Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 50 / 2025 Coll.
Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the negotiation of the Agreement between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Rwanda on Air Transport
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COMMUNICATION
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on the negotiation of the Air Transport Agreement between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Rwanda
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that the Agreement on Air Transport between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Rwanda was signed in Abuja on 5 December 2022.
The Parliament of the Czech Republic agreed to the Agreement and the President of the Republic ratified the Agreement.
The Agreement entered into force on 14 July 2024 pursuant to Article 25 thereof.
The Czech version of the Agreement is hereby published at the same time.
Minister:
z. JUDr. Smolek, Ph.D., LL.M., v. r.
Head of Legal and Consular Section
Příloha
Annex
Text of the international treaty in Czech language
AGREEMENT
between
Czech Republic
and
Republic of Rwanda
ON AIR TRANSPORT
the Czech Republic and the Republic of Rwandan Republic, hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties',
being parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, opened for signature in Chicago on 7 December 1944, and
led by the desire to negotiate an agreement to develop air transport services between and beyond its territories,
agree as follows:
Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified in the text:
(a) "Convention" means the Convention on International Civil Aviation open for signature in Chicago on 7 December 1944 and includes any Annex adopted pursuant to Article 90 of this Convention, including any amendment to the Annexes or to the Convention referred to in Articles 90 and 94 thereof, where those Annexes and amendments have been adopted by both Contracting Parties,
(b) "aviation authorities" means the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Rwandan Republic, or, in both cases, any other authority legally empowered to perform the functions performed by those aviation authorities,
(c) the term "designated airline" means any airline designated in writing by one Contracting Party to the other Contracting Party and authorised to operate the agreed services on specified routes under Article 2 (1) of this Agreement pursuant to Article 3 of this Agreement,
(d) the terms "territory," "air transport service," "international air transport service," "air transport service," "air undertaking" and "non-commercial landing" have the meaning set out for them in Articles 2 and 96 of the Convention,
(e) "capacity" in relation to agreed services means the offered seat capacity of an aircraft used in such services, multiplied by the number of frequencies operated by that aircraft during a given period on the line or section of the line,
(f) the term "tariff" means the prices or charges to be paid for the carriage of passengers, baggage and goods (with the exception of compensation and conditions for the carriage of mail) and the conditions under which such charges or charges are used, including commissions paid for the carriage of brokering services, fees and conditions for any ancillary services offered by airlines, and also includes any substantial advantages granted in connection with the carriage,
(g) "Annex" means the Annex to this Agreement and its amendments made in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of this Agreement. The Annex shall form an integral part of this Agreement and any references to this Agreement, unless expressly provided otherwise, shall include the said Annex,
(h) "EU Treaties" means the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Article 2
Transport rights
(1) Each Contracting Party shall grant to the other Contracting Party the rights set out in this Agreement for the establishment and operation of international air transport services by a designated air carrier (hereinafter referred to as "agreed services") on the lines set out in the relevant part of the Annex (hereinafter referred to as "scheduled services").
(2) According to the provisions of this Agreement, the designated aeronautical undertaking of each Contracting Party shall enjoy the following rights when operating the agreed services on specified routes:
(a) the right to fly without landing through the territory of the other Contracting Party;
(b) the right to land in the territory of the other Contracting Party for commercial purposes,
(c) the right to load and land in the territory of the other Contracting Party at the places set out in the Annex to the passenger, baggage and goods including mail, separately or in combination, intended for or coming from places within the territory of the first Contracting Party; and
(d) the right to load and land, in the territories of third States, at the places specified in the Annex to this Agreement, passengers, baggage and goods, including mail, separately or in combination, intended for or coming from places within the territory of the other Contracting Party as defined in the Annex.
(3) Air undertakings of each Contracting Party not designated under Article 3 of this Agreement may also exercise the rights set out in paragraph (2) (a) and (b) of this Article.
