

4.36 Stores and commissary supplies imported into theterritory of a Contracting State for use on board aircraft ininternational service shall be relieved from import duties andtaxes, subject to compliance with the customs regulations ofthe State.

4.37 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould not require supporting documentation (such as

certificates of origin or consular or specialized invoices) inconnection with the importation of stores and commissarysupplies.

4.38 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould permit, on board aircraft, the sale or use of commissarysupplies and stores for consumption without payment of importduties and other taxes in the case where aircraft, engaged ininternational flights:

a) stop at two or more international airports within theterritory of a Contracting State without intermediatelanding in the territory of another State; and

b) do not embark any domestic passengers.

4.39 Recommended Practice.— Subject to compliancewith its regulations and requirements, a Contracting Stateshould allow relief from import duties and taxes in respect ofground and security equipment and their component parts,instructional material and training aids imported into itsterritory, by or on behalf of an aircraft operator of anotherContracting State for use by the operator or his authorizedagent, within the boundaries of an international airport or atan approved off-airport facility.

4.40 Contracting States shall grant prompt release orclearance, upon completion of simplified documentary pro-cedures by the aircraft operator or his authorized agent, ofaircraft equipment and spare parts that are granted relief fromimport duties, taxes and other charges under Article 24 of theChicago Convention.

4.41 Contracting States shall grant prompt release orclearance, upon completion of simplified documentary pro-cedures by the aircraft operator or his authorized agent, ofground and security equipment and their replacement parts,instructional material and training aids imported or exportedby an aircraft operator of another Contracting State.

4.42 Contracting States shall allow the loan, betweenaircraft operators of other Contracting States or their authorizedagents, of aircraft equipment, spare parts and ground and secu-rity equipment and their replacement parts, which have beenimported with conditional relief from import duties and taxes.

4.43 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould provide for the importation, free of import duties andtaxes, of aircraft operators’ documents as defined in Chapter 1of this Annex, to be used in connection with international airservices.

F. Containers and pallets

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containers and pallets — whether or not owned by the aircraftoperator of the aircraft on which they arrive — provided theyare to be used on an outbound international service or otherwisere-exported.

4.45 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould require a temporary admission document for containersand pallets only when they consider it essential for thepurposes of customs control.

4.46 Recommended Practice.— Where proof of there-exportation of containers and pallets is required, theContracting State should accept the appropriate usagerecords of the aircraft operator or his authorized agent as evi-dence thereof.

4.47 Contracting States shall make arrangements to allowaircraft operators, under supervision of the public authoritiesconcerned, to unload transit cargo arriving in containers and pal-lets, so that they may sort and reassemble shipments for onwardcarriage without having to undergo clearance for home use.

4.48 Containers and pallets imported into a ContractingState under the provisions of 4.44 shall be allowed to leave theboundaries of the international airport for the release orclearance of imported loads, or for export lading, under sim-plified documentation and control arrangements.

4.49 Where circumstances so require, Contracting Statesshall allow the storage of temporarily admitted containers andpallets at off-airport locations.

4.50 Contracting States shall allow the loan betweenaircraft operators of containers and pallets admitted under theprovisions of 4.44 without payment of import duties and taxes,provided they are to be used only on an outbound internationalservice or otherwise re-exported.

4.51 Contracting States shall allow temporarily admittedcontainers and pallets to be re-exported through any designatedcustoms office.

4.52 Contracting States shall allow the temporaryadmission of replacement parts when they are needed for therepair of containers and pallets imported under the provisionsof 4.44.

G. Mail documents and procedures

4.53 Contracting States shall carry out the handling,forwarding and clearance of mail and shall comply with thedocumentary procedures as prescribed by the Acts in force ofthe Universal Postal Union.



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ANNEX 9 5-1 24/11/05

CHAPTER 5. INADMISSIBLE PERSONS AND DEPORTEES

A. General

5.1 In order to minimize disruptions to the orderly oper-ations of international civil aviation, Contracting States shallcooperate with one another to promptly resolve any differ-ences arising in the course of implementing the provisions ofthis Chapter.

5.2 Contracting States shall facilitate the transit of personsbeing removed from another State pursuant to the provisions ofthis Chapter, and extend necessary cooperation to the aircraftoperator(s) and escort(s) carrying out such removal.

5.2.1 During the period when an inadmissible passengeror a person to be deported is under their custody, the stateOfficers concerned shall preserve the dignity of such personsand take no action likely to infringe such dignity.

Note.— These persons should be treated in accordance withthe relevant international provisions, including the UNInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

B. Inadmissible persons

5.3 Contracting States shall without delay notify theaircraft operator, confirming this as soon as possible inwriting, when a person is found inadmissible, pursuant to 3.44.

Note.— Written notification can be either in paper form orin electronic form, such as e-mail.

5.4 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States,through their public authorities should consult the aircraft oper-ator on the time-frame for removal of the person found inadmis-sible, in order to allow the aircraft operator a reasonableamount of time during which to effect the person’s removal viaits own services or to make alternative removal arrangements.

Note.— Nothing in this provision is to be construed so asto allow the return of a person seeking asylum in the territoryof a Contracting State, to a country where his life or freedomwould be threatened on account of his race, religion, national-ity, membership in a particular social group or politicalopinion.

5.5 Contracting States shall ensure that a removal order isissued to the aircraft operator in respect of a person foundinadmissible. The removal order shall include, if known, thename, age, gender and citizenship of the person in question.

5.6 Contracting States ordering the removal of an inad-missible person who has lost or destroyed his travel documentsshall deliver a covering letter in the format set forth inAppendix 9 (1) in order to give information to the authoritiesof the State(s) of transit and/or the commencement of journey.The covering letter, the removal order and any relevantinformation shall be handed over to the aircraft operator or, inthe case of escorted persons, the escort, who shall be respon-sible for delivering them to the public authorities at the Stateof destination.

5.7 Contracting States ordering the removal of an inad-missible person whose travel documents have been seizedpursuant to 3.46 shall deliver a covering letter in the format setforth in Appendix 9 (2) in order to give information to theauthorities of the State(s) of transit and/or the commencementof journey. The covering letter together with a photocopy ofthe seized travel documents and the removal order shall behanded over to the aircraft operator or, in the case of escortedpersons, the escort, who shall be responsible for deliveringthem to the public authorities at the State of destination.

5.8 Contracting States that have reason to believe that aninadmissible person might offer resistance to his removal shallinform the aircraft operator concerned as far in advance aspossible of scheduled departure so that the aircraft operatorcan take precautions to ensure the security of the flight.

5.9 The aircraft operator shall be responsible for the costof custody and care of an improperly documented person fromthe moment that person is found inadmissible and returned tothe aircraft operator for removal from the State.

5.9.1 The State shall be responsible for the cost ofcustody and care of all other categories of inadmissiblepersons, including persons not admitted due to documentproblems beyond the expertise of the aircraft operator or forreasons other than improper documents, from the momentthese persons are found inadmissible until they are returned tothe aircraft operator for removal from the State.

5.10 When a person is found inadmissible and is returnedto the aircraft operator for transport away from the territory ofthe State, the aircraft operator shall not be precluded fromrecovering from such person any transportation costs involvedin his removal.



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5.11 The aircraft operator shall remove the inadmissibleperson to:

a) the point where he commenced his journey; or

b) to any place where he is admissible.

5.12 A Contracting State shall accept for examination aperson removed from a State where he was found inadmiss-ible, if this person commenced his journey from its territory. AContracting State shall not return such a person to the countrywhere he was earlier found inadmissible.

5.13 Contracting States shall accept the covering letterand other papers delivered pursuant to 5.6 or 5.7 as sufficientdocumentation to carry out the examination of the personreferred to in the letter.

5.14 Contracting States shall not fine aircraft operators inthe event that arriving and in-transit persons are found to beimproperly documented where aircraft operators can demon-strate that they have taken adequate precautions to ensure thatthese persons had complied with the documentary require-ments for entry into the receiving State.

5.15 Recommended Practice.— When aircraft operatorshave cooperated with the public authorities to the satisfactionof those authorities, for example pursuant to memoranda ofunderstanding reached between the parties concerned, inmeasures designed to prevent the transportation of inadmissi-ble persons, Contracting States should mitigate the fines andpenalties that might otherwise be applicable should suchpersons be carried to their territory.

5.16 Contracting States shall not prevent the departure ofan operator’s aircraft pending a determination of admissibilityof any of its arriving passengers.

Note.— An exception to this provision could be made in thecase of infrequent flights or if the Contracting State had reasonto believe that there might be an irregularly high number ofinadmissible persons on a specific flight.

C. Deportees

5.17 A Contracting State deporting a person from itsterritory shall serve him a deportation order. Contracting Statesshall indicate to the deportee the name of the destination State.

5.18 Contracting States removing deportees from theirterritories shall assume all obligations, responsibilities andcosts associated with the removal.

5.19 Contracting States, when making arrangements withan aircraft operator for the removal of a deportee, shall makeavailable the following information as soon as possible, but inany case not later than 24 hours before the scheduled time ofdeparture of the flight:

a) a copy of the deportation order, if legislation of the Con-tracting State allows for it;

b) a risk assessment by the State and/or any other pertinentinformation that would help the aircraft operator assessthe risk to the security of the flight; and

c) the names and nationalities of any escorts.

Note.— In order to ensure coordination of facilitation andsecurity standards, attention is drawn to the applicable pro-visions of Annex 17, Chapter 4.

5.20 Contracting States, in making arrangements for theremoval of a deportee to a destination State, shall use directnon-stop flights whenever practicable.

5.21 A Contracting State, when presenting a deportee forremoval, shall ensure that all official travel documentationrequired by any transit and/or destination State is provided tothe aircraft operator.

5.22 A Contracting State shall admit into its territory itsnationals who have been deported from another State.

5.23 A Contracting State shall give special considerationto the admission of a person, deported from another State, whoholds evidence of valid and authorized residence within itsterritory.

5.24 Contracting States, when determining that a deporteemust be escorted and the itinerary involves a transit stop in anintermediate State, shall ensure that the escort(s) remain(s)with the deportee to his final destination, unless suitablealternative arrangements are agreed, in advance of arrival, bythe authorities and the aircraft operator involved at the transitlocation.

D. Procurement of a replacement travel document

5.25 When a replacement travel document must beobtained in order to facilitate removal and acceptance of aninadmissible person at his destination, the State ordering theremoval shall provide as much assistance as practicable inobtaining that document.

Note.— In order to clarify application of this Standard,attention is drawn to Standard 5.13.

5.26 A Contracting State shall, when requested to providetravel documents to facilitate the return of one of its nationals,respond within a reasonable period of time and not more than30 days after such a request was made either by issuing atravel document or by satisfying the requesting State that theperson concerned is not one of its nationals.



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5.27 A Contracting State shall not make the signing bythe person concerned of an application for a travel documenta prerequisite for the issuance of that document.

5.28 When a Contracting State has determined that aperson for whom a travel document has been requested is oneof its nationals but cannot issue a passport within 30 days of

the request, the State shall issue an emergency travel documentthat attests to the nationality of the person concerned and thatis valid for readmission to that State.

5.29 A Contracting State shall not refuse to issue a traveldocument to or otherwise thwart the return of one of itsnationals by rendering that person stateless.



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ANNEX 9 6-1 24/11/05

CHAPTER 6. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS —FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC

A. General

6.1 Contracting States shall ensure that the provisions ofAnnex 9 continue to be implemented in the event an airportbecomes privatized.

6.1.1 Contracting States shall take all necessary steps tosecure the cooperation of aircraft operators and airportoperators in ensuring that satisfactory facilities and servicesare 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 ofexpansion to meet anticipated growth in traffic volume, orincreased security measures during higher threat situations,while permitting appropriate narcotics control measures.

Note.— With respect to the application of aviation securitymeasures, attention is drawn to the relevant specification inAnnex 17, Chapter 2.*

6.2 Contracting States shall take all necessary steps toencourage consultations between the airport operator on theone hand and aircraft operators, control authorities and appro-priate bodies representing other airport users on the other atthe earliest stage when planning new or substantially modifiedterminal buildings or when new procedures require changes infacilities, including changes of layout within existing facilities,at their international airports.

6.3 Contracting States shall take all necessary steps tosecure the cooperation of aircraft operators and airportoperators in ensuring that the facilities and services at theirinternational airports are designed in such a way as to providethe best possible airport traffic flow arrangements.

6.3.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Stateswhose international airports experience traffic peaking prob-lems should, in accordance with appropriate procedures forcoordination of schedules at airports, indicate to the appro-priate airlines operating scheduled and non-scheduled flights,well in advance of the recognized traffic seasons, any restric-tions that may apply in order to match the traffic and theairport capacity.

6.4 Recommended Practice.— Where a passenger servicecharge is levied at an international airport and its collectionfrom passengers gives rise to facilitation problems, this chargeshould be levied, where practicable, following consultation andadvance notice, on the aircraft operators which should in turnrecover the charge from passengers in such a way that thenecessity for additional queuing at the airport is avoided.

6.5 Recommended Practice.— Whenever possible, theuse of credit cards should be acceptable as a means of pay-ment for services rendered, including duties and taxes, atinternational airports.

6.6 Recommended Practice.— It is recommended thataircraft operators, in agreement with, and subject toreasonable limitations which may be imposed by, the airportoperators, be offered the choice of providing their ownservices for ground handling operations, or the option ofhaving such operations performed entirely, or in part, by anorganization controlled by another aircraft operatorauthorized by the airport operator, or by the airport operator,or by a servicing agent approved by the airport operator.

B. Airport traffic flow arrangements

I. Common provisions

6.7 Contracting States shall ensure that particular attentionis given to the need for adequate facilities to be available at alltimes at international airports and that appropriate measures areadopted to permit embarkation and disembarkation of passen-gers without delay.

6.7.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould encourage airport operators and aircraft operators toexchange all relevant flight information. Electronic DataInterchange with airlines should be facilitated at busyairports. In such cases, technical solutions complying withindustry standards (e.g. UN/EDIFACT) should be encouraged.

6.8 Recommended Practice.— The arrangements in 6.3should be by the most direct route with no crossing betweenpassenger and baggage lines nor between different circuits. Tothe extent that the route is not self-evident, appropriate sign-posting should be used.

6.9 Recommended Practice.— International signs tofacilitate passengers using airports, reproduced in the document

* The specification reads as follows:

Recommendation.— Each Contracting State should wheneverpossible arrange for the security controls and procedures to causea minimum of interference with, or delay to the activities of, civilaviation provided the effectiveness of these controls andprocedures is not compromised.



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developed for that purpose entitled International Signs toProvide Guidance to Persons at Airports and Marine Terminals(Doc 9636) published jointly by ICAO and the InternationalMaritime Organization, should be introduced at the earliestpracticable opportunity.

6.9.1 Recommended Practice.— Notices and leafletsshould be prominently displayed at international airports,warning travellers of the serious consequences of illegal nar-cotics trafficking and of the penal measures to which personsconvicted of narcotics law offences may be liable.

6.10 Recommended Practice.— Arrangements shouldbe made so that, when necessary, passengers and crew canproceed under shelter between the air terminal buildings andthe aircraft, and vice versa.

6.11 Recommended Practice.— Particular attentionshould be given to passenger routes involving long distancesto be covered on foot and the possibility should be studied offacilitating travel over these routes by mechanical systems.

6.12 Recommended Practice.— Flight informationboards, or displays, supplemented, where necessary, by aclearly audible public address system should be provided sothat passengers and the public can be fully informed ofarrivals, departures and cancellations of flights, and particu-larly of any last-minute changes in arrival or departure timesor changes in gate numbers.

6.12.1 Recommended Practice.— In giving effectto 6.12, flight information boards or displays should, as faras possible, be in the standard layout recommended inDoc 9249 — Dynamic Flight-related Public Information Dis-plays. Contracting States should ensure that the partiesconcerned in the operation of flights provide on a timely andrapidly updated basis all relevant information on flights,including last-minute changes, to the authorities responsiblefor the operation of Flight Information Display Systems.Those authorities should be responsible for establishing thelist of data elements they need for this operation and themeans of communicating them, recognizing existing industrystandards.

6.13 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that rapid and reliable city/airport groundtransportation is available.

6.13.1 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould promote full consultation at the earliest possible stagebetween airport operators and all agencies and operatorsinvolved in surface access to the airport to encourage bothincreased coordination in the planning of surface access toairports and the provision of relevant information to pass-engers. Contracting States should also promote both the pro-vision of information to passengers on services available andon the price for such services, and the facilitation of ticketingfor ground transportation, including payment methods.

6.14 Recommended Practice.— International airportsshould have available appropriate automobile parking facili-ties for short- and long-term parking.

II. Parking and servicingarrangements

6.15 Recommended Practice.— Adequate measuresshould be taken to ensure convenient parking and servicing ofaircraft of all types and categories — regular, non-scheduledand general aviation aircraft — in order to expedite clearanceand operations on the apron and to reduce aircraft groundstop time. It is desirable in particular:

a) to make arrangements for optimum allocation of aircraftparking spaces as close as possible to the terminalbuilding for rapid loading and unloading;

b) to provide adequate parking spaces, away from theterminal building, for aircraft when either loading orunloading, so as to avoid obstruction to the flow of traf-fic on the apron, and make adequate arrangements fortheir optimum use;

c) to equip the parking spaces with the necessary meansfor rapid, convenient and safe performance of all air-craft servicing operations, including equipment forsecure tie-downs;

d) to give particular importance to measures for assistanceto aircraft during embarkation and disembarkationoperations;

e) to provide facilities for fuelling of aircraft during hoursestablished by the public authorities;

f) to provide transportation between remote parkingpositions and the terminal building when distance andsafety so require as a result of optimum use of theparking area available; and

g) to provide, when necessary, parking space for inter-national flights where inspection of aircraft, passengers,crew and baggage can be performed.

III. Outbound passengers,crew and baggage

6.16 Recommended Practice.— Easy and speedy accessto the terminal should be provided for passengers, crew andtheir baggage arriving at the airport by surface transport.

6.17 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that, where traffic justifies, aircraft operators,airports and airport handling operators consider the provisionof child care rooms of suitable dimensions and with necessarychild care facilities, in the departure and transit lounges of



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passenger terminals, to provide special areas for infants/smallchildren accompanied by parent(s) or guardian(s). These roomsshould be clearly marked with appropriate signs.

6.18 Recommended Practice.— Easy and frequenttransportation should be available between airport terminalbuildings as well as between designated remote parking facili-ties and airport terminal buildings.

6.19 Recommended Practice.— Consideration shouldbe given to the provision of baggage check-in facilities asclose as possible to arrival points of surface transport.

6.20 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould study the possibility of allowing the provision of off-airport check-in facilities, with due regard to the necessarysecurity precautions and control requirements.

