Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No 394 / 2025 Coll.
Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the negotiation of the Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic on Air Services signed in Prague on 23 May 1997
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COMMUNICATION
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on the negotiation of a Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic on Air Services signed in Prague on 23 May 1997
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that on 22 March 2012 the Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Air Services signed in Prague on 23 May 19971 was signed.
The Parliament of the Czech Republic agreed to the Protocol and the President of the Republic ratified the Protocol.
The Protocol shall enter into force on 12 October 2025 on the basis of Article 8 thereof.
The English version of the Protocol and its translation into the Czech language shall be published simultaneously.
Minister:
v z. Mgr. Šlais v. r.
Head of Legal and Consular Section
Příloha č. 1
Annex No 1
Translation of international contract into Czech language
Protocol
between
Government of the Czech Republic
and
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
amending the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on air services,
signed in Prague on 23 May 1997
Government of the Czech Republic and Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, hereinafter referred to as "the Parties',
led by the wish to amend the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Air Services, signed in Prague on 23 May 1997 ("Air Services Agreement '),
agree as follows:
Article 1
Article 4 (1) Air service agreements shall be fully replaced by the following text:
(1) Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in writing one or more airlines through its Aviation Authority to the other Contracting Party for the purpose of operating the agreed services on specified routes and to withdraw or amend such destinations.
Article 2
The Air Services Agreement is amended by supplementing Article 6a as follows:
Article 6a
AIRCRAFT RULES
(1) An air undertaking designated by one Contracting Party shall submit to the air authority of the other Contracting Party for approval its intended timetable, indicating the number of frequencies, the type of aircraft, times, travel arrangements and the number of seats offered to the public and the period of validity of the timetable. The same procedure shall apply to any change to the timetable.
(2) Where a designated airline requires additional flights to be operated on flights scheduled, it shall apply for authorisation by the air authority of the other Contracting Party. Such a requirement shall normally be submitted at least two (2) working days prior to such flights.
Article 3
Article 7 Air service agreements shall be fully replaced by the following text:
Article 7
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(1) The tariffs for agreed services are set at an appropriate level by the designated airlines of both Contracting Parties, taking due account of all relevant factors such as operating costs and reasonable profit.
(2) The tariffs established under paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be required to be submitted by designated airlines of one Contracting Party to the air office of the other Contracting Party. Notwithstanding the above, each Contracting Party shall have the right to intervene in such a way that:
(a) prevent unjustifiably discriminatory prices or practices;
(b) protect users from prices which are excessively high or restrictive due to abuse of a dominant position; and
(c) it has protected airlines from prices which are artificially low in relation to subsidies or aid, or where there is evidence of an intention to restrict competition.
(3) The designated airlines of one Contracting Party shall, upon request, provide the aviation authority of the other Contracting Party with information relating to the determination of tariffs in a manner and in a form specified by that Authority.
Article 4
The Air Services Agreement is amended by supplementing Article 11a as follows:
Article 11a
AIRCRAFT SECURITY
(1) Each Contracting Party may at any time request consultations on safety standards adopted by the other Contracting Party in any area relating to crew, aircraft and their operation. Such consultation shall take place within 30 (30) days of the date of the request.
(2) If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and enforce safety standards in any area at least at the minimum level laid down by the Convention during that period, that Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party of its findings and of the measures deemed necessary to comply with those minimum standards and the other Contracting Party shall take appropriate corrective measures. The failure to implement the relevant corrective measures by the other Party within 15 (15) days, or within a longer period, which may be agreed, shall justify the application of Article 5 of this Agreement.
(3) Notwithstanding the obligations set out in Article 33 of the Convention, it is agreed that any aircraft operated by, or on behalf of, an air undertaking or an air undertaking of one Contracting Party may be inspected by authorised representatives of the State of the other Contracting Party, on board and from the outside, for the purpose of verifying both the validity of the aircraft's documents and its crew and the apparent state of the aircraft and its equipment (hereinafter referred to as "stand-by inspection" in this Article).