(4) In paragraph 2 of this Article, nothing may be considered as conferring the right to dispose of passengers, baggage and goods, including mail for consideration or hire, in the territory of the other Contracting Party, for another location in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
Article 3
Identification and operating authorisations
(1) Each Contracting Party has the right to designate an air undertaking or an air undertaking for the purpose of operating the agreed services for its own use and to withdraw the designation of any air undertaking or to replace it previously designated by another airline. This designation shall be made by written notification between the air authorities of the two Contracting Parties.
(2) The aviation authority which has received the designation notification shall, without delay, grant, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article, the necessary operational authorisation to the designated aeronautical undertaking of the other Contracting Party.
(3) The Aviation Authority of one Contracting Party may require an air undertaking designated by the other Contracting Party to demonstrate that it is in a position to comply with the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable to the operation of international air transport services in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.
(4) The air authority of each Contracting Party shall have the right to refuse to accept the designation of an air undertaking and to refuse to grant the operating authorisation referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, or to impose such conditions as it deems necessary for the exercise of the rights set out in Article 2 of this Agreement, whenever the Contracting Party has no proof that:
(a) in the case of an air undertaking designated by the Czech Republic
(i) the airline is established in the Czech Republic under EU treaties and has a valid operating licence in accordance with European Union law; and
(ii) the actual regulatory control of this air undertaking is carried out and maintained by the Member State of the European Union responsible for issuing the air carrier's certificate to that air carrier and the appropriate aeronautical authority is clearly identified in the designation,
(b) in the case of an air undertaking designated by the Republic of Rwanda,
(i) the airline has a valid operating licence and an air carrier certificate issued by the Republic of Rwanda and the actual regulatory control of that air undertaking is exercised and maintained by the Republic of Rwanda; and
(ii) the airline has its principal place of business in the territory of the Republic of Rwanda.
(5) As soon as the air undertaking has been designated and authorised under this Article, it may, in full or in part, operate the agreed services provided that the air undertaking acts in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Agreement.
Article 4
Revocation and suspension of an operating authorisation
(1) The aviation authority of each Contracting Party shall have the right to revoke or suspend the exercise of the rights set out in Article 2 of this Agreement to a designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party or to impose, temporarily or permanently, the conditions which it considers necessary for the use of such rights, if:
(a) in the case of an air undertaking designated by the Czech Republic
(i) the airline is not established on the territory of the Czech Republic under EU treaties or does not have a valid operating licence in accordance with European Union law; or
(ii) the actual regulatory control of this air undertaking is not exercised or maintained by the Member State of the European Union responsible for issuing the air carrier's certificate to that air carrier or the competent aviation authority is not clearly identified in the designation,
(b) in the case of an air undertaking designated by the Republic of Rwanda,
(i) the air undertaking does not have a valid operating licence or certificate issued by the Republic of Rwanda or the actual regulatory control of that air undertaking is not exercised or maintained by the Republic of Rwanda; or
(ii) the airline does not have its principal place of business in the territory of the Republic of Rwanda;
(c) an air undertaking shall not demonstrate to the aviation authority of a Contracting Party which grants rights, the eligibility to comply with the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations which it applies in accordance with the provisions of the Convention; or
(d) the airline does not otherwise comply with the conditions laid down in this Agreement.
(2) Where it is not necessary to implement immediate measures to prevent further violations of the abovementioned laws and regulations, the rights referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply only after consultation of the aviation authority of the other Contracting Party. Unless otherwise agreed by the aviation authorities, such consultations between the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties shall commence within 60 (60) days of the date of the request made by any aviation authority.
Article 5
Application of laws, regulations and procedures
(1) When entering, staying and leaving the territory of one Contracting Party, air undertakings of the other Contracting Party shall comply with the laws, regulations and procedures applicable to the operation and navigation of aircraft in force in the territory of that Contracting Party.