6.21 Recommended Practice.— In order to facilitateaircraft departure, Contracting States, in examining passen-gers as a security measure, or for purposes of narcoticscontrol as appropriate, should, to the extent feasible, utilizespecialized equipment in conducting such examinations so asto reduce materially the number of persons to be searched byother means.

Note 1.— The use of radiological techniques for screeningpassengers should be avoided.

Note 2.— Privacy should be assured when a thoroughphysical search is to be carried out. If special rooms are notavailable, portable screens may be used for this purpose.

6.22 Recommended Practice.— In order to facilitateaircraft departure, Contracting States, in examining baggageof passengers departing from their territory as a securitymeasure, or for narcotics control purposes as appropriate,should, to the extent feasible, utilize specialized equipment inconducting such examinations so as to reduce materially theamount of baggage to be searched by other means.

6.23 Recommended Practice.— An individual andcontinuous “trickle” method of processing and loading ofpassengers, crew and baggage should be adopted — in lieu ofthe group (“package”) system — whenever this will speed uptheir clearance.

6.24 Recommended Practice.— Particular attentionshould be paid to the use of sorting, conveyance, reconcili-ation and loading devices for baggage. Provisions should bemade as far as possible for:

a) mechanized systems capable of sorting, transferring andloading large quantities of baggage within a minimumamount of time, consistent with the volume of traffic;

b) the use of the unique baggage identification system,known as the “Licence Plate Concept”, for baggage

reconciliation, sorting and tracing. The “Licence PlateConcept” developed by ACI/IATA is defined in the IATAPassenger Services Conference Resolutions Manual(Resolution 740) and in the appropriate RecommendedPractices of the same document. The concept includes acoded baggage tag with a unique number that can beread automatically and transmitted electronically be-tween aircraft operators, airports and handling agents.It enables these parties to provide higher-qualitybaggage sorting and handling. Baggage reconciliationapplications (reference Annex 17, 4.4.3) can also usethe same data elements;

c) an area where it would be possible to hold baggagecontainers and to rearrange their contents; and

d) mechanical means of handling and sorting emptybaggage containers, consistent with the volume oftraffic.

6.25 Recommended Practice.— The premises that crewmembers have to visit for operational purposes should bereadily accessible and, if possible, next to one another.

IV. Inbound passengers,crew and baggage

6.26 Contracting States shall make arrangements for asufficient number of control channels so that clearance ofinbound passengers and crew may be obtained with the leastpossible delay. Additional channel(s) shall be available ifpossible to which complicated cases may be directed withoutdelaying the main flow of passengers.

6.27 Recommended Practice.— Particular attentionshould be given to points where passenger delays arefrequently found to occur.

6.28 To obviate any delay to passengers, the necessarysteps shall be taken to ensure that baggage arrives on time inthe baggage claim area.

6.28.1 Recommended Practice.— Arrangements shouldbe made for rapid unloading of baggage, including container-ized baggage, from the aircraft and its swift movement to thebaggage claim area. To this end, mechanical unloading andconveyance systems should be used where the volume of trafficwarrants and a sufficient number of handling staff should beavailable at all times.

6.29 Recommended Practice.— Adequate space shouldbe provided in the baggage claim area permitting readyidentification and speedy withdrawal by each passenger of hischecked baggage.

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should be provided in baggage-claim areas so as to move thebaggage towards passengers, thus facilitating pick-up ofbaggage.

6.30.1 The operators responsible for international air-ports shall ensure that passengers can obtain assistance in thecarriage of baggage to enable them to transfer baggage frombaggage claim areas to points as close as possible to areaswhere surface transportation from the airport or betweenairport terminals is provided.

V. Transit and transfer ofpassengers and crew

6.31 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould, whenever possible, permit passengers to remain onboard the aircraft and authorize embarkation and disembar-kation during refuelling, subject to the necessary safetymeasures.

6.31.1 Recommended Practice.— It is recommended inparticular that technical and regulatory provisions should beadopted to ensure that telescopic passageways to and fromaircraft can be kept in use during refuelling of aircraft.

6.32 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that physical facilities at airports are provided,where the volume and nature of the traffic so require, wherebycrew and passengers in direct transit on the same aircraft, ortransferring to other flights, may remain temporarily withoutbeing subject to inspection formalities, except for aviationsecurity measures, or in special circumstances.

Note.— This provision is not intended to prevent the appli-cation of appropriate narcotics control measures.

6.33 Recommended Practice.— Provisions should bemade for airline handling counters in the transit area for thepurpose of processing passengers transferring from one air-craft to another and not going through clearance controls.

6.34 Recommended Practice.— Arrangements should bemade whereby crew members in brief transit can communicatefrom a point near the aircraft’s loading position, located eitheron the apron or in a locale near the apron, via television ortelephone with the various governmental agencies (e.g. airtraffic control, MET Office) without the need to report to themin person.

VI. Miscellaneous facilities and servicesin passenger terminal buildings

6.35 Recommended Practice.— Facilities provided forthe use of transit passengers should contain all necessaryarrangements for their convenience.

6.35.1 Recommended Practice.— Storage facilitiesshould be provided for baggage left by their owners at inter-national airports for later pick-up.

6.35.2 International airports shall be equipped withfunctional secure storage facilities where unclaimed, unidenti-fied and mishandled baggage will be kept available for clear-ance until forwarded, claimed or disposed of in accordancewith the governmental regulations and procedures applicablein the territory of the State concerned. Airline personnel shallhave access to the baggage at least throughout the hours ofairport operation.

6.36 Recommended Practice.— To the extent that thenon-travelling public are admitted to terminal buildings,appropriate arrangements should be made so that they do notinterfere with the flow of inbound and outbound traffic.

6.36.1 Recommended Practice.— Provisions should bemade to locate facilities for group/tour operators in public oruncontrolled areas in the arrival and/or departure areas inorder to minimize congestion in the terminal buildings.

6.37 Recommended Practice.— When duty-free or othergoods are offered for sale in terminal buildings, whether tooutbound passengers only or to both outbound and inboundpassengers, provisions should be made for convenient locationsof the stores which would ensure easy access by a largenumber of passengers, efficient service and adequate customerspace so as to avoid congestion and interference with the mainstreams of outbound and inbound passenger traffic.

VII. Cargo and mail handling andclearance facilities

6.38 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould make arrangements whereby all-cargo aircraft andtheir loads can be entered and cleared at the cargo terminalarea.

6.39 Recommended Practice.— Easy and speedy accessshould be provided to airport cargo terminals, taking intoaccount the space requirements of extra-large trucks on accessroads and in front of terminals for manoeuvring into position.

6.40 Recommended Practice.— Each cargo terminalshould be provided with delivery/receiving positions adaptableto truck-bed heights.

6.41 Recommended Practice.— Use should be made,where justified, of mechanized and automated facilities forloading and unloading, conveyance and storage of cargo.

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container loads, located next to the customs area and easilyaccessible to authorized persons and vehicles from both theapron and the landside road. Such arrangements should takeinto account aviation security and appropriate narcoticscontrol measures.

6.43 Recommended Practice.— Adequate space andfacilities should be provided at international airports, or atconvenient off-airport locations, for the temporary storage ofempty containers.

6.44 Recommended Practice.— Cargo terminals shouldbe equipped with storage facilities as appropriate for specialcargo (e.g. valuable goods, perishable shipments, humanremains, radioactive and other dangerous goods, as well aslive animals). Those areas of cargo terminals in which generaland special cargo and mail are stored prior to shipment by airshould be protected against access by unauthorized persons atall times.

6.45 Recommended Practice.— Parking spaces shouldbe available at cargo terminals for handling equipment whennot in use, located so as to avoid interference with the flow ofinbound and outbound cargo.

6.46 Recommended Practice.— Where high-capacityaircraft with mixed passenger and cargo loads are positionednext to the passenger terminal, all necessary facilities shouldbe provided for swift loading/unloading and conveyancebetween the aircraft and the cargo terminal(s) of large vol-umes of air cargo. To this end, flow routes should be designedso as to avoid interference with those for passengers andbaggage.

6.47 Recommended Practice.— Facilities should beprovided, where necessary, for the direct removal of bulky orheavy consignments by approved transport, from the airport tothe premises of the importer, agent or freight forwarder, suchremoval being subject to customs approval and any conditionsattached to that approval.

6.48 Recommended Practice.— Sufficiently large andconvenient areas should be provided at international airports,where, under customs supervision, trans-shipment cargo canbe broken down, sorted and reassembled for immediate orlater onward transmission. Such arrangements should takeinto account aviation security and appropriate narcoticscontrol measures.

6.49 Recommended Practice.— At airports whosecargo handling capacity is insufficient and whose expansion islimited or unfeasible, off-airport bonded warehouses should beallowed, and the procedures for moving cargo between themand the airport should be minimal in order to accelerateclearance and reduce congestion in airport warehouses.

6.50 Recommended Practice.— Where the volume ofairmail so warrants and where it will expedite the onward

transmission of the mail, in the opinion of the postalauthorities, adequate space and facilities should be providedat international airports for the reworking, sorting andonward transmission of airmail. Such arrangements shouldtake into account aviation security and appropriate narcoticscontrol measures.

C. Facilities required forimplementation of public health,

emergency medical relief, andanimal and plant quarantine measures

6.51 Contracting States, in cooperation with airportoperators, shall ensure the maintenance of public health,including human, animal and plant quarantine at internationalairports.

6.52 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould provide, at or near all their major international air-ports, facilities and services for vaccination or revaccination,and for the delivery of the corresponding certificates.

6.53 Recommended Practice.— International airportsshould have available adequate facilities for administration ofpublic health and animal and plant quarantine measuresapplicable to aircraft, crew, passengers, baggage, cargo, mailand stores.

6.54 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould provide arrangements whereby passengers and crew intransit can remain in premises free from any danger of infec-tion and insect vectors of diseases and, when necessary,facilities should be provided for the transfer of passengers andcrew to another terminal or airport nearby without exposure toany health hazard. Similar arrangements and facilities shouldalso be made available in respect of animals.

6.55 Contracting States, in cooperation with airportoperators and aircraft operators, shall take all steps to ensurethat the procurement, preparation, handling, storage andservice of food and water supplies intended for consumptionboth at airports and on board aircraft are hygienically carriedout in accordance with the pertinent regulations, recommenda-tions and standards of the World Health Organization and theper-tinent recommendations of the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations.

6.56 Contracting States, in cooperation with airportoperators and aircraft operators, shall ensure that an effectivesystem is instituted for the safe removal and safe disposal ofexcrement, refuse, waste water, waste, unused and condemnedfood and other matter dangerous to the health of persons,animals or plants in accordance with the pertinent regulationsand recommendations of the World Health Organization andthe recommendations of the Food and Agriculture Organ-ization of the United Nations.



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6.57 Recommended Practice.— There should be main-tained at international airports an organized, immediatelyresponsive staff with facilities for first aid attendance on siteand appropriate arrangements should be available for expedi-tious referral of the occasional more serious case to pre-arranged competent medical attention.

D. Facilities required forclearance controls and

operation of control services

6.58 Recommended Practice.— Space and facilities forthe authorities in charge of clearance controls should, as faras possible, be provided at public expense.

6.59 If the space and facilities referred to in 6.58 are notprovided at public expense, Contracting States shall ensurethat such space and facilities are provided on terms not lessfavourable than those which apply to the operators of othermeans of transportation entering the State and requiring spaceand facilities on a comparable scale.

6.60 Contracting States shall provide sufficient services ofthe public authorities concerned, without charge, to operatorsduring working hours established by those authorities.

Note.— Where traffic, volume and available space andfacilities warrant, Contracting States may wish to provideclearance controls for passengers and their baggage at morethan one location.

6.60.1 Contracting States shall provide sufficient servicesof the public authorities concerned in such a way as to respondto real needs and thus to the flow of traffic during workinghours established by those authorities.

Note 1.— Paragraphs 6.60 and 6.60.1 should be applied inaccordance with Article 82 of the International Health Regu-lations (1969), Third Annotated Edition (1983) which providesthat no charge shall be made by a health authority for anymedical examination provided for in the International HealthRegulations (IHR) or for any vaccination of a person onarrival and any certificate thereof. The IHR specify that it isnot permissible to exact or receive payment for medical exam-ination carried out at any time of the day or night. Article 24provides that health measures shall be initiated forthwith andcompleted without delay.

Note 2.— Under Annex 15 — Aeronautical InformationServices, States are obligated to publish the types and hoursof clearance services (customs, immigration, health) at theirinternational airports.

6.61 Outside of the working hours established to coverany periods of substantial workload at international airportsreferred to in 6.60 and 6.60.1 Contracting States shall provide

services of such authorities on terms not less favourable tooperators of aircraft than those which apply to operators ofother means of transportation entering the State.

6.62 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould make arrangements whereby one State will permitanother State to station representatives of the publicauthorities concerned in its territory to examine aircraft,passengers, crew, baggage, cargo and documentation forcustoms, immigration, public health and animal and plantquarantine purposes, prior to departure for the other Stateconcerned, when such action will facilitate clearance uponarrival in that State. Alternatively, Contracting States may byagreement enter into electronic forms of pre-clearance for anyof the functions listed above to facilitate clearance uponarrival in the other State.

E. Monetary exchange facilities

6.63 Contracting States shall make arrangements todisplay at their international airports their regulations govern-ing the exchange of funds of other States against nationalfunds.

6.64 Contracting States that maintain exchange controlswith respect to funds of other States shall make arrangements:

a) to publish the current legal rates of exchange for suchfunds;

b) to display or otherwise make available at their inter-national airports such rates as may be of principalinterest at the respective airports.

6.65 Contracting States that do not maintain exchangecontrols with respect to some or all funds of other States shallmake arrangements to display information to that effect attheir international airports.

6.66 Recommended Practice.— With respect to thosefunds of other States for which no controlled exchange rateshave been established by the Contracting State concerned, itshould make such arrangements as may be feasible to makeinformation available at its international airports as to theprevailing open market rates.

6.67 Contracting States shall provide, at such times as tomeet the needs of the travelling public, adequate facilities atinternational airports for the legal exchange of funds of otherStates through governmental agencies or shall authorizeprivate agencies to do so. These facilities shall be available toarriving and departing passengers.

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passenger to obtain foreign currency, at any time of the day ornight, has proved to be of valuable assistance and should beconsidered as a possibility by Contracting States.

6.68 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesrestricting the import or export of funds of other States shouldprovide for the issuance to travellers of certificates showingthe amounts of such funds in their possession upon enteringthe State and should permit such travellers, upon surrender ofsuch certificates prior to leaving the State, to take such fundswith them. Inscription on the passport or other officialdocument for travel may serve the same purpose.

6.69 Recommended Practice.— Contracting States thatprohibit or limit the amount of importation of their owncurrency should provide reasonable facilities for travellersfrom abroad, who declare an amount of such currency inexcess of that permitted by the current regulations, to deposit

such amount at the international airport of entry and, upondeparture, to reclaim it at the same point or at any other pointdesignated by the public authorities concerned.

F. Unruly passengers

6.70 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould take the necessary steps to increase passenger awarenessof the unacceptability and consequences of unruly or disruptivebehaviour in aviation facilities and on board aircraft.

6.71 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould require that training in noting, anticipating, andhandling of irate or unruly passenger behaviour, recognitionof potentially escalating situations, crisis containment andrelated issues should be provided to the relevant staff and crewmembers who are in contact with passengers.



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CHAPTER 7. LANDING ELSEWHERE THANAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

A. General

7.1 Each Contracting State shall take steps to ensure thatall possible assistance is rendered by its public authorities toan aircraft which, for reasons beyond the control of the pilot-in-command, has landed elsewhere than at one of its inter-national airports and, to this end, shall keep control formalitiesand procedures, in such cases, to a minimum.

7.2 The pilot-in-command or the next senior crewmember available shall cause the landing to be reported assoon as practicable to the public authorities concerned.

B. Short stopover

7.3 If it is apparent that the aircraft can resume its flightwithin a relatively short time of arrival, the followingprocedure shall apply:

7.3.1 Control measures shall be limited to those thatensure that the aircraft departs with the same load that was onboard at the time of arrival. In case the load or part thereofcannot, for operational or other reasons, continue on thatflight, the public authorities shall expedite clearance for-malities and cooperate in speedy onward transportation for thatload to its destination.

7.3.2 The public authorities shall designate, if necessary,an adequate area under their general supervision where passen-gers and crew can move about during their stopover.

7.3.3 The pilot-in-command shall not be required to applyto more than one government agency for take-off permission(other than for any necessary air traffic control clearance).

C. No resumption of flight

7.4 If it is apparent that the aircraft will be substantiallydelayed or is unable to continue its flight, the following pro-visions shall apply:

7.4.1 The pilot-in-command, while awaiting the instruc-tions of the public authorities concerned or if he or his crew isunable to get in touch with them, shall be entitled to take suchemergency measures as he deems necessary for the health andsafety of passengers and crew and for avoiding or minimizingloss or destruction to the aircraft itself and its load.

7.4.2 Passengers and crew shall be permitted to securesuitable accommodation pending completion of the necessaryformalities if such formalities cannot be promptly carried out.

7.4.3 Cargo, stores and unaccompanied baggage, ifrequired to be removed from the aircraft for safety reasons,shall be deposited in a nearby area and remain there pendingcompletion of the necessary formalities.

7.4.4 Mail shall be disposed of as is required pursuant tothe Acts in force of the Universal Postal Union.



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CHAPTER 8. OTHER FACILITATION PROVISIONS

A. Bonds and exemption fromrequisition or seizure

8.1 Recommended Practice.— If a Contracting Staterequires bonds of an aircraft operator to cover his liabilitiesunder the customs, immigration, public health, animal andplant quarantine, or similar laws of the State, it should permitthe use of a single comprehensive bond whenever possible.

8.2 Recommended Practice.— The aircraft, groundequipment, security equipment, spare parts and technicalsupplies of an aircraft operator located in a Contracting State(other than the Contracting State in which such airline isestablished) for use in the operation of an international airservice serving such Contracting State, should be exempt fromthe laws of such Contracting State authorizing the requisitionor seizure of aircraft, equipment, parts or supplies for publicuse, without prejudice to the right of seizure for breaches ofthe laws of the Contracting State concerned.

B. Facilitation of search, rescue,accident investigation and salvage

8.3 Subject to any conditions imposed by Annex 12 —Search and Rescue and Annex 13 — Aircraft Accident andIncident Investigation, Contracting States shall make arrange-ments to ensure entry without delay into their territories on atemporary basis of qualified personnel required for search,rescue, accident investigation, repair or salvage in connectionwith a lost or damaged aircraft.

8.3.1 In arranging for the entry without delay of thepersonnel referred to in 8.3, when such a document is necess-ary, States shall not require any other travel document than apassport (cf. 3.4).