(4) If any inspection on the stand or series of inspections on the stand leads to serious concerns that:
(a) aircraft or aircraft operations do not comply with the minimum standards laid down in the Convention during that period; or
(b) the safety standards laid down by the Convention during the period are not effectively maintained and implemented,
A Contracting Party conducting an inspection for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention shall have the right to freely declare that the requirements on the basis of which it has been issued or recognised as valid certificates or certificates relating to the aircraft or its crew or the requirements under which the aircraft is to be operated are not equal to or higher than the minimum standards laid down by the Convention.
(5) Where access to an inspection on an aircraft stand operated by, or on behalf of, an aircraft undertaking of one Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article is refused by a representative of that air undertaking, the other Contracting Party shall have the right to freely consider that the serious concerns described in paragraph 4 of this Article have arisen and to draw the conclusions set out therein.
(6) Each Contracting Party shall reserve the right to immediately suspend or modify the operating authorisations of the air undertaking of the other Contracting Party in case it considers, whether on the basis of a stand inspection, a series of standing inspections, refusal of access to the stand inspection, consultations or other findings that immediate measures are necessary for the safe operation of the air undertaking.
(7) Any measure of one Contracting Party pursuant to paragraphs 2 or 6 of this Article shall be lifted as soon as the reasons for which it was introduced cease to exist.
Article 5
The Air Services Agreement is amended by supplementing Article 15a as follows:
Article 15a
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT SERVICES
The designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall be permitted to use, in conjunction with the air transport of passengers and goods, any intermodal transport to or from any place within the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party. These airlines may choose between carrying out their own intermodal transport or providing it by means of arrangements, including joint line marking, with other carriers. These intermodal transport services may be offered when combining air and intermodal transport as a direct transport service and at one price provided that passengers and shippers are informed of the providers of such transport.
Article 6
Article 19 of the Air Services Agreement is fully replaced by the following:
Article 19
AMENDMENT
(1) If any of the Contracting Parties considers it desirable to amend any provisions of this Agreement, this amendment shall, if agreed between the Contracting Parties, enter into force on the 60th (60) day from the date of service of the later of the diplomatic notes confirming the fulfilment of the constitutionally prescribed formalities for the approval of this amendment.
(2) Where the General Multilateral Convention on International Air Transport affects relations between the two Contracting Parties enters into force, this Agreement shall be amended to comply with the provisions of such a multilateral Convention to the extent that those provisions have been adopted by the States of the two Contracting Parties.
Article 7
The Annex to the Air Services Agreement is replaced in full by the following text:
ANNEX
LIST OF LINES
Section I
The lines of agreed services operated in one or both directions by airlines designated by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are as follows:
Places in Vietnam Intermediate places Places in the Czech Republic Places for any place Any places Any places Any places
Section II
The lines of agreed services operated in one or both directions by airlines designated by the Government of the Czech Republic are as follows:
Places in the Czech Republic Intermediate places Places in Vietnam Places for Any place Any place Any place
Notes:
1. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party may, on any or all of the years in one or both directions:
(a) omit, at its discretion, any place on the abovementioned routes, provided that the agreed services begin or end in the territory of the State of the Contracting Party which has designated the air undertaking;
(b) combine different flight numbers within the operation of one aircraft;
(c) to operate intermediate, behind and within the territory of the States of the Contracting Parties in any order.
2. The right of the designated air undertaking of any Contracting Party to transport passengers, goods and mail between points in the territory of the other Contracting Party and points in the territory of the third Party shall be discussed and agreed between the air authorities of both Contracting Parties.
Article 8
Each Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party by a diplomatic note that the constitutionally prescribed formalities in its State for the approval of this Protocol have been completed. This Protocol shall enter into force on the 60th (60) day following the date of service of the later of the two notifications. This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Air Services Agreement.
Done at Hanoi, 22 March 2012 in two original copies, each in English.
Under the Government of the Czech Republic For the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Karel Schwarzenberg v. r. Pham Binh Minh v. r. Minister of Foreign Affairs
Příloha č. 2
Annex No 2
Text of the international treaty in English
1) The Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Air Services, signed in Prague on 23 May 1997, was published under No 72 / 2001 Coll.
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| Citation | Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 394 / 2025 Coll., on the negotiation of a Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Socialist Republic on Air Services, signed in Prague on 23 May 1997 |
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| Regulation Type | International Treaty |
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| Date of Promulgation | 10.10.2025 |
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| Effective from | 12.10.2025 |
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| Status | Valid |
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