(2) The laws, regulations and procedures in force in the territory of one Contracting Party relating to entry or stay on, transit through or exit from its territory, as regards passengers, crew, baggage and goods including mail, such as the laws, regulations and procedures concerning entry, exit, immigration, travel documents, customs, currency, quarantine, health, veterinary or sanitary measures, apply to passengers, crew, baggage, goods and mail carried by an aircraft of a designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party when entering, leaving or staying in the territory of the first Contracting Party.
(3) When applying customs, immigration, quarantine and similar provisions, no Contracting Party shall give priority to its own or any other air undertakings over the airline of the other Contracting Party operating similar international air transport services.
Article 6
Aviation security
(1) The Contracting Parties reaffirm, in accordance with their rights and obligations under international law, that their mutual commitment to the protection of civil aviation security forms an integral part of this Agreement.
(2) In particular, the Contracting Parties shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on criminal offences and certain other acts committed on board an aircraft, signed in Tokyo on 14 September 1963, the Convention on the Suppression of Illegal Authorisations for Aircraft, signed in The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention on the Suppression of Illicit Acts for the Protection of Civil Aviation, signed in Montreal on 23 September 1971, and the Protocol on the Combating of Violence at aerodromes serving international civil aviation, signed in the Hague on 24 February 1988, the Convention on the Labelling of Plastic Explosives for Detection, signed in Montreal on 1 March 1991, and any other multilateral agreements governing aviation protection binding on both Contracting Parties.
(3) The Contracting Parties shall, upon request, provide each other with all necessary assistance to prevent acts of unlawful authorisation of civil aircraft and other unlawful acts against the safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports and air navigation equipment and any other threat to civil aviation safety.
(4) The Contracting Parties shall act in their mutual relations in accordance with the provisions on aviation security laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and referred to as the Annexes to the Convention to the extent that those security measures are in force against the Contracting Parties; Contracting Parties shall require that aircraft operators having their principal place of business or permanent place of business in the territories of the Contracting Parties or, in the case of the Czech Republic, aircraft operators established in their territory under EU agreements and having valid operating licences in accordance with European Union law and airport operators in their territories act in accordance with such aviation security provisions.
(5) Each Contracting Party agrees that its aircraft operators are required to comply with the provisions on aviation security in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in this Contracting Party, including European Union law in the case of the Czech Republic, for entry, exit and stay in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
(6) Each Contracting Party shall ensure that appropriate measures are effectively applied on its territory to protect aircraft and to control passengers, crews, hand baggage, hold baggage, goods and on-board supplies before and during boarding or loading.
(7) Each Contracting Party shall, with understanding, assess any request from the other Contracting Party for adequate security measures to address a threat.
(8) Where an act or threat of an act is committed by a civil aircraft or other unlawful act against the safety of such an aircraft, its passengers and crew, airports or navigation equipment, the Contracting Parties shall assist each other by facilitating the transmission of messages and other relevant measures aimed at the rapid and safe termination of such an act or threat.
(9) Where a Contracting Party has reasonable grounds to believe that the other Contracting Party has deviated from the provisions of this Article for aviation security, the Aviation Authority of that Contracting Party may request urgent consultations with the Air Authority of the other Contracting Party. Failure to reach a satisfactory agreement within 30 (30) days of the date of receipt of such a request shall give rise to the application of Article 4 of this Agreement. If a serious unforeseen situation so requires, any Contracting Party may apply provisional measures before the expiry of that period.
Article 7
Aviation safety
(1) Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of qualification and certificates issued or certified as valid in accordance with the rules and procedures of one Contracting Party, including European Union law in the case of the Czech Republic, and still in force, are recognised as valid by the other Contracting Party for the operation of the agreed services provided that such certificates and certificates at least correspond or are more stringent than the minimum conditions laid down in the Convention.
(2) However, each Contracting Party reserves the right to refuse to recognise, as valid for the purposes of flights over its territory, certificates of qualification and certificates issued to its own nationals by the other Contracting Party or by another State.