8.3.2 Recommended Practice.— In cases where aContracting State continues to require entrance visas for thepersonnel referred to in 8.3, it should, when necessary and onan exceptional basis, issue such visas on arrival or otherwisefacilitate their admission when such personnel carry an orderof mission from the competent authority in their State (cf.3.38).

8.3.3 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that their authorities are adequately informed ofthe provisions of Annexes 13 and 9 relating to the facilitation ofaircraft accident and incident investigations. In this regard,States should recognize the need for the investigators concerned

to be able to arrange transport to the site of the accident orincident without delay and, if necessary, help them to this end.

8.4 Each Contracting State shall facilitate the temporaryentry into its territory of all aircraft, tools, spare parts andequipment required in the search, rescue, accident investi-gation, repair or salvage of the damaged aircraft of anotherState. These items shall be temporarily admitted free fromcustoms duties and other taxes or charges and the applicationof regulations of any nature restricting the importation ofgoods.

Note.— It is understood that this provision does notpreclude the application of public health and animal and plantquarantine measures, if required.

8.5 Each Contracting State shall facilitate the removalfrom its territory of both the damaged and any assistingaircraft, together with tools, spare parts and equipment thatmay have been brought in for search, rescue, accident investi-gation, repair or salvage purposes.

8.6 Damaged aircraft or parts thereof, and any stores orcargo contained therein, together with any aircraft, tools, spareparts or equipment brought in for temporary use in search,rescue, accident investigation, repair or salvage, which are notremoved from the territory of the Contracting State within alength of time to be specified by that State, shall be subject tothe requirements of the applicable laws of the State concerned.

8.7 If, in connection with an aircraft accident investi-gation, it becomes necessary to send a part, or parts, of adamaged aircraft to another Contracting State for technicalexamination or testing, each Contracting State concerned shallensure that the movement of such part, or parts, is effectedwithout delay. The Contracting States concerned shall likewisefacilitate the return of such part, or parts, to the State insti-tuting the accident investigation should the latter State requirethem in order to complete the investigation.

C. Relief flights following natural andman-made disasters which seriously endanger

human health or the environment, andsimilar emergency situations where

United Nations (UN) assistance is required

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engaged in relief flights performed by or on behalf of inter-national organizations recognized by the UN or by or on behalfof States themselves and shall take all possible measures toensure their safe operation. Such relief flights are those under-taken in response to natural and man-made disasters whichseriously endanger human health or the environment, as wellas similar emergency situations where UN assistance isrequired. Such flights shall be commenced as quickly aspossible after obtaining agreement with the recipient State.

Note 1.— According to its Internationally Agreed Glossaryof Basic Terms, the United Nations Department of Humani-tarian Affairs considers an emergency to be “a sudden andusually unforeseen event that calls for immediate measures tominimize its adverse consequences”, and a disaster to be “aserious disruption of the functioning of society, causingwidespread human, material or environmental losses whichexceed the ability of the affected society to cope using only itsown resources”.

Note 2.— With respect to the application of measures toensure the safe operation of relief flights, attention is drawn toAnnex 11 — Air Traffic Services, the Manual ConcerningSafety Measures Relating to Military Activities PotentiallyHazardous to Civil Aircraft Operations (Doc 9554) and theManual concerning Interception of Civil Aircraft (Doc 9433).

8.9 Contracting States shall ensure that personnel andarticles arriving on relief flights referred to in 8.8 are clearedwithout delay.

D. Marine pollution and safetyemergency operations

8.10 In cases of emergency, Contracting States shallfacilitate the entry, transit and departure of aircraft engaged inthe combatting or prevention of marine pollution, or otheroperations necessary to ensure maritime safety, safety of thepopulation or protection of the marine environment.

8.11 In cases of emergency, Contracting States shall, tothe greatest extent possible, facilitate the entry, transit anddeparture of persons, cargo, material and equipment required todeal with the marine pollution and safety operations describedin 8.10.

E. Implementation of international healthregulations and related provisions

8.12 Contracting States shall comply with the pertinentprovisions of the current edition of the International HealthRegulations of the World Health Organization. In accordancewith Article 23 of the said Regulations, Contracting States shallapply as a maximum the health measures permitted therein forthe entry, departure and transit of passengers and their baggage,cargo and other articles.

8.13 Recommended Practice.— In cases where epi-demiological conditions permit and it will result in reducingor eliminating the number of sanitary measures required,Contracting States should, pursuant to Article 85, para-graphs 1 and 1 d) of the International Health Regulations,Third Annotated Edition (1983), combine their territories ormake agreements for the purpose of sanitary control.

8.14 Contracting States shall take all possible measures tohave vaccinators use the International Certificates of Vac-cination or Revaccination form, in order to assure uniformacceptance.

8.15 Recommended Practice.— Each Contracting Stateshould make arrangements to enable all aircraft operators andagencies concerned to make available to passengers, suffi-ciently in advance of departure, information concerning thevaccination requirements of the countries of destination, aswell as vaccination or revaccination certificate forms con-forming to the International Health Regulations (1969).

8.16 Aircraft operator shall ensure compliance with anyrequirement of a Contracting State whereby illness, other thansuspected airsickness, on an aircraft is to be reportedpromptly by radio to health authorities in the Contracting Statefor which the aircraft is destined, in order to facilitateprovision for the presence of any special medical personneland equipment necessary for medical assistance and healthprocedures on arrival.

F. Establishment of nationalfacilitation programmes

8.17 Each Contracting State shall establish a national airtransport facilitation programme based on the facilitationrequirements of the Convention and of Annex 9 thereto.

8.18 Each Contracting State shall ensure that the objectiveof its national air transport facilitation programme shall be toadopt all practicable measures to facilitate the movement ofaircraft, crews, passengers, cargo, mail and stores, by removingunnecessary obstacles and delays.

8.18.1 Recommended Practice.— In establishing anational air transport facilitation programme, States shoulduse the guidance material outlined in Appendix 12.

8.19 Each Contracting State shall establish a National AirTransport Facilitation Committee, and Airport FacilitationCommittees as required, or similar coordinating bodies, for thepurpose of coordinating facilitation activities between depart-ments, agencies, and other organizations of the State con-cerned with, or responsible for, various aspects of internationalcivil aviation as well as with airport and aircraft operators.

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circumstances, between civil aviation security and facilitationprogrammes. To this end, certain members of FacilitationCommittees should also be members of Security Committees.

8.21 Recommended Practice.— In establishing andoperating National Air Transport and Airport FacilitationCommittees, States should use the guidance material outlinedin Appendices 11 and 12.

G. Facilitation of the transport ofpassengers requiring special assistance

I. General

8.22 Recommended Practice.— When travelling, personswith disabilities should be provided with special assistance inorder to ensure that they receive services customarily availableto the general public. Such assistance includes the offering ofinformation and directions in media that can be understood bytravellers with cognitive or sensory disabilities.

8.23 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould cooperate with a view to taking the necessary measuresto make accessible to persons with disabilities all the elementsof the chain of the person’s journey, from beginning to end.

8.24 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould take the necessary steps with aircraft operators,airports and ground handling operators to establish minimumuniform standards of accessibility with respect to transpor-tation services for persons with disabilities, from arrival at theairport of departure to leaving the airport of destination.

8.25 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould take the necessary steps with aircraft operators,airports, ground handling operators and travel agencies toensure that persons with disabilities are given the informationthey need, and should take the necessary steps to ensure thatairlines, airports, ground handling operators and travelagencies are in a position to give those passengers the assist-ance necessary for them, depending on their needs, to helpthem in their travel.

8.26 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould take all necessary steps to secure the cooperation ofaircraft operators, airports and ground handling operators inorder to establish and coordinate training programmes toensure that trained personnel are available to assist personswith disabilities.

II. Access to airports

8.27 Contracting States shall take the necessary steps toensure that airport facilities and services are adapted to theneeds of persons with disabilities.

8.28 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould ensure that lifting systems or any other appropriatedevices are made available in order to facilitate the movementof elderly and disabled passengers between the aircraft andthe terminal on both arrival and departure as required wheretelescopic passageways are not used.

8.29 Recommended Practice.— Measures should betaken to ensure that the hearing- and vision-impaired are ableto obtain flight information.

8.30 Recommended Practice.— For elderly and disabledpersons being set down or picked up at a terminal building,reserved points should be located as close as possible to mainentrances. To facilitate movement to the various areas of theairport, access routes should be free of obstacles.

8.31 Recommended Practice.— Where access to publicservices is limited, every effort should be made to provideaccessible and reasonably priced ground transportationservices by adapting current and planned public transit sys-tems or by providing special transport services for people withmobility needs.

8.32 Recommended Practice.— Adequate parkingfacilities should be provided for people with mobility needsand appropriate measures taken to facilitate their movementbetween parking areas and the terminal buildings.

8.33 Recommended Practice.— Direct transfer fromone aircraft to another of passengers, particularly elderly anddisabled passengers, should be authorized, where necessaryand possible, whenever this is warranted by deadlines inmaking connecting flights or by other circumstances.

III. Access to air services

8.34 Contracting States shall take the necessary steps toensure that persons with disabilities have adequate access toair services.

8.35 Recommended Practice.— Contracting Statesshould introduce provisions by which aircraft coming newlyinto service or after major refurbishment should conform tominimum uniform standards of accessibility with respect toequipment on board aircraft which would include movablearmrests, on-board wheelchairs, lavatories and suitable light-ing and signs.

8.36 Recommended Practice.— Wheelchairs, specialapparatus and equipment required by persons with disabilitiesshould be carried free of charge in the cabin where, in theview of the aircraft operator, space and safety requirementspermit or should be designated as priority baggage. Serviceanimals accompanying passengers with disabilities shouldalso be carried free of charge in the cabin, subject to theapplication of any relevant national or aircraft operatorregulations.



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8.37 Recommended Practice.— In principle, personswith disabilities should be permitted to determine whether ornot they need an escort and to travel without the requirementfor a medical clearance. However, advance notice should bemandatory where assistance or lifting is required. Aircraftoperators should only be permitted to require passengers withdisabilities to obtain a medical clearance in cases of medicalcondition where it is clear that their safety or well-being orthat of other passengers cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore,aircraft operators should only be permitted to require anescort when it is clear that a person with disabilities is notself-reliant and, as such, the safety or well-being of thatperson or that of another passenger cannot be guaranteed.

8.38 Recommended Practice.— If the presence of anescort is required, Contracting States should encourageaircraft operators to offer discounts for the carriage of thataccompanying person.

H. Assistance to aircraft accident victims and their families

8.39 The State of Occurrence of an aircraft accident andadjacent States shall make arrangements to facilitate the entryinto their territory on a temporary basis of family members ofvictims of an aircraft accident.

8.40 The State of Occurrence and adjacent States shallalso make arrangements to facilitate the entry into theirterritory, on a temporary basis, of authorized representatives of

the operator whose aircraft has met with the accident, or of theoperator’s alliance partner, in order to enable them to provideassistance to survivors and their family members, the familymembers of the deceased victims of the accident and therelevant authorities in these States.

Note.— Code-sharing and similar alliance agreementssometimes require alliance partners to act as “first responder”on behalf of an affected operator in case the alliance partnercan get to the location of the accident quicker than the affectedoperator.

8.41 Recommended Practice.— In arranging for theentry of the persons referred to in 8.39, the State of Occur-rence and adjacent States should not require any other traveldocument than a passport, or an emergency travel documentissued specifically to such persons, to enable them to travel tothese States. In cases where the State of Occurrence of theaccident or an adjacent State requires entrance visas for per-sons referred to in 8.39 and 8.40 above, it should expedite theissuance of such visas.

8.42 Contracting States shall make arrangements to issueemergency travel documents, if required, to their nationalswho have survived the accident.

8.43 Contracting States shall extend all necessary assist-ance, such as arranging transport and clearing customs, in therepatriation of human remains to their countries of origin, onrequest by family members of the deceased or the operatorwhose aircraft met with the accident.



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ANNEX 9 APP 1-1 24/11/05

APPENDIX 1. GENERAL DECLARATION

GENERAL DECLARATION(Outward/Inward)

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Marks of Nationality and Registration* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Departure from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrival at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Place) (Place)

FLIGHT ROUTING(“Place” Column always to list origin, every en-route stop and destination)

PLACETOTAL NUMBER

OF CREW*NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

ON THIS STAGE**

Departure Place:Embarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Through on same flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Arrival Place:Disembarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Through on same flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Declaration of Health*Persons on board with illnesses other than airsickness or the effects of accidents(including persons with symptoms or signs of illness such as rash, fever, chills, diarrhoea)as well as those cases of illness disembarked during the flight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Any other conditions on board which may lead to the spread of disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Details of each disinsecting or sanitary treatment (place, date, time, method)during the flight. If no disinsecting has been carried out during the flight, give detailsof most recent disinsecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signed, if required ______________________________________Crew member concerned

For official use only

I declare that all statements and particulars contained in this General Declaration, and in any supplementary forms required to bepresented with this General Declaration, are complete, exact and true to the best of my knowledge and that all through passengers willcontinue/have continued on the flight.

SIGNATURE __________________________________________Authorized Agent or Pilot-in-command

Size of document to be 210 mm × 297 mm (or 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches).** To be completed only when required by the State.** Not to be completed when passenger manifests are presented and to be completed only when required by the State.

297

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4 in

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APPENDIX 2. PASSENGER MANIFEST

PASSENGER MANIFEST

Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Marks of Nationality and Registration*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Point of embarkation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point of disembarkation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Place) (Place)

Surname and initials For use by operator only For official use only

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Size of document to be 210 mm × 297 mm (or 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches).** To be completed only when required by the State.

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APPENDIX 3. CARGO MANIFEST

Size of document to be 210 mm × 297 mm (or 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches).* To be completed only when required by the State.

CARGO MANIFEST

Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Marks of Nationality and Registration*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flight No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Point of lading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point of unlading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Place) (Place)

Air WaybillNumber

Number ofpackages Nature of goods* For use by operator only For official use only

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APPENDIX 4. CERTIFICATE OF RESIDUAL DISINSECTION

GOVERNMENT OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CERTIFICATE OF RESIDUAL DISINSECTION

Interior surfaces, including cargo space, of this aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . were treated with permethrin on . . . . . . . .(aircraft registration) (date)

in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations (WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record No. 7, 1985,p. 47; No. 12, 1985, p. 90; No. 45, 1985, pp. 345-346; and No. 44, 1987, pp. 335-336) and any amendments thereto.

The treatment must be renewed if cleaning or other operations remove a significant amount of the permethrin residue, andin any case within 8 weeks of the above date.

Expiry date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Designation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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ANNEX 9 APP 5-1 24/11/05

APPENDIX 5. EMBARKATION/DISEMBARKATION CARD

* Applies to languages using the Latin alphabet.

INTERNATIONALEMBARKATION/DISEMBARKATION CARD

(Please print in block letters*)

1. Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Primary name Secondary name(s)

2. Date of birth: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Year Month Day

3. Nationality: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Travel document: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Issuing State Document type Number

5. Arriving passengers:port of embarkationor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Departing passengers:port of disembarkation

6. (Other data, requested at the option of the State)

a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ANNEX 9 APP 6-1 24/11/05

APPENDIX 6. RECOMMENDATION OF THECUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL*

For a Simplified Customs Control, Based on the Dual-ChannelSystem, of Passengers Arriving by Air (8 June 1971)

“THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL,

Having Regard to Recommendation No. B-3 of the SeventhSession of the Facilitation Division of the International CivilAviation Organization, as adopted by the Council of thatOrganization in December 1968, relating to the establishmentat international airports of dual-channel systems for speedyclearance of inbound baggage;

Having Regard to Recommendation No. 11 adopted by theSecond Intermediate Session of the European Civil AviationConference in July 1969 on the dual-channel or red/greensystem;

Desiring to contribute to the efforts to improve the flow ofpassenger traffic at international airports;

Considering that this aim can be achieved by introducing asimplified procedure, based on the dual-channel system, forthe Customs control of passengers and their baggage;

Considering that such a system can be adopted withoutreducing the effectiveness of the control and that it enablesCustoms authorities to deal efficiently with an increasingnumber of passengers without a corresponding increase in thenumber of Customs staff;

Considering that harmonization of the features of thissystem, as between the various countries, is essential to itssmooth operation;

Recommends that Members introduce, at their major inter-national airports, in close co-operation with the airportoperators and other agencies concerned, the dual-channelsystem outlined below for the clearance inwards of passengersand their baggage:

1) The system shall allow the passengers to choosebetween two types of channels:

a) one (green channel) for passengers having with themno goods or only goods which can be admitted free

of import duties and taxes and which are not subjectto import prohibitions or restrictions; and

b) the other (red channel) for other passengers.

2) Each channel shall be clearly and distinctively markedso that the choice between them can easily be under-stood by passengers. The basic distinctive marking shallbe:

a) for the channel referred to under 1) a), green, in theshape of a regular octagon, and the words “NOTHINGTO DECLARE” (“RIEN À DÉCLARER”);

b) for the channel referred to under 1) b), red, inthe shape of a square, and the words “GOODS TODECLARE” (“MARCHANDISES À DÉCLARER”).

In addition, the channels should be identified by aninscription including the words “CUSTOMS”(“DOUANE”).

3) The texts referred to in paragraph 2) shall be in Englishand/or French and in any other language or languagesdeemed useful for the airport concerned.

4) Passengers must be sufficiently well informed to choosebetween the channels. For this purpose it is important:

a) that passengers be informed about the functioning ofthe system and about the descriptions and quantitiesof goods they may have with them when using thegreen channel. This may be done by means of postersor panels at the airport or by means of leafletsavailable to the public at the airport or distributedthrough tourist agencies, airlines and other interestedbodies;

b) that the route to the channels be clearly signposted.

5) The channels shall be located beyond the baggagedelivery area so that passengers have all their baggagewith them when choosing their channel. Moreover, thechannels shall be so arranged that the passenger flowfrom that area to the exits from the airport is as direct aspossible.* Now known as the World Customs Organization (WCO).



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6) The distance between the baggage delivery area and theentrances to the channels shall be sufficient to allowpassengers to decide which channel to choose and tomove into that channel without causing congestion.

7) In the green channel passengers shall not be subject toany Customs formalities but the Customs may makespot checks; in the red channel passengers shallaccomplish the formalities required by the Customs;

Points out that the dual-channel system is not necessarilyincompatible with the application of other controls, forexample, exchange control, unless the relevant regulationsrequire full control of the passengers and their baggage;

Requests Members who accept this Recommendation tonotify to the Secretary General:

a) their acceptance and the date from which they will applythe Recommendation;

b) the names of the airports where the dual-channel systemis applied.

The Secretary General will transmit this information to theCustoms Administrations of Members, to the SecretaryGeneral of the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) and to the Director General of the International AirTransport Association (IATA).”



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APPENDIX 7. CREW MEMBER CERTIFICATE (CMC)

Front of CMC

Back of CMC

Note.— Detailed specifications for a machine readable crew member certificate can be found in Doc 9303,Part 3 — Size 1 and Size 2 Machine Readable Official Travel Documents.

Issuing State CREW MEMBERCompetent issuing authority CERTIFICATE

Photographof holder ofCertificate

Surname/Nom Given name/Prénom

Sex/ Nationality/Sexe Nationalité

Date of Birth/Date de Naissance

Employed by/Employeur

Occupation/Profession

Doc No/No du Doc Date of Expiry/Date d’expiration

(Signature of holder)

Issuing State

The holder may, at all times, re-enter upon production of this certificate, within theperiod of validity.

Issued at/Émis à(Place of issue)

(Signature)Issuing Authority/Autorité d’émission

Machine Readable Zone(To be left blank when non-machine readable

certificate issued)



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ANNEX 9 APP 8-1 24/11/05

APPENDIX 8. CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR CERTIFICATE

Front of Certificate

Back of Certificate

Note.— Detailed specifications for a machine readable certificate can be found in Doc 9303, Part 3 — Size 1and Size 2 Machine Readable Official Travel Documents.

Issuing State CIVIL AVIATIONCompetent issuing authority SAFETY INSPECTOR

CERTIFICATE

Photographof holder ofCertificate

Surname/Nom Given name/Prénom

Sex/ Nationality/Sexe Nationalité

Date of Birth/Date de Naissance

Employed by/Employeur

Occupation/Profession

CIVIL AVIATIONSAFETY INSPECTOR

Doc No/No du Doc Date of Expiry/Date d’expiration

(Signature of holder)

Issuing State

The holder may, at all times, re-enter upon production of this certificate, within theperiod of validity.

Issued at/Émis à(Place of issue)

(Signature)Issuing Authority/Autorité d’émission

Machine Readable Zone(To be left blank when non-machine readable

certificate issued)



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ANNEX 9 APP 9-1 24/11/05

APPENDIX 9. SUGGESTED FORMATS FOR DOCUMENTSRELATING TO THE RETURN OF INADMISSIBLE PERSONS

1. ATTESTING DOCUMENT RELATING TO LOST OR DESTROYEDTRAVEL DOCUMENTS (see 5.6)

From: Immigration or other appropriate authority: (Name) To: Immigration or other appropriate authority: (Name)Airport: (Name) Airport: (Name)State: (Name) State: (Name)Telephone:Telex:Facsimile:

The person for whom this document is issued arrived on (date) at (name of) Airport on flight (flight number) from (City andState).

This person, who was found to be inadmissible, has lost or destroyed his travel documents and claims to be/is understood tobe (strike out whichever is not applicable and add any appropriate supporting information).

Surname:

Given name(s):

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Nationality:

Residence:

Photograph

if available

The incoming carrier was instructed to remove the passenger from the territory of this State on flight (flight number) departingon (date) at (time) from (name of) airport.

Pursuant to Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the last State in which a passenger previously stayedand most recently travelled from is invited to accept him for re-examination when he has been refused admission to anotherState.

Date: Name of Official:Title:Signature:Name of immigration or other appropriate authority:

(Warning: This is NOT an Identification Document)



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2. LETTER RELATING TO FRAUDULENT, FALSIFIED OR COUNTERFEIT TRAVEL DOCUMENTSOR GENUINE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY IMPOSTERS (see 5.7)

From: Immigration or appropriate authority: (Name) To: Immigration or appropriate authority: (Name)Airport: (Name) Airport: (Name)State: (Name) State: (Name)Telephone:Telex:Facsimile:

Enclosed herewith is a photocopy of a fraudulent/falsified/counterfeit passport/identity card/genuine document presented by animposter.Document number:State in whose name this document was issued:

The above-mentioned document was used by a person claiming to be:

Surname:

Given name(s):

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Nationality:

Residence:

Photograph

if available

This person arrived on (date) at (name of) Airport on flight (flight number) from (City and State).

The holder was refused entry to (name of State) and the incoming carrier has been instructed to remove the passenger from theterritory of this State on flight (flight number) departing at (time) and (date) from (name of airport).

The above-mentioned document will be required as evidence in the holder’s prosecution and has been impounded. As thisdocument is the property of the State in whose name it was issued, it will be returned, following prosecution, to the appropriateauthorities.

According to Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the last State in which a passenger previously stayedand most recently travelled from is invited to accept him for re-examination when he has been refused admission to anotherState.

Date: Name and signature of Official:Title:Name of immigration or appropriate authority:

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APPENDIX 10. UNITED NATIONS LAYOUT KEY FOR TRADE DOCUMENTSShipper (Exporter) Date: Reference No. etc.

Consignee Other address (e.g. buyer, if other than consignee)

Notify or delivery address Statements as to countries

Statements as to transportation Terms of delivery and payment

Marks and numbers; number and kind of package; description of goods Statistical No. Net quantity Value

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APPENDIX 11. MODEL AIRPORT FACILITATION (FAL) PROGRAMME

1. PURPOSE OF AN AIRPORTFAL PROGRAMME

The purpose of an airport FAL programme is to pursue theobjectives of Annex 9 at the operational level, to facilitate thecompletion of border clearance formalities at the airport withrespect to aircraft, crews, passengers and cargo.

2. SCOPE OF AN AIRPORTFAL PROGRAMME

The airport FAL programme encompasses all of the provisionsof Annex 9 concerning border clearance processes at theairport, as well as the planning for and management of thoseprocesses. A representative list of tasks to be performed andthe Standard(s) or Recommended Practice(s) (SARPs) appli-cable to each one are provided in the table below.

3. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

3.1 The recommended vehicle to conduct the facilitationprogramme at the operational level is the Airport FacilitationCommittee. Although such committees should be encouragedby the National FAL Committee and keep it informed of theirproblems and progress, they are not necessarily supervised bythe national body. Their principal concern is day-to-dayproblem-solving and implementation of Annex 9.

3.2 It is recommended that the airport manager take chargeof the committee and convene regular meetings. Membershipshould consist of the senior officers in charge of their respectiveinspection agencies at the airport, e.g. customs, immigration,quarantine, etc., as well as the station managers of the aircraftoperators with international operations at the airport concerned.The participation of all parties is necessary to make the airportFAL programme a success.

Airport FAL programme taskAnnex 9

(12th Edition) SARPs

Establish, review and amend, as necessary, procedures for entry and clearance of flights at the airport concerned.

Standard 6.1.1

Review regularly all parties’ performance with respect to meeting the 45-minute goal for processing inbound passengers and the 60-minute goal for processing outbound passengers. Use time studies and queue analysis to determine where adjustments should be made.

Recommended Practices 3.36 and 3.39

Establish modern systems for immigration and customs inspection, using applicable technology. Collaborate in setting up automated passenger clearance systems.

Standards 3.40, 3.51 and 6.26

Make necessary changes in traffic flows and checkpoints in the airport to cope with rising traffic volumes.

Standard 6.3

Improve the quality and quantity of signage in the inspection facilities in order to reduce customer confusion.

Recommended Practices 6.9 and 6.12.1

Review staffing of inspection stations – work shifts, overtime, etc. – and seek adjustments to meet traffic demands.

Recommended Practice 6.3.1

Provide input on behalf of resident aircraft operators and inspection agencies to the design of new airports or new inspection facilities.

Standards 6.2 and 6.7

Monitor and improve delivery of baggage to the customs inspection area. Standard 6.28

Bring to the attention of appropriate authorities any service problems related to currency exchange. Recommend installation of ATMs in the arrivals area.

Standards 6.63, 6.64 and 6.65

Coordinate facilitation, narcotics control, aviation security and dangerous goods handling procedures so that the objectives of all four programmes are met.

Standard 8.19

Do not forget cargo! Coordinate the activities and requirements of the various inspection agencies in order to assure prompt clearance and delivery of air cargo shipments. Provide adequate facilities for loading/unloading and for secure storage of cargo while awaiting customs clearance.

Standard 4.25; Recommended Practices 4.28 and 4.29 and 6.38 to 6.50 incl.

Set up and maintain electronic systems for cargo manifesting, customs clearance, and delivery. Standards 4.15 and 4.4



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Customer service: Review regularly all parties’ performance with respect to meeting the 3-hour goal for completion of inspection formalities and make adjustments where necessary and feasible.

Recommended Practices 4.28 and 4.29

Review inspection agency staffing of cargo clearance area – work shifts, overtime, etc. – and seek adjustments to meet customer needs.

Standard 6.60.1

Airport FAL programme taskAnnex 9

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APPENDIX 12. MODEL NATIONAL FAL PROGRAMME

1. PURPOSE OF A NATIONALFAL PROGRAMME

The purpose of a National FAL Programme is to implementthe Chicago Convention mandate that Contracting Statesprovide for and facilitate the border-crossing formalities thatmust be accomplished with respect to aircraft engaged in inter-national operations and their passengers, crews and cargo.

2. SCOPE OF A NATIONALFAL PROGRAMME

The applicable articles of the Chicago Convention and thetasks involved in implementing each one are presented in thetable below. Activities aimed at accomplishing these andrelated tasks in a State constitute the National FALProgramme.1

3. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

3.1 The primary responsibility for the National FALProgramme rests with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)and/or the Ministry of Transport. However, success of theprogramme requires the active participation of other ministriesor agencies, such as:

Customs Passport/visa issuingForeign Affairs authoritiesAgriculture/environment Public HealthSecurity and narcotics control Identification cardTourism issuing authoritiesImmigration Quarantine

3.2 In addition, the active participation of airportoperators (public or private) and resident international aircraftoperators or their representative organizations is essential.

3.3 Other entities which may play an advisory roleinclude the governmental agencies or non-governmentalorganizations which promote international tourism and trade.

3.4 The recommended vehicle for carrying out theNational FAL Programme is the National FAL Committee,which is composed of the heads of the government agenciesinvolved and the chief executive officers of the national organ-izations representing the aircraft operators and airportoperators. The chairman should be a top-management officialin the CAA or an appropriate authority. In order to sustain aclose link between the national FAL committee and thenational aviation security committee, appropriate membersfrom the national aviation security committee may also bemembers of the national FAL committee and vice-versa.

3.5 For the purpose of carrying out the work of thecommittee, the members may designate one or more middle-management persons in their respective organizations torepresent them in meetings at the staff level (working groups).These officials should be given sufficient authority to speak onbehalf of their respective organizations and to initiatenecessary action in support of the committee’s work. Thechairman should designate a middle-management official inhis department or agency to chair and convene the staff-levelmeetings.

3.6 The decision to convene meetings of the NationalFAL Committee or the members’ designated representatives,and the frequency and venue of such meetings, are matters ofthe chairman’s discretion. Working arrangements foraccomplishment of the various implementing tasks woulddepend on the nature of the task and the issue at hand.

4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONALFAL PROGRAMME

It is advisable that the authority for a National FAL Pro-gramme and the membership of the National FAL Committeebe established through legislation, regulation, or executiveaction from an authorized person, in order to ensure the par-ticipation of the various agencies and industry groups involvedand to make provision for continuity. The Director General ofCivil Aviation (DGCA) or appropriate authority should initiatethe process to obtain such a mandate through the nationalpolitical system.

1. A group of smaller States with similar needs and goals maydecide to establish a sub-regional FAL programme in the inter-est of achieving economies of scale.



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Chicago Convention mandate Implementing tasks

Article 10 – Landing at customs airport... every aircraft which enters the territory of a contracting State shall, if the regulations of that State so require, land at an airport designated by that State for the purpose of customs and other examination. On departure from the territory of a contracting State, such aircraft shall depart from a similarly designated customs airport. ...

— Establish customs airports and open new ones as appropriate.

— Develop procedures by which operators of scheduled and non-scheduled services may request permission to land or depart from customs airports.

— Arrange for border inspection services at customs airports.

Article 13 – Entry and clearance regulationsThe laws and regulations of a contracting State as to the admission to or departure from its territory of passengers, crew or cargo of aircraft, such as regulations relating to entry, clearance, immigration, passports, customs, and quarantine shall be complied with by or on behalf of such passengers, crew or cargo upon entrance into or departure from, or while within the territory of that State.

— Support the interested border control agencies in the establishment and maintenance of effective inspection systems at airports, and in their efforts to rationalize their respective procedures.

— Develop programmes for control of security problems such as document fraud, illegal migration and smuggling.

— Coordinate preparations for clearing large numbers of international visitors for special events, e.g. international athletics competitions.

Article 14 – Prevention of spread of disease Each contracting State agrees to take effective measures to prevent the spread by means of air navigation of cholera, typhus (epidemic), smallpox, yellow fever, plague, and such other communicable diseases as the contracting States shall from time to time decide to designate, ...

— Establish, review and amend as necessary the national policies regarding prevention of the spread of contagious diseases by air, for example, aircraft disinsection, disinfection, public health-related quarantine programmes, and screening measures to be applied in a health emergency.

Article 22 – Facilitation of formalitiesEach contracting State agrees to adopt all practicable measures, through the issuance of special regulations or otherwise, to facilitate and expedite navigation by aircraft between the territories of contracting States, and to prevent unnecessary delays to aircraft, crews, passengers and cargo, especially in the administration of the laws relating to immigration, quarantine, customs and clearance.

— Establish, review and amend as necessary the national regulations which implement the State’s customs, immigration and quarantine laws pertaining to international movements by air.

Article 23 – Customs and immigration proceduresEach contracting States undertakes, so far as it may find practicable, to establish customs and immigration procedures affecting international air navigation in accordance with the practices which may be established or recommended from time to time, pursuant to this Convention. ...

— Establish and amend as appropriate, customs and immigration procedures carried out at airports, to harmonize them with the standards and recommended practices set forth in Annex 9.

— Support and advocate the national issuance of passports and other travel documents in accordance with ICAO specifications in Doc 9303 – Machine Readable Travel Documents.

Article 37 – Adoption of international standards and proceduresEach contracting State undertakes to collaborate in securing the highest practicable degree of uniformity in regulations, standards, procedures, and organization in relation to aircraft, personnel, airways and auxiliary services in all matters in which such uniformity will facilitate and improve air navigation....(j) Customs and immigration procedures ...

— Participate in ICAO development of Annex 9.

— Review national procedures periodically in order to ensure harmonization with the provisions of Annex 9.

Article 38 – Departures from international standards and proceduresAny State which finds it impracticable to comply in all respects with any such international standard or procedure, or to bring its own regulations or practices into full accord with any international standard or procedure after amendment of the latter, or which deems it necessary to adopt regulations or practices differing in any particular respect from those established by an international standard, shall give immediate notification to the International Civil Aviation Organization of the differences between its own practice and that established in the international standard. ...

— Periodically review conformity by all relevant agencies with the provisions of Annex 9 and notify ICAO of differences between national practices and the relevant standards.



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Transmittal Note

SUPPLEMENT TO

ANNEX 9 — FACILITATION

(Eleventh Edition)

1. The attached Supplement supersedes all previous Supplements to Annex 9 and includes differences notified by

Contracting States up to 28 October 2003 with respect to all amendments up to and including Amendment 18. 2. The Supplement should be inserted at the end of Annex 9, Eleventh Edition. Additional differences received from

Contracting States will be issued at intervals as amendments to this Supplement.



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Differences between the national regulations and practices of Contracting States and the corresponding International Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 9, as notified to ICAO in accordance with Article 38 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the Council’s resolution of 21 November 1950.

OCTOBER 2003

I N T E R N A T I O N A L C I V I L A V I A T I O N O R G A N I Z A T I O N



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RECORD OF AMENDMENTS TO SUPPLEMENT

No. Date Entered by No. Date Entered by

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX 9 ADOPTED OR APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL SUBSEQUENT TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION ISSUED JULY 2002

No.

Date of adoption or

approval Date

applicable No.

Date of adoption or

approval Date

applicable



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1. Contracting States which have notified ICAO of differences The Contracting States listed below have notified ICAO of differences which exist between their national regulations and practices and the International Standards and Recommended Practices of Annex 9, Eleventh Edition, up to and including Amendment 18, or have commented on implementation. The page numbers shown for each State and the dates of publication of those pages correspond to the actual pages in this Supplement.