(3) 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 receipt of the request.
(4) If, after such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and apply safety standards in any area at least at the minimum level laid down in 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 by the other Party to implement the relevant corrective measures within 15 (15) days or a longer period which may be agreed is a reason for the application of Article 4 of this Agreement.
(5) Notwithstanding the obligations referred to in Article 33 of the Convention, it is agreed that any aircraft operated by, or on behalf of, an airline of one Contracting Party under a lease contract, on transport services to or from the territory of the other Contracting Party may be subject, at the time it is located in the territory of the other Contracting Party, to an inspection by authorised representatives 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 in this Article as "ramp inspection"), provided that this does not lead to undue delays.
(6) If any ramp inspection or series of ramp inspections leads to:
(a) serious concern that the aircraft or aircraft operation does not comply with the minimum standards laid down in the Convention during that period; or
(b) serious concern that the safety standards laid down by the Convention are not effectively maintained and applied during the period,
a Contracting Party exercising control for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention has 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 identical or higher than the minimum standards laid down by the Convention.
(7) Where access to the ramp inspection carried out on an aircraft operated by, or on behalf of, an air carrier of a Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph (5) of this Article is denied by a representative of that air carrier, the other Contracting Party shall have the right to freely consider that serious concerns have arisen as described in paragraph (6) of this Article and to draw the conclusions set out therein.
(8) Each Contracting Party reserves the right to immediately suspend or modify the operating authorisations of an air carrier of the other Contracting Party in case it considers, whether on the basis of an ramp check, a series of ramp checks, refusal of access to ramp inspection, consultations or other findings that immediate measures are necessary for the safe operation of the air carrier.
(9) Any measure of one Contracting Party pursuant to paragraphs (4) or (8) of this Article shall be lifted as soon as the reasons for which it was put in place cease to exist.
(10) Where the Czech Republic designates an air undertaking whose regulatory control is exercised and maintained by another Member State of the European Union, the rights of the other Contracting Party under this Article shall apply in the same way to the adoption, application and maintenance of safety standards by that other Member State of the European Union and to the operating authorisations of that air undertaking.
Article 8
Customs provisions, customs duties and taxes
(1) Each Contracting Party shall exempt the designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party from import restrictions, duties, indirect taxes, inspection fees and other national and local charges and charges in respect of aircraft, fuel, lubricants, consumable technical material, spare parts including engines, normal aircraft equipment, stocks of aircraft and foodstuffs (including alcohol, tobacco, beverages and other products intended to be sold in limited quantities to passengers in flight) and any other items intended to be used exclusively in connection with the operation or operation of an aircraft of the designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party, operating the agreed services as well as well as ticket, air waybill forms, and any printed material bearing the characteristics of the company and the usual advertising material, free of charge of that designated air undertaking.
(2) Exemptions granted under this Article shall apply to the items referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article:
(a) imported into, or on behalf of, the territory of one Contracting Party by an air carrier of the other Contracting Party;
(b) retained on board an aircraft of a designated air undertaking of one Contracting Party from arrival until departure from the territory of the other Contracting Party; or
(c) taken aboard an aircraft of a designated air undertaking of one Contracting Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party and intended for use in the operation of the agreed services,
whether such items are used or consumed in whole or in part in the territory of the Contracting Party granting the exemption, provided that such items are not disposed of in the territory of that Contracting Party.
(3) The normal on-board equipment of an aircraft, as well as material, supplies and supplies normally retained on board an aircraft of a designated air undertaking of any Contracting Party, may be landed in the territory of the other Contracting Party only with the agreement of the customs office in that territory. In such cases, they may be placed under the customs control of that customs office until they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs legislation.