State Date of

notification Pages in

Supplement Date of

publication

Australia 28/10/02 1-3 28/10/03 Azerbaijan 4/12/02 1 28/10/03 Belgium 22/10/02 1-2 28/10/03 Brazil 28/10/02 1 28/10/03 Canada 8/1/03 1-2 28/10/03 China 22/10/02 1-2 28/10/03 China (Hong Kong SAR) 23/10/02 1-3 28/10/03 Croatia 30/1/03 1-2 28/10/03 Cyprus 8/7/02 1 28/10/03 Czech Republic 24/9/02 1 28/10/03 Denmark 25/10/02 1-3 28/10/03 Finland 11/10/02 1-2 28/10/03 Germany 15/10/02 1-2 28/10/03 Greece 27/10/03 1-2 28/10/03 Indonesia 28/2/03 1-2 28/10/03 Japan 1/11/02 1-3 28/10/03 Latvia 31/1/03 1 28/10/03 Mauritius 30/1/03 1 28/10/03 Monaco 19/2/03 1 28/10/03 Netherlands 27/1/03 1-2 28/10/03 New Zealand 22/10/02 1 28/10/03 Paraguay 9/1/03 1-3 28/10/03 Portugal 8/10/02 1-2 28/10/03 Russian Federation 21/8/02 1-2 28/10/03 Singapore 8/4/03 1 28/10/03 South Africa 21/2/03 1 28/10/03 Sweden 30/10/02 1-3 28/10/03 Switzerland 21/1/03 1 28/10/03 Thailand 3/12/02 1 28/10/03 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 28/10/02 1 28/10/03 Turkey 20/1/03 1 28/10/03 Ukraine 28/10/02 1 28/10/03 United Kingdom 24/10/02 1-4 28/10/03 Uruguay 19/11/02 1 28/10/03



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2. Contracting States which have notified ICAO that no differences exist

State Date of

notification

Algeria 1/2/03 Argentina 27/1/03 Austria 27/1/03 Bahrain 9/10/02 Belarus 30/1/03 Colombia 4/2/03 Côte d’Ivoire — Dominican Republic 30/1/03 Ecuador 23/1/03 El Salvador 31/1/03 Estonia 1/11/02 Ethiopia 27/1/03 Ghana 3/6/02 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29/7/02 Jordan 27/1/03 Kenya 9/8/02

State Date of

notification

Kuwait 10/7/02 Lebanon 7/5/03 Lithuania 12/6/02 Malaysia 7/3/03 Namibia 30/1/03 Norway 19/7/02 Oman 3/7/02 Pakistan 24/12/02 Republic of Moldova 10/2/03 Romania 21/10/02 Saudi Arabia 7/10/02 Slovakia 26/8/02 Slovenia 9/7/02 Spain 4/2/03 United Republic of Tanzania 3/2/03

3. Contracting States from which no information has been received Afghanistan Albania Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Comoros Congo

Cook Islands Costa Rica Cuba Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Fiji France Gabon Gambia Georgia Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Iraq

Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nauru Nepal



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Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Republic of Korea Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan

Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Uganda United Arab Emirates United States Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

4. Paragraphs with respect to which differences have been notified

Paragraph Differences notified by Paragraph

Differences notified by

Chapter 1 Definitions Brazil Indonesia Paraguay 1.5 China (Hong Kong SAR) Chapter 2 2.3 Indonesia 2.4 Australia 2.5 Australia 2.7 Croatia Thailand 2.8 Australia Denmark 2.9 China Uruguay 2.10 Brazil China (Hong Kong SAR) Greece Japan Mauritius Paraguay Russian Federation Singapore Thailand 2.10.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan

Russian Federation United Kingdom 2.12 Greece Indonesia Japan Paraguay Singapore United Kingdom 2.13 Australia Canada China (Hong Kong SAR) Denmark Greece Russian Federation 2.14 Australia Denmark 2.15 Denmark 2.19 Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 2.20 Australia Japan 2.21 Greece 2.27 Australia Uruguay



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2.28 Australia 2.30 Australia 2.32 Canada Finland Indonesia Russian Federation 2.34 Canada Finland Russian Federation 2.35 China Russian Federation 2.36 Canada Russian Federation 2.37 Australia Canada China China (Hong Kong SAR) Croatia Czech Republic Russian Federation Thailand 2.38 China (Hong Kong SAR) Russian Federation 2.39 China Finland 2.40 Russian Federation 2.41 Russian Federation Sweden 2.42 Greece 2.43 Azerbaijan Brazil Czech Republic Greece Japan Russian Federation Sweden Thailand Ukraine Uruguay Chapter 3 3.3 Czech Republic Japan 3.4 Czech Republic Singapore 3.5 Brazil China

Croatia Japan Paraguay Singapore Uruguay 3.6 Brazil China Czech Republic Latvia New Zealand South Africa Sweden Switzerland 3.7 Australia 3.9.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) 3.10 Czech Republic Finland Mauritius Monaco Turkey 3.11 China Czech Republic Paraguay Sweden 3.12 Russian Federation 3.13 Thailand 3.14 Greece Russian Federation 3.15 China 3.16 Australia China Denmark Japan New Zealand Thailand 3.17 Denmark 3.18 Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland Greece Japan Latvia Thailand 3.19 Brazil Canada China



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China (Hong Kong SAR) Cyprus Denmark Finland Japan Monaco Paraguay Thailand 3.20 Brazil Japan Paraguay Singapore 3.21 Australia Brazil China (Hong Kong SAR) Cyprus Czech Republic Japan New Zealand Singapore Thailand United Kingdom 3.22 Australia China (Hong Kong SAR) Greece Japan Singapore 3.24 Japan Thailand United Kingdom 3.26 Greece 3.28 China Denmark 3.30 Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Japan Monaco Portugal Sweden The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ukraine United Kingdom 3.31 China Denmark Japan

3.34 Croatia Denmark Latvia Netherlands Paraguay 3.35 Canada Japan 3.36 Australia Brazil Canada Indonesia New Zealand Paraguay Russian Federation Thailand 3.37 Australia China (Hong Kong SAR) Uruguay 3.38 China (Hong Kong SAR) Greece Japan Netherlands Singapore Thailand United Kingdom 3.39 Greece 3.42 Australia 3.43 Denmark Indonesia Sweden 3.44 Australia China Finland Netherlands 3.45 Canada Denmark 3.46 Denmark Finland Russian Federation Singapore Thailand United Kingdom 3.47 Canada Indonesia 3.48 Denmark 3.51 Indonesia 3.52.2 Japan United Kingdom 3.54.1 Paraguay



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3.54.2 Paraguay 3.55 Australia China (Hong Kong SAR) Netherlands Russian Federation United Kingdom 3.55.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Denmark Japan United Kingdom 3.56 Denmark Japan 3.57 Australia Japan Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom 3.58 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan United Kingdom 3.59 Paraguay 3.59.1 Canada China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan Paraguay United Kingdom 3.60 China (Hong Kong SAR) United Kingdom 3.60.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan 3.61 Japan 3.63 Japan 3.65 Canada Japan United Kingdom 3.66 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan United Kingdom 3.67 Canada China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan Netherlands United Kingdom 3.68 United Kingdom 3.69 China (Hong Kong SAR) United Kingdom 3.72 Netherlands 3.73 Australia Latvia

Paraguay Sweden United Kingdom 3.73.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Finland Paraguay United Kingdom 3.74 Australia China (Hong Kong SAR) Croatia Latvia Netherlands Russian Federation United Kingdom 3.74.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Latvia Netherlands Russian Federation United Kingdom 3.75 Australia China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan Latvia Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom 3.75.1 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan Latvia Netherlands New Zealand Russian Federation United Kingdom 3.76 Finland Latvia United Kingdom 3.77 Latvia 3.78 Finland Latvia 3.79 China (Hong Kong SAR) Finland Latvia Paraguay Sweden 3.80 Finland Latvia Sweden 3.81 China (Hong Kong SAR) Finland



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Japan Latvia Netherlands Chapter 4 4.1 Indonesia 4.2 Belgium Canada Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.3 Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.4 Azerbaijan 4.5 Paraguay 4.6 Paraguay 4.7 China (Hong Kong SAR) Paraguay Russian Federation 4.8 China (Hong Kong SAR) Paraguay Russian Federation 4.11 Indonesia Latvia 4.13 Australia Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.14 Indonesia 4.15 Indonesia Latvia 4.16 Germany Indonesia Latvia 4.18 Latvia

4.20 Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.21 China The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 4.22 Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.23 China 4.24 Azerbaijan Belgium China (Hong Kong SAR) Croatia Finland Germany Greece Indonesia Netherlands Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.25 Indonesia 4.27 Azerbaijan Belgium China (Hong Kong SAR) Denmark Finland Germany Greece Indonesia Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.29 Azerbaijan Belgium Finland Germany Greece Portugal



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Sweden United Kingdom 4.30 Belgium Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.31 Croatia New Zealand Sweden 4.32 Japan 4.33 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan 4.34 Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Greece Portugal Sweden United Kingdom 4.35 China (Hong Kong SAR) New Zealand 4.36 China (Hong Kong SAR) 4.37 China (Hong Kong SAR) Sweden 4.38 China (Hong Kong SAR) 4.39 Australia Canada China (Hong Kong SAR) Indonesia New Zealand Singapore 4.40 China (Hong Kong SAR) 4.41 China (Hong Kong SAR) Indonesia 4.42 China (Hong Kong SAR) Croatia Indonesia New Zealand Singapore 4.43 China (Hong Kong SAR) Sweden 4.46 Indonesia 4.47 Indonesia 4.49 China (Hong Kong SAR) Denmark

4.50 Indonesia 4.51 Sweden Chapter 6 6.5 China (Hong Kong SAR) Denmark Paraguay 6.6 Croatia Paraguay 6.7.1 Paraguay 6.9 Russian Federation 6.9.1 Paraguay Russian Federation 6.10 Croatia 6.17 Paraguay 6.18 Paraguay 6.20 Croatia Paraguay 6.24 Croatia Paraguay Russian Federation 6.26 Croatia 6.32 Finland Netherlands 6.35.1 Croatia Paraguay 6.35.2 Paraguay 6.37 Denmark United Kingdom 6.41 Paraguay 6.49 Sweden United Kingdom 6.51 Paraguay 6.52 Sweden 6.56 Paraguay 6.58 United Kingdom 6.60 United Kingdom 6.60.1 Australia Thailand 6.62 China (Hong Kong SAR) Japan Paraguay Russian Federation Chapter 8 8.1 Canada



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8.3 Canada 8.3.1 Japan 8.3.2 Brazil Japan 8.4 Canada 8.12 Australia 8.13 Australia 8.17 Sweden 8.18 Sweden

8.19 Denmark United Kingdom 8.20 United Kingdom 8.21 United Kingdom 8.30 Australia 8.35 China (Hong Kong SAR) 8.38 Australia Appendix 11 Denmark



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CHAPTER 2 2.4* Australia is not a signatory to the International Health Regulations which are incompatible with

provisions in its Quarantine Act 1908. However, a review of the Act is currently under way which may enable Australia to comply with this Recommended Practice in the future. In the meantime, Australia complies with the International Health Regulations wherever possible.

2.5 2.8

Australia requires the provision of Impending Arrival Reports and Arrival Reports for the aircraft. Both these reports are required to be submitted electronically when the aircraft is carrying cargo.

2.13 Australia requires the operator to make a declaration of the completeness of the report and for

consignee and consignor details to be provided. 2.14 Australian legislation will require the operator of the aircraft to provide to customs a report

(documentary or electronic) of the “particulars of the ... aircraft’s stores”. 2.20 Australian legislation does not provide for amendments to cargo reports. Amendments to cargo

reports may attract penalties. 2.27 2.28

Aircraft cabins should be treated by disinsecting at top-of-descent, or residually disinsected in accordance with a Compliance Agreement between the airline and the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. Adequacy of performance of disinsection is monitored through the collection of spent cans of disinsectant and by audits.

2.30 If considered necessary by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, all or any part of the

aircraft and the contents may be treated by disinfection and/or disinsection after the aircraft lands at its first port of call in Australia.

2.37* Australia requires full details of passengers (name, date of birth, passport number, evidence of a

visa for Australia for non-citizens) when aircraft seek permission to land at other than a designated international airport. Australia reserves the right to require the following additional information in respect to non-scheduled flights, whether or not for non-traffic purposes:

1. copy of the Certificate of Airworthiness; 2. maintenance arrangements when in Australian territory; 3. copy of the Air Operator’s Certificate or equivalent certificate (if applicable); 4. arrangements for regulatory oversight by the State of Registry; 5. copy of the Noise Certificate; and 6. details of the carrier’s liability insurance (as applicable). CHAPTER 3 3.7 The Australian Government maintains a universal, non-discriminatory, computerized visa system

that requires all non-Australian citizens, including those who have lawful permanent residence permits, to hold a visa before travelling to Australia. The visa system is both a means of maintaining border integrity and passenger facilitation because it allows passengers to be electronically processed quickly and efficiently at the Australian border.

* Recommended Practice



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3.16* All non-citizen permanent residents are required to hold a valid visa. 3.21* Australia requires all travellers to complete an Incoming and Outgoing Passenger Card on each

arrival and departure. 3.22 The content and form of the Australian Incoming and Outgoing Passenger Cards differ from

Appendix 5. 3.36 An Incoming Passenger Card is to be completed by passengers on arrival. A written declaration on

Australian Customs Form B465 is required in respect of goods in the possession of crew members. 3.37 A marshall stationed at the entry to the red/green channels may direct passengers to a particular

channel. 3.42* Australian health authorities reserve the right to examine medically any person arriving by air. 3.44 Australia’s direct transit policy limits the amount of time to be spent in transit facilities to up to

eight hours for some countries. 3.55 Proof of negligence is not an element of defence in Australian immigration law when a carrier

brings an undocumented person to Australia. In practice, however, prosecution of services of an infringement notice is not initiated if the carrier was not negligent.

3.57* Australia retains the right to determine who shall or shall not enter its territory. A person who

holds correct travel documentation for Australia would normally be expected to be admitted. However, there are situations where such persons will be denied entry. Australia holds operators responsible for detention and removal costs where a person is denied entry.

3.73 The Australian Government does not provide crew member certificate (CMC) facilities. 3.74 Australia does not accept crew member certificates for temporary admission to the country. 3.75 The Australian Government does not provide crew member certificate (CMC) facilities. CHAPTER 4 4.13 In the case of the importation of any animal into Australia by air, it will be the operator’s

responsibility to be in possession of the appropriate import permit or a copy of it. 4.39* Goods being imported into Australia for use at airports would incur import duties between 0 and

5 per cent and GST of 10 per cent. CHAPTER 6 6.60.1 Australia is not bound by the International Health Regulations referred to in Note 1. Current

Australian policy is not to charge for medical examinations or vaccinations in these circumstances. * Recommended Practice



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CHAPTER 8 8.12 Australia is not bound by the International Health Regulations. These regulations are incompatible

with provisions in its Quarantine Act 1908. However, a review of the Act is currently under way which may enable Australia to comply in the future. In the meantime, Australia complies with the International Health Regulations wherever possible.

8.13* Australia is not bound by the International Health Regulations. These regulations are incompatible

with provisions in its Quarantine Act 1908. 8.30* There are no set-down points reserved specifically for the disabled because quarantining a large

section of curbside immediately in front of the terminal would not be the most efficient use of this space. However, parking officers patrol the fronts of the terminals and are trained to assist where needed. Every effort is made to ensure access paths within terminals are free of obstacles, subject to the need for border, security, and other agencies to carry out their legitimate functions. Airports are subject to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 which contains specific provisions requiring access for persons with disabilities.

8.38* The provision of discounts for passengers is a commercial matter for the airlines. Due to the

competitive nature of the industry, heavily discounted fares are already offered to all members of the public. As a commercial decision, airlines do make specific discounts available to escorts and carriers.




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CHAPTER 2 2.43* Under the Customs Code, “the authority of the customs agencies cannot be delegated to any State

agency.” According to the Law on State Borders, border, customs and other controls are entrusted to the appropriate control agencies.

CHAPTER 4 4.4 Under the Customs Code, “the authority of the customs agencies cannot be delegated to any State

agency.” According to the Law on State Borders, border, customs and other controls are entrusted to the appropriate control agencies.

4.24* Based on the Customs Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, we do not believe this wording is

appropriate since, where further examination is necessary, the goods are not permitted to be removed from customs territory and later returned for inspection.

4.27 Under the Customs Code of Azerbaijan, simplified procedures are used in cases of natural

emergencies, disasters and for the clearance of animals, radioactive materials and similar goods. 4.29* Clearance procedures for goods and means of transport are to be completed within 24 hours of

presentation of all documents. (Regulations governing import and export operations in Azerbaijan).




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CHAPTER 2 2.19 General customs supervision should at all times be possible; such supervision may include a

document check (see Article 13 of the Community Customs Code). CHAPTER 3 3.30 Belgium disapproves this Standard only if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. CHAPTER 4 4.2* This would be contrary to the Community customs legislation. The Community Customs Code

does not foresee a guarantee waiver for transport by road (including airfreight by road); however, provisions to authorize a reduction of the guarantee level exist.1

4.3 As far as Community customs legislation is concerned, consultation with operators and other

parties concerned is not, in every case, compulsory. However, in order to improve in particular the quality and the effectiveness of new regulations and of amendments to existing rules, close cooperation and consultation with the said operators are generally sought.

4.13 This provision is correct in as far it concerns customs matters for which the “declarant” is the

relevant person. With regard to other policies (such as phyto-sanitary measures), the person responsible for the information concerned may be a person other than the declarant.

4.20 The provision is correct. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in the Community, a wide range of

different simplified customs procedures are, in practice, available for operators as regards export (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations. The authorization is based on general criteria (possibility to guarantee effective checks for example). Depending on the simplified procedure used, the declarant must provide the customs authorities or make available to them all the required documents, the production of which is required for application of the provisions governing export of goods.

4.22 This Standard, and in particular the words “at any customs office”, is not in conformity with

Article 161, Section 5 of the Community Customs Code, which provides that the export declaration must be lodged where the goods are packed or where the exporter is established.

4.24* The proposed Recommended Practice would seriously frustrate control by public authorities over

goods loaded on a departing aircraft. Furthermore, the return of certain goods after their departure would not be guaranteed despite the lodging of a security.

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4.27 Currently, no Community provision determines in which cases the use of simplified arrangements is obligatory or must be granted to the operators. In the Community, a wide range of simplified procedures (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) are available to operators (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations.

4.29* While the customs authorities release goods as quickly as possible, customs authorities are not

always the only authorities involved in the clearance procedure. Therefore, they cannot undertake to release all goods within three hours of their arrival. Nevertheless, it should be noted that one of the objectives of customs aims at performing checks and releasing goods within the shortest possible time limit.

4.30* This Recommended Practice is acceptable in as far as the Contracting States have a common

interpretation of the term “part consignment”. According to Article 73(2) of the Community Customs Code, all goods covered by a same declaration shall be released at the same time, on the understanding that, where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.

4.34 The national and Community provisions concerning export and transit licences remain applicable,

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CHAPTER 1 Definitions Visitor. In Brazil the activity “study” will continue to be included in the set of legitimate non-

immigrant purposes listed in this definition. CHAPTER 2 2.10 Brazil will continue to require the presentation of a General Declaration. 2.43* For the clearance of general aviation aircraft and their loads, the participation of more than one

government inspection agency is required. CHAPTER 3 3.5* Brazil does not issue passports, visas or other identity documents accepted for travel purposes in

machine readable form yet, as specified in Doc 9303 (series). 3.6 No machine readable passports are currently issued in Brazil. 3.19 Visas are valid for three months, from the date of issuance. 3.20* Brazil does not issue visas in the format specified for the “visual zone” in Doc 9303, Part 2. 3.21* Brazil will continue to require information in writing supplementary to that presented in the

identity documents, on the Embarkation/Disembarkation Card (E/D Card), for entry/departure control purposes. Foreign passengers and/or crew members shall hand in the E/D Card to the immigration official upon entry.

3.36 Brazilian customs authorities might require as necessary a written declaration of baggage from

passengers and crew upon arrival. CHAPTER 8 8.3.2* Brazilian legislation does not require entrance visas for search and rescue and aircraft accident

investigation personnel. At the discretion of the immigration authority, a “conditional disembarkation” will be allowed on a case-by-case basis.




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CHAPTER 2 2.13 Canadian customs regulations require that all air carriers report cargo either on an IATA standard

format air waybill or the official national customs cargo control document. 2.32 Operators of commercial non-scheduled (charter) flights must either notify and/or seek prior

authorization from the Canadian Transportation Agency. Flight authorization must also be sought from Transport Canada.

2.34 It is the air carrier’s responsibility to provide border inspection agencies notice of intended landing. 2.36 A fee of CDN $100 is payable when an operator makes the required application for flight authority

validation. 2.37* Canada also requires notification of dangerous goods and agricultural products when applying for

a flight authorization. In the case of foreign state aircraft, the Minister of Transport may request a copy of the equivalent operations specification(s) issued by the regulating authority, and any other document the Minister deems necessary to ensure that the intended operation will be conducted safely.