(4) The exemption provided for in this Article in respect of consumable technical material, spare parts including engines and normal on-board equipment shall also apply to situations in which the designated aeronautical undertaking of any Contracting Party enters into arrangements with other airlines on loan or transfer to the territory of the other Contracting Party, provided that such other airlines benefit from the same exemption from the other Contracting Party. Such loans and carry-overs shall be notified by the air undertaking to the competent customs authorities.
(5) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Czech Republic from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes, duties, levies or taxes on fuel supplied in its territory for use on an aircraft of a designated air undertaking of the Republic of Rwandan, operating between a place in the Czech Republic and another place in the Czech Republic or in the territory of another Member State of the European Union.
Article 9
Use of aerodromes and aeronautical equipment
(1) Fees imposed on the territory of one Contracting Party to a designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party using aerodromes, air navigation and other facilities shall not exceed those imposed on any other aircraft of the same category carrying out similar international air transport services.
(2) No Contracting Party shall grant advantages to its own or other air undertaking before the other Contracting Party's air undertaking operating similar international air transport services, when using aerodromes, flights, air traffic services and related facilities under its control.
(3) Each Contracting Party shall encourage consultation on user charges between its competent authorities for charging fees and airlines using services and equipment operated by those charging authorities; whenever practical, it shall do so through organisations representing such airlines. Any proposal to amend those fees should be forwarded to airlines within a reasonable period of time in order to allow them to express their views before the amendments are made. In addition, each Party shall encourage the exchange of appropriate information on user charges between its authorities authorised to charge fees and airlines.
Article 10
Direct transit
Passengers, baggage and goods in direct transit through the territory of a Contracting Party, which do not leave a part of an airport for that purpose, shall be subject to the most simplified control, unless the inspection is justified on the basis of the provisions on civil aviation security referred to in Article 6 of this Agreement, the interest in maintaining internal security, preventing illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances or illegal immigration. Luggage and goods in direct transit shall be exempt from customs duties and other charges.
Article 11
Sale of services and transfer of funds
(1) Upon notification to the aviation authority of the first Contracting Party and following the relevant commercial registration in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in the territory of that first Contracting Party, the designated airline of the other Contracting Party shall have the right to freely sell its air transport services in the territory of the first Contracting Party either directly or through its intermediaries and any person may freely purchase such transport services in the local currency or in any freely convertible currency normally purchased by banks in that territory.
(2) The designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall have the right to recalculate and transfer to their State the surplus of revenue over local expenditure obtained in the territory of the other Contracting Party in freely convertible currency. The conversion and transfer shall take place without restriction at the market exchange rate for such transactions in force on the date of the transfer. Where the market exchange rate does not exist, the conversion and transfer shall take place without restriction at the official exchange rate applicable on the day of the transfer. The actual transfer shall be carried out without delay and shall not be subject to any charges other than the usual charges levied by the banks for the services in these transactions.
(3) Where payments between the Contracting Parties are covered by a specific agreement, this specific agreement shall apply.
Article 12
Tariffs
(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 user interests, operating costs, nature of transport services, reasonable profit and other commercial considerations on the market concerned.
(2) The tariffs established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this Article shall not be required to be submitted by the designated airline 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 unduly discriminatory tariffs and practices,
(b) to protect users from tariffs which are excessively high or restrictive by reason of abuse of a dominant position; and
(c) protect airlines from tariffs which are artificially low due to direct or indirect subsidies or aid, or where there is evidence of an intention to restrict competition.
(3) The designated aeronautical undertaking 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 the manner and in the form prescribed by that Authority.
Article 13
Capacity
(1) The designated airlines of the Contracting Parties have a proper and equal opportunity to operate air transport services on any route specified in the Annex.
(2) When operating the agreed services, the designated aviation undertaking of each Contracting Party shall take into account the interests of the designated air undertaking of the other Contracting Party in order to avoid undue interference with the transport services provided by that undertaking on wholly or partly identical routes.