CHAPTER 3 3.18* Canada reserves the right to require visitor visa applicants to appear at a Canadian Consulate for

an interview. 3.19 Some visitors may be issued single entry visas valid for less than six months. 3.35 Most passengers are authorized to enter Canada following a single examination. Some passengers

are sent for a secondary immigration examination, in which case they will be required to present their identity documents again. Canada reserves the right to examine identity documents at any time following arrival until the passenger exits the airport.

3.36 Canadian customs requires a written declaration of any goods acquired abroad or purchased in a

Canadian duty-free shop that are contained in baggage whether or not they are dutiable or restricted.

3.45 Canada allows persons to transit without a visa only where a carrier has a memorandum of

understanding (MOU) with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to allow foreign nationals from specific countries to transit Canada. Where no MOU exists, passengers from countries requiring a visa need to obtain a visa in order to transit through Canada. One exception is refuelling stops, providing certain conditions are met.

3.47 If mishandled baggage includes baggage which was delivered to the owner and not reported to

customs by the air carrier, national legislation in Canada provides for the assessment of penalties in such cases.

3.59.1* Canada’s practice is to notify transit and destination States only in the following situations: — escorted removals; * Recommended Practice



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— non-escorted persons who could be contentious, potentially sensitive or possibly troublesome; or

— removals which involve criminality or security concerns. However, when notification is provided, information contained in the notice exceeds what is

suggested in the note. 3.65 Canada may require an operator to transport a crew member from Canada even if the crew

member was legally authorized to enter Canada. 3.67 Canada’s practice is to notify transit and destination States only in the following situations:

— escorted removals; — non-escorted persons who could be contentious, potentially sensitive or possibly troublesome;

or — removals which involve criminality or security concerns. CHAPTER 4 4.2* Although the regulations pertaining to both air and surface transportation are the same, the

procedures differ. As an example, air freight that travels solely by air may be reported to customs at the airport of final destination. Freight that is covered by an air waybill but is trucked across the border must be reported to customs at the border crossing before it can be moved to the airport of destination.

4.39* Machinery and equipment imported into Canada for use exclusively in servicing aircraft registered

in a foreign country while at international airports in Canada are duty-free provided the foreign country in which the aircraft is registered grants a similar privilege to aircraft registered in Canada. Goods and Services Tax is payable on the value of the equipment.

CHAPTER 8 8.1* Pursuant to Canadian legislation, operators are required to meet the specific financial security

requirements of various statutes. Given these varied requirements, it is not considered practical to have a single bond to cover an operator’s financial liabilities.

8.3 Canada has granted visa and employment authorization waivers to accepted representatives and

their advisers who are participants in accident or incident investigations. However, salvage and repair have been excluded from these exemptions.

8.4 There is provision in national legislation for the temporary importation of goods for a search or

rescue operation. However, there is no provision which would allow duty- or tax-free entry of the articles mentioned for the accident investigation, repair or salvage aspects. The goods in this case would be subject to the provisions of the Customs Tariff and Excise Tax Acts.




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CHAPTER 2 2.9 Presently, the customs authority in China is unable to comply with this provision. Therefore, it is

suggested that this provision be changed to a Recommended Practice. 2.35 Contracting States shall not require that prior authorization or notification be applied for through

diplomatic channels unless the flight is diplomatic in nature or there is another special requirement.

2.37* In the case of aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or

hire, Contracting States should not require more than the following details in applications for prior authorization:

a) name and nationality of operator; b) type of aircraft, registration marks and radiotelephony call sign; c) date and time of arrival at, and departure from, the airport concerned; d) flight routes and time of entry into, or departure from, boundary point; e) place or places of embarkation or disembarkation abroad, as the case may be, of passengers

and/or freight; f) purpose of flight and number of passengers and/or nature and amount of freight; and g) name, address and business of charterer, if any. 2.39 Contracting States that require prior authorization for flights referred to in 2.38 shall not require

applications to be filed more than seven working days in advance. CHAPTER 3 3.5* The old version of diplomatic passports that are currently in use, as well as the service passports

and the passport for public affairs that are currently issued, are not machine readable. However, a printing zone is provided for machine readable codes.

3.6 The “machine readable zone” area is not filled with words such as “this passport is not machine

readable” or other data. 3.11* and Note 1 Presently, the validity of some passports for public affairs issued by China for business travel is

less than five years. Presently, the validity of machine readable passports issued by China can be extended by up to one to two years when they have expired.

3.15 Presently, Chinese nationals residing abroad are required to obtain entry permits into Hong Kong

before they travel to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. * Recommended Practice



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3.16* Chapter 6 of “Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens” provides that holders of residence permits for aliens shall, before leaving the country, apply for the re-entry visas if they wish, within the term of validity of their residence permits, to leave and then return to China.

3.19 The visas currently issued by the Chinese diplomatic missions abroad are normally valid for one

month, six months and one year. Single, double and multiple entry visas valid for use within a period of one year or more are also issued.

3.28* Contracting States, in cooperation with operators and airport management, should establish as a

goal a total time period of 120 minutes in aggregate for the completion of required departure formalities for all passengers requiring not more than normal processing, calculated from the time of passengers presenting themselves at the first processing point at the airport (i.e. airline check-in, security control point or other required control point depending on arrangements at the individual airport).

3.31* Contracting States, in cooperation with operators and airport authorities, should establish as a goal

the clearance within 45 minutes of disembarkation from the aircraft and after collection of their checked baggage of all passengers requiring not more than the normal inspection, regardless of aircraft size and scheduled arrival time.

3.44 Where airport facilities permit, Contracting States shall make provision by means of direct transit

areas or other arrangements, whereby crew, passengers and their baggage, arriving from another State and continuing their journey to a third State on the same flight or another flight from the same airport on the same day may remain temporarily within the airport of arrival and are subject to simplified inspection formalities and provided with facilitations wherever possible.

CHAPTER 4 4.21 Declaration shall be made to customs 24 hours prior to the loading of goods. 4.23 Declaration can only be made to customs after the goods arrive at customs’ custody zone.




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CHAPTER 1 1.5 Pre-arrival lodgement of data is not available for passenger clearance because Advanced

Passenger Information is currently not adopted in Hong Kong. CHAPTER 2 2.10 A General Declaration containing the names, nationalities and positions of crew members and the

total number of passengers is normally required on the arrival and immediately prior to the departure of the aircraft.

2.10.1 Information on names, nationalities and positions of crew members is required. 2.13 Air cargo reporting requirements are prescribed by local legislation under which no option, as

proposed, is provided for. 2.37* The following documentation is also required: 1. a valid Air Operator’s Certificate or equivalent; 2. current Certificate of Airworthiness of the aircraft to be used; 3. aerodrome operating minima; 4. Noise Certificate of the aircraft to be used; 5. information as to how the pilot’s route and airport qualifications are to be established for Hong

Kong; 6. Insurance Certificate or equivalent document. 2.38 The following documentation is also required for aircraft stopping for non-traffic purposes: 1. name of handling agent; 2. Noise Certificate of the aircraft to be used; 3. Insurance Certificate or equivalent document. CHAPTER 3 3.9.1* The fee charged may exceed the actual cost of issue or renewal. 3.19 Visas are normally valid for a period of not more than three months from the date of issue. 3.21* Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards are required to be completed. 3.22 The format at Appendix 5 is not adopted. The cards in use are of a different size and format and

include additional information relating to address in Hong Kong and signature. The information is required for enforcement of immigration control.

3.37 It is not intended to adopt the dual-channel baggage clearance system. * Recommended Practice



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3.38* Visitors who do not possess a visa when required will normally be refused admission to Hong Kong. However, they may be allowed to stay overnight in off-airport accommodation until their departure, under assurance and guarantee of the airline operator that brought them into Hong Kong.

3.55 3.55.1*

A fine may be imposed on the owner of the aircraft and the owner’s agent if a passenger does not have a valid travel document. The fine may be waived if there is evidence to suggest that this has not been caused by negligence of the carrier.

3.58 Legislation now provides for the removal of any persons found inadmissible to Hong Kong to

their last port of embarkation or place of origin or place of nationality of deportee. 3.59.1* The public authority of the countries of final destination will be given prior notice, whenever

practicable, before execution of a Deportation Order. 3.60 Legislation now provides for the removal of any persons found inadmissible to Hong Kong to

their last port of embarkation or place of origin or place of nationality of deportee. 3.60.1 Security escorts will not normally be provided by government officials. 3.66 The operators are informed before the execution of a Deportation Order of the name of the

deportee and the flight arrangements. 3.67 The public authority of the countries of final destination will be given prior notice, whenever

practicable, before the execution of a Deportation Order. 3.69 The existing travel document production mechanism requires the applicant to produce an

application form with signature appended. 3.73.1* The current batch of Crew Member Certificates (CMC) is not in machine readable form or in the

format shown in Appendix 7. 3.74 Aircrew who are visa nationals, unless exempted, require a visa for Hong Kong. 3.74.1 This category of aircrew is currently not granted normal aircrew facilities. 3.75 3.75.1*

Crew members travelling as passengers are not granted normal crew facilities.

3.79* The Civil Aviation Safety Inspector Certificates in use in Hong Kong are of a different size and

format. 3.81* Flight operations inspectors and cabin safety inspectors must be in possession of valid passports

and appropriate visas, if required for immigration formalities. CHAPTER 4 4.7* 4.8

It is not applicable to Hong Kong which is a non-tariff port and there is no “free zones” either at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) or elsewhere in Hong Kong. However, Customs bonds are available for storage of certain types of trans-shipment cargo prior to their re-export.




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Additionally, under the Air Cargo Trans-shipment (Facilitation) Ordinance 2000, facilitation in the form of relaxed control on permit/licence requirement is provided for air trans-shipments which are under through air waybill and remained at all times handling within the restricted areas or other designated area within HKIA. All imported cargoes including those for trans-shipment are required to make Customs declaration.

4.24* It is not applicable in Hong Kong because there is no such security payment arrangement in Hong

Kong. 4.27 It is not applicable in Hong Kong which is a non-tariff port. Duty is only payable for the four

types of dutiable commodities as stipulated in the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, namely alcoholic liquors, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil and methyl alcohol.

4.33 In the case where cargo, unaccompanied baggage or stores require re-forwarding to the correct

destination, they will also be subject to the laws and regulations of Hong Kong relating to the control of prohibited articles in addition to the other requirements under this Standard.

4.35 4.36 4.37* 4.38* 4.39* 4.40 4.41 4.42 4.43*

It is not applicable in Hong Kong which is a non-tariff port. Duty is only payable for the four types of dutiable commodities as stipulated in the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, namely alcoholic liquors, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil and methyl alcohol.

4.49 Constrained cargo in Hong Kong can be cleared by customs within 90 minutes upon request.

Under such circumstances, it would be unreasonable and inefficient to make alternate arrangements for the storage and/or clearance and/or examination of containers/pallets and their loads at off-airport locations.

CHAPTER 6 6.5* The current practice of the Hong Kong Government does not accept payment by credit card. 6.62* Such arrangements are not appropriate to the present Hong Kong system of control; there are both

legal and practical difficulties. CHAPTER 8 8.35* Hong Kong’s plans for making provision for access by disabled persons are not yet complete.

However, almost all newly built aircraft registered in Hong Kong have the facilities incorporated to facilitate disabled persons.




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CHAPTER 2 2.7* Documents for entry and departure of aircraft are accepted in English and Croatian only. 2.37* The following documentation is also required: — Air Operator’s Certificate or Declaration of Competency; — specific operating provisions; — Certificate of Registration; — Certificate of Airworthiness; — Noise Certificate; — Certificate of Insurance; and — Air(craft) Charter Agreement/Contract. CHAPTER 3 3.5* Visas to the Republic of Croatia are not machine readable. 3.18* In cases when the applicant’s legal representatives have made an application for a visa, the visa

applicant must make a personal appearance at a consulate. 3.34* The Republic of Croatia does not require information from an API system for inbound passengers

but submits passport information for outbound passengers if the air carrier asks for it. The Republic of Croatia does not have document reading devices to capture information in the machine readable passports.

3.74 Crew member licences are not accepted as travel documents. CHAPTER 4 4.24* If an irregular loading occurs, customs authorities will require, in accordance with the law, the

unloading of the goods before the aircraft’s departure. They also will make a report. 4.31 There are out-of-international-airport customs offices where customs clearance for mail and

courier mail is provided. 4.42 The loan of aircraft equipment between operators is not permitted. CHAPTER 6 6.6* In the Republic of Croatia the only agents providing services for ground handling operations are

the airport operators. * Recommended Practice



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6.10* There are no arrangements between the air terminal buildings and the aircraft. 6.20* Implementation of facilities that provide off-airport services is not justified. 6.24* A unique baggage identification system, “LPC”, has not been implemented. For baggage tracing

the Republic of Croatia uses a system known as the “World Tracer”. 6.26 There are no additional channels to which complicated cases may be directed. 6.35.1* There are no storage facilities for baggage left by their owners at airports for later pick-up.




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CHAPTER 3 3.18* The applicant must make a personal appearance at the issuing office. 3.19 Entry visas for prospective visitors have a validity of three months. 3.21* Until the collection of data from travel documents is carried out by machine readable equipment,

visitors may be required to present information in writing.




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CHAPTER 2 2.37* The charter price is required in addition to the details set in this Recommended Practice. In an

instance where the charter is an inclusive fare charter, more details may be required. 2.43* Not applicable. The province of each authority is legally specified and cannot be replaced by each

other. All aircraft landing in, or departing from, the Czech territory (to/from abroad) have to make their initial, or final, take-off at an airport with permanent customs and passport services or at an airport where customs and passport services are provided on prior request.

CHAPTER 3 3.3 Presentation of other documents may be required. 3.4 Presentation of other documents may be required. 3.6 At the present time the machine readable zone area is blank. The different colour (dark claret) of

the cover of the machine readable passport is a sufficient factor for the differentiation. 3.10 Children over fifteen years of age require a separate passport. The Czech Republic does not

require a separate passport for children under fifteen years of age. The particulars of the child can be recorded in the passport of the parent.

3.11* The passport, which conforms to the format set forth in Doc 9303, Part 3, is valid for a period of

12 months only. 3.18* A personal appearance at a consulate is required. 3.21* The Czech Republic does not require Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards, but in accordance with

the Act on Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic and Amendment of same Acts, visitors could be required to provide supplemental information to the appropriate authorities.




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CHAPTER 2 2.8 Community legislation requires that the gross weight and the nature of the goods be shown on the

documents presented at customs. 2.13 Community legislation provides that documents relating to cargo should contain, in certain

circumstances, an indication of the gross weight of each consignment. 2.14 2.15

A written customs declaration, which is a combination of the general declaration and a list of the goods, is required. The declarations cover those goods which remain on-board the aircraft.

2.19 General customs supervision should at all times be possible; such supervision may include a

document check (see Article 13 of the Community Customs Code). CHAPTER 3 3.16* Re-entry visas are necessary for residents who do not possess a document proving their residence

entitlement in Denmark (residence permit). 3.17 Normally applicants for entrance visas must make a personal appearance at a consulate. 3.18* 3.19 Entry visas are normally issued for not more than three months on a trip-by-trip basis. 3.28* While customs clearance is expedited as far as possible, customs administrations cannot undertake

to clear all embarking passengers of a flight, not requiring more than a normal inspection, within 60 minutes from the time they are presented at the first processing point of an international airport.

3.30 Denmark disapproves this Standard only if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. 3.31* While customs clearance is expedited as far as possible, customs administrations cannot undertake

to clear all disembarking passengers of a flight within 45 minutes. 3.34* Denmark has not implemented an API system and does not submit passport information for

passengers to the authorities of the State of destination before flight departure. 3.43* In the European Community, in the case of transfer flights, hand baggage is checked at the first

Community airport while registered luggage is checked at the airport of destination, in conformity with international Conventions in force.

3.45 Transit visas may be required from nationals of certain countries. Customs may require a

document indicating the identity of a package in transit, the identity of the aircraft which brought it, and the nature, the gross weight and place of loading of the cargo.

3.46 A transit visa is required prior to the arrival in the country from transit passengers obliged to

possess a visa. 3.48 European Community legislation requires that goods brought into the customs territory of the

Community shall be subject to supervision by the customs authority. * Recommended Practice



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3.55.1* The Danish authorities and the airlines have not entered into memoranda of understanding but there is a current cooperation in order to prevent transportation of inadmissible persons to Denmark.

3.56 Any person who brings a foreign national into Denmark would be liable to pay a fine if the

foreigner in question has no proof of identity or visa to enter Denmark. The negligence or absence thereof of the person who brings in the foreign national has no relevance (Danish Aliens Act).

CHAPTER 4 4.3 As far as Community customs legislation is concerned, consultation with operators and other


4.13 This provision is correct in as far as it concerns customs matters for which the “declaring” is the



different simplified customs procedures are, in practice, available for operators as regards export (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations. The authorization is based on general criteria (possibility to guarantee effective checks for example). Depending on the simplified procedure used, the declarant must provide the Customs authorities or make available to them all the required documents, the production of which is required for application of the provisions governing export of goods.



4.27 Currently, no Community provision determines in which cases the use of simplified arrangements

is obligatory or must be granted to the operators. In the Community, a wide range of simplified procedures (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) are available to operators (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations.

4.34 The Danish and Community provisions concerning export and transit licences remain applicable,

in certain cases, when the goods are redirected to another destination (weapons, dual-use goods, precursors, etc.).

4.49 Off-airport bonded warehouses are allowed when airport capacity is limited and only where

customs resources are available and necessary transit formalities are respected. * Recommended Practice



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CHAPTER 6 6.5* Community customs legislation requires that duties and other taxes be paid either in cash or by

guaranteed and certified bank cheques.1 6.37* Duty-free sales are considered to be sales accomplishing the fictitious exportation of goods and as

such, duty-free shops have to be established at specified points. CHAPTER 8 8.19 The coordination of facilitation activities between relevant departments, agencies, organizations,

airports and airport operators is done by the Civil Aviation Administration, Denmark. APPENDIX 11 Airport Facilitation Committees At present there is a Facilitation Group at Copenhagen Airport, but government clearance agencies

only participate ad hoc.

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1. Community legislation in force (Article 223 of the Code) is large enough to cover payments using credit cards. Therefore each Member State is free to consider whether or not they should enter a national reservation explaining the way they accept a customs debt to be paid.




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CHAPTER 2 2.19 General Customs supervision is at all times possible; such supervision may include a document

check. 2.32 There is no single agency to receive and coordinate different permission applications. 2.34 There is no single agency to receive and coordinate different permission applications. 2.39 For non-EU or non-Schengen flights to/from most non-international aerodromes, prior

authorization shall be applied for 14 days in advance. CHAPTER 3 3.10 At the moment children under the age of 15 can be noted on the passport of their provider by

request. 3.18* A personal appearance at the visa issuing office is normally required. 3.19 A visa is issued on the basis of the need of applicant and according to the consideration of the

authorities. 3.30 Export controls can be implemented. 3.44 In case passengers continuing on another flight to a third State cross the Schengen external border

at the airport of transit, border control formalities shall take place at the airport of transit. 3.46 This Standard is not implemented if an in-transit passenger needs a visa to enter Finland and does

not have one. 3.73.1* The Finnish Crew Member Certificate is not machine readable, and it is not issued in accordance

with the specifications in Doc 9303. 3.76* These Recommended Practices are not implemented. 3.78* These Recommended Practices are not implemented. 3.79* 3.80* These Recommended Practices are not implemented. 3.81* CHAPTER 4 4.2* Applicable legislation does not foresee a guarantee waiver for transport by road (including air

freight by road). However, provisions to authorize a reduction of the guarantee level exist. * Recommended Practice



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4.3 Consultation with operators and other parties concerned is not in every case compulsory. However, in order to improve in particular the quality and the effectiveness of new and amended rules and regulations, close cooperation and consultation with the said operators is generally sought.

4.22 The export declaration must be lodged where the goods are packed or where the exporter is

established. 4.24* This Recommended Practice is not implemented. 4.27 There are currently no provisions determining in which cases the use of simplified arrangements

are obligatory or must be granted to the operators. 4.29* There can be exceptions, especially when there is more than one authority concerned. 4.30* All the goods covered by the same declaration shall be released at the same time on the

understanding that, where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.

4.34 Provisions concerning export and transit licences remain applicable, in certain cases, when the

goods are redirected to another destination (weapons, dual-use goods, precursors, etc.). CHAPTER 6 6.32* In case passengers continuing on another flight to a third State cross the Schengen external border

at the airport of transit, border control formalities shall take place at the airport of transit.




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document check (see Article 13 of the Community Customs Code). CHAPTER 3 3.30 Germany disapproves this Standard only if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. CHAPTER 4 4.2* This could be contrary to the Community customs legislation. The Community Customs Code

does not foresee a guarantee waiver for transport by road (including airfreight by road); however, provisions to authorize a reduction of the guarantee level exist.



4.13 This provision is correct in as far as it concerns customs matters for which the “declarant” is the


4.16* There are different provisions for different modes of transport which follow the simplified transit

procedures by air. Before another procedure begins, the operator has to end the simplified transit procedure by air. Respectively, the goods have to be presented to the customs authorities. Therefore, the Recommended Practice should be deleted.










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4.27 Currently, no Community provision determines in which cases the use of simplified arrangements is obligatory or must be granted to the operators. In the Community, a wide range of simplified procedures (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) are available to operators (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations.

4.29* While the customs authorities release goods as quickly as possible, customs authorities are not

always the only authorities involved in the clearance procedure. Therefore, they cannot undertake to release all goods within three hours of their arrival. Nevertheless, it should be noted that one of the objectives of customs aims at performing checks and releasing goods within the shortest possible time limit.


interpretation of the term “part consignment”. According to Article 73(2) of the Community Customs Code, all goods covered by a same declaration shall be released at the same time, on the understanding that, where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.






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CHAPTER 2 2.10 A General Declaration is required to be presented, although the withdrawal of this requirement is

being considered. In order to facilitate the operator’s task, the General Declaration for scheduled and charter flights may be presented to the competent authorities after the arrival or departure of the flight, provided this is done on the same day. The pilot-in-command’s full name must be inserted in the appropriate section of the General Declaration.

2.12 Implemented only for European Union flights (both scheduled and non-scheduled) and third

country scheduled flights. 2.13 A Cargo Manifest is required. Information concerning the nature of goods must be provided in the

Cargo Manifest. 2.19 Greece conforms to the provisions of the European Community. 2.21 Penalties are imposed very seldom and only in special cases. 2.42* All international flights must be operated through designated international airports. 2.43* CHAPTER 3 3.14* Not implemented. 3.18* Not implemented. 3.22 An Embarkation/Disembarkation Card is required, except for European Union citizens, but the

format of the card includes only four questions (i.e. name, date of birth, nationality and country of destination or permanent residence).

3.26 An airport tax is levied on all departing passengers and the carrier is responsible for its payment.

Also, the carrier is authorized to collect this charge from the passengers. 3.30 Not implemented if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. 3.38* Not implemented. 3.39* Not implemented. CHAPTER 4 4.2* Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.3 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. * Recommended Practice



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4.13 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.20 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.22 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.24* Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.27 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.29* Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.30* Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community. 4.34 Greece conforms to the provisions and the position of the European Community.




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CHAPTER 1 Definitions Declarant. Should “legal person” be added so the sentence would read: “A person/legal person

who makes a goods declaration or in whose name such a declaration is made.” Import duties and taxes. Indonesian Customs does not collect other charges on behalf of another

national authority. It only collects import duties and taxes (value added tax for luxury goods, value added tax, and income tax).

Mishandled baggage. Indonesian customs does not recognize this terminology. Unaccompanied baggage. This terminology is not used by Indonesian customs. Unidentified baggage. This terminology is not recognized by customs law. CHAPTER 2 2.3* With regard to the memo of understanding (MOU), the World Customs Organization has made a

recommendation for member countries to set up MOUs with various relevant agencies including airlines, but up until now it is still not clear whether customs has established any MOUs with the airlines.

2.12 Presentation of manifest is required upon the arrival of an aircraft at the airport or a ship at the

seaport. For passengers the presentation of a customs declaration is required. 2.32 Prior notice is made by the agency to customs for this purpose. CHAPTER 3 3.36 A written declaration is still required in which the passenger or crew declare that they bring no

dutiable or restricted goods. 3.43* Normal practice for passengers making two or more stops at international airports within the

territory of the same State in Indonesia, the clearance would be at the international airport at the final destination.

3.47 Agreed as long as the baggage is still within customs territory and not cleared yet. 3.51 The operator is held responsible to pay the import duties and taxes chargeable on such baggage

since the operator will be considered as the declarant and representative of the owner. CHAPTER 4 4.1 This applies to a very limited scope compared to the factors to be taken into account including, in

particular, the requirements of trade. * Recommended Practice



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4.11 Documents for import can be sent electronically to technologically-supported offices. However, for verification purpose, the hard copy of the documents is still needed.

4.14 Indonesian customs does not apply such procedure yet (electronic Cargo Manifest). 4.15 Electronic data interchange is not publically used. 4.16* Only sea transport partially implements this recommendation (only at Tanjung Priok Sea Port). 4.24* Security in what form? Is there any guarantee that all the goods are the ones that are declared in

Export Declaration? 4.25 Soekarno-Hatta Customs Service Office has special sections dealing with the rush handling of

customs clearance. These sections deal mainly with time-sensitive goods, i.e. live animals, perishable goods, corpses/ashes, newspapers and magazines. They also put priorities to the goods they examine.

4.27 There is no such maximum value below which no import duties and taxes will be collected. 4.39* Needs to be confirmed. 4.41 Needs to be confirmed. 4.42 Needs to be confirmed. 4.46* Needs to be confirmed. 4.47 Agreed but needs to be confirmed. 4.50 Needs to be confirmed.




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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 9 (ELEVENTH EDITION) JAPAN 1

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CHAPTER 2 2.10 A General Declaration needs to be submitted. 2.10.1 The names and nationalities of the flight crew shall be entered in the General Declaration. The

General Declaration shall not be accepted in electronic form. 2.12 A Passenger Manifest needs to be submitted to the immigration inspector. The Passenger Manifest

shall not be accepted in electronic form. A Passenger Manifest for the customs is required when needed and it includes other elements than those indicated in Appendix 2.

2.20 Paragraph 2.20 can be applied in cases where it does not violate the domestic laws. 2.43* Immigration, customs and quarantine examinations are conducted by the respective administrative

agencies even at airports where international general aviation operations are infrequent. CHAPTER 3 3.3 If deemed necessary, documents other than those prescribed in Annex 9 may be required. 3.5* The Re-entry Permit and Refugee Travel Document issued by the Government of Japan are not

machine readable. As for visas, Japan has been issuing the machine readable visas specified in Doc 9303, but there are still other types of visas which are not machine readable.

3.16* A permanent resident shall not be required to attain a visa for re-entry when he/she holds a valid

re-entry permit. 3.18* In principle, an applicant must make a personal appearance at the Japanese Embassy or Consulate

overseas for visa issuance procedures, with the exception of inevitable circumstances. 3.19 A visa for a visitor to Japan is normally valid for a single journey within a period of three months. 3.20* In the Japanese visas which are not machine readable: a) the items are listed in a different order; b) the duration of validity of the visa is normally shown in months; and c) the duration of the stay is not always included. 3.21* Visitors are required to submit Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards. 3.22 The information requirements on the Embarkation/Disembarkation Card of Japan are different

from those set forth in Appendix 5. 3.24 Not all Embarkation/Disembarkation Cards can be distributed free of charge. 3.30 Inspection of baggage of passengers departing from Japan may be required, if necessary. * Recommended Practice



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3.31* The clearance may not finish within 45 minutes of disembarkation from the aircraft of all passengers.

3.35 Identity documents are examined more than once on entry and departure. 3.38* Whether or not to give entry permission to a visitor without a valid entry visa in an emergency

situation shall be determined on the merits of the individual case. 3.52.2* The operator shall bear responsibility and obligation for the custody and care of passengers and

crew until a final decision has been made concerning their admissibility into Japan. 3.55.1* There are no grounds for mitigation of fines or penalties under the Japanese legal system. 3.56 There is no authority for forcibly seizing falsified or counterfeit passports, visas or other travel

documents, except in cases where such fraudulent documents are voluntarily surrendered. 3.57* Regardless of whether the operator was at fault or not, the operator shall bear the responsibility

and the expenses of removal of inadmissible persons. 3.58 The removal of a person found inadmissible shall be carried out under the responsibility and at the

expense of the operator. The provision which requires consultation with the operator concerning the possibility of departure cannot be observed.

3.59.1* Owing to the growing number of inadmissible persons to be removed, giving notification for all

such persons will be difficult. 3.60.1 The operator shall bear the responsibility and the cost of returning a person refused entry into

Japan. Moreover, in cases where the person declared inadmissible resists return, the operator shall bear the responsibility and the expense of ensuring the safety of the return flight.

3.61 Since travel documents should be in the possession of the passenger himself/herself, travel

documents will not be confiscated and entrusted to the operator. 3.63 Where there is no other country suitable to which an inadmissible person can be returned, he/she

will be returned to the point of embarkation whether or not he/she will be permitted provisional entry into the country.

3.65 In such cases where the operator has transported a foreigner with knowledge of the fact that the

foreigner is liable for deportation, the operator must bear the responsibility for returning the foreigner.

3.66 Owing to the growing number of deportees, provision of notification for all such persons is

impractical, except for such cases where the safety of the return flight may be jeopardized or other such similar cases.

3.67 Owing to the growing number of deportees, provision of notification for all such persons is

impractical, except for such cases where the safety of the return flight may be jeopardized or other such similar cases.

3.75 The same procedures applied to passengers shall be applied. * Recommended Practice



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3.75.1* The same procedures applied to passengers shall be applied. 3.81* Temporary admission will not be granted unless flight operations and cabin safety inspectors of

foreign States have a valid inspector’s certificate or passport. CHAPTER 4 4.32 In the case of an emergency as indicated in 4.32, amendments to the Cargo Manifest are not

conceded. 4.33 In the case of handling problems as indicated in 4.33, amendments to the Cargo Manifest are not

conceded. CHAPTER 6 6.62* Arrangements necessary for the implementation of the system described by this provision have not

been developed. CHAPTER 8 8.3.1 For entry, there may be cases where a visa and other explanatory materials are required. 8.3.2* There are no provisions in Japanese laws and regulations for the issuing of visas to passengers on

arrival. Moreover, in cases where personnel do not possess visas even though they carry an order of mission from the Japanese Government, such personnel shall be required to undergo, as long as they do not have a visa exemption, prescribed procedures, including offering a separate explanation of the necessity and urgency of entry, in order to receive an entry permit.




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CHAPTER 3 3.6 Old-style Latvia citizen’s passports are not machine readable; the “machine readable zone” area is

not filled with words such as “this passport is not machine readable”. 3.18* Visa issuance procedures require the applicant to make a personal appearance at the issuing office. 3.34* An advance passenger information system is not implemented. 3.73 Crew members’ certificates are not being issued to crew members of Latvia registered airlines. 3.74 3.74.1 3.75 3.75.1* 3.76* 3.77

Crew member certificates of crew members of airlines registered in foreign States are not accepted as identity documents.

3.78* 3.79* 3.80* 3.81*

Civil aviation flight operations and cabin safety personnel certificates are not accepted or issued.

CHAPTER 4 4.11 Documents for the importation or exportation of goods are not accepted in electronic form. 4.15 Documents for the importation or exportation of goods are not accepted in electronic form. 4.16* 4.18* Documents for the importation or exportation of goods are not accepted in electronic form.




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CHAPTER 2 2.10 Immigration authorities require the presentation of a General Declaration. CHAPTER 3 3.10 The inclusion of children on the passports of parents will continue until the exhausting of stock.



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CHAPTER 3 3.10 It is not obligatory to issue an individual passport to children. Children can be put on the passport

of one of the parents. 3.19 All visas have a duration of more than six months but are not issued by les Services du

Gouvernement Princier. 3.30 Customs Department is empowered to effect departure control from Monaco.



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CHAPTER 3 3.34* The authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consider the use of document reading devices

for the capture of information (UN/EDIFACT PAXLIST) to be a responsibility of the operators involved.

3.38* When a visitor, for reasons of force majeure, does not possess the required entry visa prior to

arrival, entry can only be authorized by issuance of a visa at the border. 3.44 Passengers arriving from a State adhering to the Schengen Agreement and continuing their

journey via the territory (within Europe) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on another flight to a third State not adhering to the Schengen Agreement are submitted to border control formalities. The same applies to the situation when passengers travel the route vice versa.

3.55 Operators can also be fined if they cannot demonstrate that they have taken adequate precautions

to ensure that the passengers had complied with the document requirements for transit or transfer at the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

3.57* Compliance with this Recommended Practice if “official detention” means detention in a

penitentiary or, with reference to 3.52.1 and 3.52.2, detention during the time Dutch authorities need to determine the admissibility of the passenger.

3.67 Information on deportation is not transmitted to transit, transfer and destination countries if this

would be tantamount to extradition of the deportee involved. 3.72 Crew members are not precluded from border control formalities. 3.74 Implementation on the condition of reciprocity. 3.74.1 3.75 Implementation on the condition of reciprocity. 3.75.1* 3.81* Implementation on the condition of reciprocity. CHAPTER 4 4.24* The proposed Recommended Practice would seriously frustrate control by public authorities over





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CHAPTER 6 6.32* Passengers arriving from a State adhering to the Schengen Agreement and continuing their

journey via the territory (within Europe) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on another flight to a third State not adhering to the Schengen Agreement are submitted to border control formalities. The same applies to the situation when passengers travel the route vice versa.




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CHAPTER 3 3.6 Manual passports issued will not conform with this Standard. 3.16* Visas for re-entry are required from resident aliens. 3.21* New Zealand requires entry and departure cards for all passengers entering and leaving New

Zealand. 3.36 A written baggage declaration is required from passengers and crew. 3.75 Crew members (travelling as passengers) require passports. 3.75.1* CHAPTER 4 4.31 Some cargo of interest to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry requires quarantine clearance at

the airport of arrival. 4.35 Not acceptable. Under New Zealand Customs Law, ownership of the goods may not be clearly

established and may be subject to dispute between two or more parties concerned. In these circumstances a claim may then be made on the original importer.

4.39* Not acceptable. A number of concessions exist and there is provision for individual goods or types

of goods to be given concessional entry, each case being judged on its merits. No overall concessions exist for this situation or are envisaged to cover broad groupings of items imported under these circumstances.

4.42 Unacceptable to New Zealand. Duty and taxes will be levied on appropriate items.




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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 9 (ELEVENTH EDITION) PARAGUAY 1

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CHAPTER 1 Definitions Pilot-in-command. The duly licensed pilot-in-command of an aircraft is the “comandante de la

aeronave”. The pilot must be designated by the operator as the ultimate and only authority, from the moment the flight plan is signed until the aircraft is turned over to a representative designated by the airline to take charge of said aircraft.

Temporary admission. Temporary admission is the system under which certain goods can be

brought into the national territory free of import duties, and certain goods can be imported into the country for a specific purpose and intended for re-export within the period specified under Paraguayan law and regulations, whether they be in the state in which they were imported, or after having been transformed, developed or repaired.

CHAPTER 2 2.10 The General Declaration must be presented. 2.12 The Passenger Manifest must be presented. CHAPTER 3 3.5* Visas issued for travel purposes are not yet available in machine readable form. 3.11* Police passports are valid for a period of three years. Official passports issued by the Department

of Foreign Affairs are valid for a period of two years and diplomatic passports are valid for a period of three years.

3.19 Entry visas for diplomatic missions or consular offices are valid for use within 90 days from the

date of issue. 3.20* Visas are not yet issued in the format specified for the visual zone of machine readable visas. For

this reason, the standard format set forth in Doc 9303 — Machine Readable Travel Documents, Part 2, for visas that are not machine readable is not used either.

3.34* The advance passenger information system is not yet in use. For this reason, all the information

required does not yet conform to the specifications for UN/EDIFACT PAXLIST message formats. 3.36 All passengers are required to present a sworn customs declaration. 3.54.1* Memoranda of understanding (MOUs) have not yet been concluded. 3.54.2* There are no liaison officers at Paraguayan airports. 3.59 The covering letter attached to the seized documents differs from the suggested model. 3.59.1* Some data contained in the notice differ from those listed in the Recommended Practice. * Recommended Practice



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3.73 Crew Member Certificates (CMCs) are not currently issued. 3.73.1* It is not yet possible to issue certificates in machine readable form, in accordance with the

specifications contained in Doc 9303, Part 3. 3.79* Certificates are issued in the format specified in Appendix 8, but some data are different and they

are not machine readable. CHAPTER 4 4.5 The examination of goods is a general requirement in accordance with the Customs Code. 4.6 The inspection of goods is a general requirement. 4.7* Free zones have not been established in connection with airports or in their general vicinity. 4.8 Free zones or customs warehouses have not been established in connection with airports. CHAPTER 6 6.5* The use of credit cards for the payment of passenger service charges has not yet been

implemented. 6.6* Ground handling services are provided by the aviation authority. 6.7.1* Airports do not yet have the infrastructure to enable Electronic Data Interchange with airlines. 6.9.1* These notices have not yet been implemented. 6.17* There are no child care rooms. 6.18* There is no frequent means of transportation between airport terminal buildings, parking areas,

etc., given the current airport infrastructure. 6.20* These services are not provided outside the airport. 6.24* A unique baggage identification system, such as the “Licence Plate Concept”, has not yet been

implemented. 6.35.1* There are no facilities reserved exclusively for baggage storage. 6.35.2 There are no facilities reserved exclusively for baggage storage. 6.41* There are no automated facilities for carrying out such procedures. 6.51 There are no appropriate facilities for the purposes of human, animal and plant quarantine. * Recommended Practice



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6.56 This Standard is being implemented in part, but the current waste removal system needs to be improved.

6.62* This Recommended Practice is not being implemented.




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document check (see Article 13 of the Community Customs Code). CHAPTER 3 3.30 Portugal disapproves this Standard only if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. CHAPTER 4 4.2* This would be contrary to the Community customs legislation. The Community Customs Code



parties concerned is not, in every case, compulsory. However, in order to improve in particular the quality and the effectiveness of new regulations and of amendments to existing rules, close cooperation and consultation with the said operators is generally sought.

4.13 This provision is correct in as far as it concerns customs matters for which the “declarant” is the








4.27 Currently, no Community provision determines in which cases the use of simplified arrangements

is obligatory or must be granted to the operators. In the Community, a wide range of simplified procedures (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) are available to operators (Article 76 of the Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations.




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4.29* While the customs authorities release goods as quickly as possible, customs authorities are not always the only authorities involved in the clearance procedure. Therefore, they cannot undertake to release all goods within three hours of their arrival. Nevertheless, it should be noted that one of the objectives of customs aims at performing checks and releasing goods within the shortest possible time limit.


interpretation of the term “part consignment”. According to Article 73(2) of the Community Customs Code, all the goods covered by a same declaration shall be released at the same time, on the understanding that, where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.






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CHAPTER 2 2.10 2.10.1

The General Declaration is required. The General Declaration shall state the surnames of the crew members.

2.13 The Cargo Manifest shall specify the kind of cargo. The Cargo Manifest is required. 2.32 A preliminary permit is required for operating such flights in accordance with the procedures set

out in the AIP of the Russian Federation. 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37*

A preliminary permit is required for operating such flights in accordance with the procedures set out in the AIP of the Russian Federation.

2.38 A preliminary permit is required for operating such flights in accordance with the procedures set

out in the AIP of the Russian Federation. 2.40 2.41

A preliminary permit is required for operating such flights in accordance with the procedures set out in the AIP of the Russian Federation.

2.43* Not applicable. CHAPTER 3 3.12 Visitors at the end of their stay are required to have exit visas. 3.14* A valid document providing evidence of the right to arrive in or depart from the Russian

Federation is required. 3.36 Passengers crossing the Russian Federation State border whose cabin and checked baggage are not

exempt from customs clearance shall fill in a customs declaration. Crew members shall make an oral declaration.

3.46 Transit passengers without a transit visa may stay in the airport transit area or in a hotel for foreign

transit passengers for a period of 24 hours. 3.55 Crew members of foreign airlines arriving in the Russian Federation shall be in possession of valid

national passports with Russian visas, unless bilateral agreements stipulate otherwise. 3.74 3.74.1

Crew members of foreign airlines arriving in the Russian Federation shall be in possession of valid national passports with Russian visas, unless bilateral agreements stipulate otherwise.

3.75.1* Crew members of foreign airlines arriving in the Russian Federation shall be in possession of valid

national passports with Russian visas, unless bilateral agreements stipulate otherwise. * Recommended Practice



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CHAPTER 4 4.7* There are no free zones or storage facilities in the Russian Federation at present. 4.8 There are no free zones or storage facilities in the Russian Federation at present. CHAPTER 6 6.9* The signs used differ partially from the international ones. 6.9.1* No provision is made for specially assigned places to display such notices and brochures. 6.24* There are no mechanized baggage sorting systems. The unique baggage identification system

known as the “Licence Plate Concept” is not used. 6.62* Activity in the territory of the Russian Federation by representatives of the authorities concerned

of other States is not provided for.




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CHAPTER 2 2.10 Singapore does not accept the General Declaration in electronic form. There is currently no

provision in the legislation to cater for information to be furnished in electronic form. 2.12 Singapore does not accept the Passenger Manifest in electronic form. There is currently no

provision in the legislation to cater for information to be furnished in electronic form. CHAPTER 3 3.4 Under Section 13 and 28(1)(b) of the Immigration Act, visitors may be required to present

documents of identity other than passports or visas. 3.5* Except for Singapore passports, visas and other identity documents accepted for travel purposes

are not issued in machine readable form. 3.20* Singapore visas are not issued in machine readable form, but in the form of endorsements or stick-

on labels. 3.21* Under Section 32(2) of the Immigration Regulation, visitors are required to provide written

identification information on the Embarkation and Disembarkation Cards. 3.22 The information requirements are not limited to those set forth in Appendix 5 but are provided for

under Section 32(2) of the Immigration Regulation. 3.38* The authorization to enter Singapore without the required entry visa is on a case-by-case basis. 3.46 In-transit passengers who are unexpectedly delayed overnight will be allowed entry into Singapore

so long as they meet the entry requirements. CHAPTER 4 4.39* Singapore imposes Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all goods imported into Singapore. 4.42 GST relief is granted on the temporary import of professional equipment and spare parts subject to

a period of three months from the date of importation. No GST relief is granted on the importation of ground and security items.




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CHAPTER 3 3.6 No machine readable zone.



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document check. 2.41 Sweden requires a notification one hour before departure from the other country. In some cases

when goods are imported, Sweden requires notification two hours before departure. 2.43* No such governmental agency has been established in Sweden. CHAPTER 3 3.6 Alien passports are issued manually and thus are not machine readable and do not contain the

information specified in the provision. 3.11* The time of validity of a Swedish passport is normally not extended. 3.30 Sweden disapproves this Standard only if it should be interpreted as prohibiting export controls. 3.43* In the case of transfer flights, cabin baggage is checked at the first European Community airport

while hold baggage is checked at the airport of destination, in conformity with international conventions in force.

3.73 Crew member certificates are not issued. 3.79* Certificates are issued but differ from Appendix 8. 3.80* Copy of an itinerary is not required. CHAPTER 4 4.2* This would be contrary to the Community customs legislation. The Community Customs Code


4.3 As far as European Community legislation is concerned, consultation with operators and other

parties concerned is not, in every case, compulsory. However, in order to improve in particular the quality and the effectiveness of new regulations and of amendments to existing rules, close cooperation and consultation with the said operators is generally sought.

4.13 This provision is correct as far as it concerns customs matters for which the “declarant” is the





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4.20 The provision is correct. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in the European Community, a wide range of different simplified customs procedures are, in practice, available for operators as regards export (incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures) (Article 76 of the European Community Customs Code). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is therefore allowed to carry out any number of operations. The authorization is based on general criteria (possibility to guarantee effective checks for example). Depending on the simplified procedure used, the declarant must provide the customs authorities or make available to them all the required documents, the production of which is required for application of the provisions governing export of goods.

4.22 The export declaration must be lodged where the goods are packed or where the exporter is

established. 4.24* The proposed Recommended Practice would seriously frustrate control by public authorities over

goods loaded on departing aircraft. Furthermore, the return of certain goods after their departure would not be guaranteed despite the lodging of a security.

4.27 Currently, there are no provisions determining in which cases the use of simplified arrangements

are obligatory or must be granted to the operators. 4.29* While the customs authorities release goods as quickly as possible, customs authorities are not

always the only authorities in the clearance procedure. Therefore, they cannot undertake to release all goods within three hours of arrival. Nevertheless, it should be noted that one of the objectives of customs aims at performing checks and releasing goods within the shortest possible time limit.


interpretation of the term “part consignment”. According to Article 73(2) of the Community Customs Code, all the goods covered by the same declaration shall be released at the same time, on the understanding that where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.

4.31 In certain very special cases, there are import prohibitions applicable to some goods and in those

cases transfer is not allowed. 4.34 Provisions concerning export and transit licenses remain applicable in certain cases, when the

goods are redirected to another destination (weapons, dual-use goods, precursors, etc.). 4.37* Documents such as the invoice and, as the case may be, the certificate of origin are required

separately. 4.43* Duty-free admission of airlines’ and operators’ documents covered by this Recommended Practice

is allowed in some, but not all cases. 4.51 Containers and pallets may be re-exported through any designated customs office in some, but not

all, cases. * Recommended Practice



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CHAPTER 6 6.49* Off-airport bonded warehouses are allowed when resources are available and necessary transit

formalities are respected. 6.52* No facilities or services are available. CHAPTER 8 8.17 A national facilitation programme has not been established. 8.18




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CHAPTER 3 3.6 Unlike the identity card, the old passport does not conform to the standards indicated in Doc 9303,

Part 1 — Machine Readable Passports. The new Swiss passport to be introduced as of 2003 will be machine readable.

3.57* The operator is liable for as long as the legal requirements have not been fulfilled, whether by

himself or by a third person.




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CHAPTER 2 2.7* Thailand, at present, accepts documents for entry and departure in English only. 2.10 Thailand normally requires the presentation of a General Declaration. 2.37* Thailand requires more information than specified, as follows: — name and address of the applicant for a permit; — name of the owner of the aircraft; and — name of the lessee/agent company. 2.43* Governmental agencies in charge of clearance are the Immigration Bureau, Customs Department,

Department of Agriculture and Department of Communicable Disease Control. CHAPTER 3 3.13* Resident aliens wishing to travel abroad must bring a residence permit to authorized officials for

endorsement prior to departing Thailand and returning. 3.16* Resident aliens wishing to travel abroad must bring a residence permit to authorized officials for

endorsement prior to departing Thailand and returning. 3.18* The applicant for a visa must make a personal appearance at the visa issuing office. 3.19 Most visas are valid for three months, with the exception of visas issued for temporary stay which

are valid for three months and one year. 3.21* Visitors must fill in an Embarkation/Disembarkation Card. 3.24 Airline operators are required to provide and distribute to all passengers Embarkation/

Disembarkation Cards and take care of the expense incurred. 3.36 Arrival passengers shall fill in Passenger Declaration Form No. 211. 3.38* When a visitor, for reasons of force majeure, does not possess the required entry visa prior to

arrival, Thailand would consider authorizing temporary entry for humanitarian reasons, taking into account its related national acts.

3.46 Passengers will be permitted to leave the airport on a case-by-case basis. CHAPTER 6 6.60.1, Note Passengers travelling from epidemic disease areas and not having been vaccinated when arriving

in Thailand shall be vaccinated and pay for the vaccine.




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CHAPTER 3 3.30 Macedonian regulations state that “a mandatory baggage inspection shall be performed before

departing from Macedonia”. CHAPTER 4 4.21 Macedonian regulations state that “the mandatory customs control must be fully completed

regardless of the time of departure of an aircraft”.



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CHAPTER 3 3.10 The Passport Act of The Republic of Turkey does not require a separate passport to be issued to

each person regardless of age.



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CHAPTER 2 2.43* Clearance of smaller aircraft and their loads is done by subdivisions of each government agency

concerned in accordance with the functions defined for them. CHAPTER 3 3.30 The baggage of passengers departing from Ukranian territory is subject to customs control.




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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 9 (ELEVENTH EDITION) UNITED KINGDOM 1

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CHAPTER 2 2.10.1 In certain circumstances, particulars of members of crew may be required. 2.12 In certain circumstances, carriers may be required to provide a passenger list showing the names

and nationalities of passengers. 2.19 General customs supervision should at all times be possible; such supervision may include a

document check (Article 13 of the European Community Customs Code refers). CHAPTER 3 3.21* Disembarkation Cards must normally be completed by all passengers except nationals of Member

States of the European Economic Area. 3.24 Disembarkation Cards must be provided by the carrier at the carrier’s expense and distributed to

all passengers who need to complete them. 3.30 The United Kingdom retains the right to introduce export controls in certain circumstances. 3.38* Where required, United Kingdom visas and entry clearances should be obtained prior to travel and

a person will normally be refused entry in the absence of the necessary clearance. The Immigration Officer has discretion to waive the requirement for an entry clearance in exceptional circumstances.

3.46 The U.K. permits transit without visas for passengers who normally require visas, provided that

the passenger has: — entry facilities for the countries en route and for the final destination; — a firm booking to travel by air within 24 hours; and — no purpose in entering the U.K. other than to pass through in transit. 3.52.2* An operator remains liable for the care and custody of inadmissible persons, including associated

costs, in certain circumstances. 3.55 The Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1987 allows for a charge to be levied on the inbound

carrier of a passenger who requires leave to enter and who is carrying incomplete or falsified documents. No liability exists if the person was in possession of the required documentation on embarkation or if any falsity was not reasonably apparent.

3.55.1* No liability exists if the person was in possession of the required documentation on embarkation

or if any falsity was not reasonably apparent. In addition, the United Kingdom will grant Approved Gate Check Status to carriers at ports of embarkation where there is an audited high standard of document checking and security at that port, a good level of cooperation from the carrier and a satisfactory record of payment of charges incurred under the Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1987. Where such status has been granted, the United Kingdom will normally waive charges relating to passengers arriving without documents from those ports.




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3.57* Under United Kingdom legislation, where a passenger is refused entry to the country, the carrier will normally be responsible for any detention costs (up to a maximum of 14 days) unless the passenger is in possession of a current entry clearance/visa.

3.58 An operator is required to remove an inadmissible person in accordance with the directions given

by the Immigration Officer. 3.59.1* The United Kingdom will notify where practicable, except where an inadmissible person is to be

removed by the same route as arrival, not under escort. 3.60 An operator is required to remove an inadmissible person in accordance with the directions given

by the Immigration Officer. 3.65 Passengers who have entered the United Kingdom in breach of the immigration laws are liable to

be removed at the expense of the inbound carrier. 3.66 The full reasons for deportation may not be disclosed for reasons of privacy and other

considerations. 3.67 The United Kingdom will notify the public authorities in States of transit and destination of a

deportation where an escort is required. 3.68 The United Kingdom will cooperate fully with the requesting State to investigate and validate the

person’s claim to be a British citizen and to resolve the claim quickly, within 30 days if possible. 3.69 This provision only applies where the person concerned is admissible or is to be expelled by the

authorities. 3.73 3.73.1*

Crew member certificates are not issued by the United Kingdom public authorities to crew members of United Kingdom airlines, whether or not they are required to be licensed.

3.74 3.74.1

Crew member certificates are not issued by the United Kingdom public authorities to crew members of United Kingdom airlines, whether or not they are required to be licensed.

3.75 3.75.1*

The United Kingdom requires aircrew who arrive as passengers, or who are supernumerary, to be in possession of a valid passport or other satisfactory document establishing identity and nationality and, where applicable, of a valid visa.

3.76* United Kingdom Immigration Rules do not allow for flight personnel to be based in the United

Kingdom. CHAPTER 4 4.2* The European Community Customs Code does not foresee a guarantee waiver for transport by

road (including airfreight by road); however, provisions exist to authorize a reduction of the guarantee level.

4.3 Under European Community Customs legislation, consultation with operators and other parties

concerned is not compulsory in every case. * Recommended Practice



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4.13 In the United Kingdom this provision applies to customs matters for which the “declarant” is the relevant person.

4.20 In the European Community a wide range of simplified customs procedures is, in practice,

available for operators as regards export (for example incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures — Article 76 of the European Community Customs Code refers). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is allowed to carry out any number of operations. The authorization is based on general criteria, for example, the ability to ensure that effective checks can be undertaken. Depending on the simplified procedure used, the declarant must make available to the customs authorities all of the required documents required for application of the provisions governing the export of goods.

4.22 This Standard, and in particular the words “at any customs office”, does not conform with

Article 161, Section 5 of the European Community Customs Code, which provides that the export declaration must be lodged where the goods are packed or where the exporter is established.

4.24* This Recommended Practice would seriously frustrate control by public authorities over goods

loaded on a departing aircraft. Furthermore, the return of certain goods after their departure would not be guaranteed despite the lodging of a security.

4.27 Currently, no European Community provision determines in which cases the use of simplified

arrangements is obligatory or must be granted to the operators. In the European Community a wide range of simplified customs procedures is, in practice, available to operators (for example, incomplete declarations, simplified declarations, local clearance procedures — Article 76 of the European Community Customs Code refers). Some of these procedures are subject to prior authorization from the customs authorities. As an authorized operator, the exporter is allowed to carry out any number of operations.

4.29* While customs clearance is expedited as far as possible, there may be other agencies involved in

the clearance procedure. Customs cannot therefore undertake to release all goods within three hours of their arrival. One of the objectives of customs is, nevertheless, to perform checks and release goods within the shortest possible time.


interpretation of the term “part consignment”. According to Article 73(2) of the European Community Customs Code, all the goods covered by the same declaration shall be released at the same time on the understanding that, where a declaration form covers two or more items, the particulars relating to each item shall be deemed to constitute a separate declaration.

4.34 United Kingdom and European Community provisions concerning export and transit licences

remain applicable in certain cases, when the goods are redirected to another destination (weapons, dual-use goods, precursors, etc.).

CHAPTER 6 6.37* The United Kingdom does not offer duty-free goods for sale to inbound passengers. * Recommended Practice



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6.49* In the United Kingdom, permission to remove goods to off-airport facilities is subject to prior authorization by customs.

6.58* United Kingdom law and practice, which apply to air and other means of transportation, require in

general that the parties responsible for handling the traffic shall provide and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for proper control and examination of goods and passengers.

6.60 United Kingdom law, which applies to air and other means of transportation, allows for a charge

to be made for immigration clearance requested by operators additional to the basic service at ports of entry in the United Kingdom.

CHAPTER 8 8.19 The United Kingdom does not have a standing national facilitation committee as such, nor does

the Government itself establish facilitation committees at airports. 8.20* The United Kingdom strongly supports close coordination between civil aviation security and

facilitation programmes, but does not have a standing national facilitation committee as such, nor does the Government itself establish facilitation committees at airports.

8.21* The United Kingdom does not have a standing national facilitation committee as such, nor does

the Government itself establish facilitation committees at airports.




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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 9 (ELEVENTH EDITION) URUGUAY 1

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CHAPTER 2 2.9 Documents transmitted in electronic form may not replace documents in paper form. 2.27 Disinsection of aircraft is certified by producing and handing over the aerosol containers. 2.43* The legal/administrative structure of Uruguay does not make provision for a process of delegation

whereby one governmental agency may undertake functions on behalf of other agencies. CHAPTER 3 3.5* Uruguay has recently begun issuing machine readable passports (infra-red and bar code

technologies). Appropriate systems are being implemented, but passports which are not machine readable remain in circulation.

3.37 Carrasco International Airport does not possess a dual-circuit or dual-channel (green/red) system

for clearing passengers and their baggage.




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Annex 9 facilitation

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