(3) The agreed services operated by the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall be in close relation to public transport requirements on specified routes and shall have as their priority the objective of providing, with adequate use of space, the capacity corresponding to the current and reasonably expected requirements for the carriage of passengers and goods, including mail, originating in or intended for the territory of the Contracting Party designated by the airline. The security of the carriage of passengers and goods, including mail, loaded and unloaded at those designated lines located in territories other than those designated by the airline, shall be carried out in accordance with the general principles that capacity is in relation to:
(a) the transport requirements in and out of the territory of the Contracting Party which has designated the air undertaking;
(b) the transport requirements of the area covered by the agreed services after taking into account the transport services operated by airlines of other States of that area; and
(c) requirements arising from the operation of airlines.
(4) The capacity and frequency of agreed services operated by designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall be jointly determined by the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties.
Article 14
Common line marking
(1) When operating or offering air transport services on designated routes for sale, each designated air undertaking of one Contracting Party may conclude arrangements for code- sharing and blocking of space with:
(a) by an air undertaking or airlines of any Contracting Party;
(b) third party airlines or airlines. If a third party does not authorise or allow a comparable arrangement between the airlines of the other Party and other airlines for transport services to, from and through the territory of the third party, the aviation authority of the relevant Contracting Party shall have the right not to accept such an arrangement.
(2) However, the above provisions are subject to the condition that all airlines under such arrangements:
(a) have the relevant transport rights and the right to direct the line and comply with the provisions of this Agreement;
(b) meet the requirements applicable to such arrangements by the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties; and
(c) provide consumers with adequate information on these arrangements on the joint labelling of lines and on the blocking of space.
(3) Air undertakings are required to submit a draft arrangement on the joint labelling of lines and on the blocking of space to the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties no later than 30 (30) days before the proposed date of implementation. These arrangements on the joint marking of lines and on space blocking shall be subject to the approval of the air authorities of both Contracting Parties.
Article 15
Flight schedules
(1) An air undertaking designated by one Contracting Party shall, at the latest 30 (30) days before the start of the transport services of the other Contracting Party's aviation authority, submit 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 no later than two (2) working days before such flights are made.
Article 16
Combined transport services
The designated aeronautical undertaking of each Contracting Party shall have the right, in conjunction with the air transport of passengers and goods, to benefit from any land transport to or from any place in the territories of the Contracting Parties or third States. The designated air undertaking may choose between carrying out its own land transport or providing it by means of arrangements, including joint line marking, with other ground carriers, provided that the laws and regulations in force in the territory of the relevant Contracting Party are complied with. These combined transport services may be offered in combination of air and land transport as a direct transport service and at one price provided that passengers and shippers are informed of the facts relating to such transport.
Article 17
Representation of the airline
(1) The designated air undertaking of one Contracting Party shall be entitled, in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in the territory of the other Contracting Party relating to the entry, residence and employment and on the basis of reciprocity, to bring and maintain in the territory of the other Contracting Party its representative, commercial, technical and other professional personnel reasonably required to operate the agreed services.
(2) The representative and staff shall be subject to the laws and regulations in force in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
(3) The designated airlines of the two Contracting Parties shall have the right, under the laws and regulations in force in the respective territory of the other Contracting Party, to establish in the territory of the other Contracting Party an air transport office or an air transport office and for the sale of air transport services.
Article 18
Ground handling
Subject to the laws and regulations in force in the territory of each Contracting Party, including the law of the European Union in the case of the Czech Republic, each designated airline shall have the right to provide its own ground handling services (self-handling) in the territory of the other Contracting Party, or to choose, at its choice, between competing providers which provide all or part of the ground handling services. In cases where laws and regulations restrict or exclude handling for own use and where there is no real competitive environment between ground handling service providers, each designated airline shall be treated in a non-discriminatory way with regard to its access to handling for own use and ground handling services provided by the provider or provider.
Article 19
Provision of data
The aeronautical authority of each Contracting Party shall, upon request, provide the aviation authority of the other Contracting Party with periodic statistical data or other similar data relating to the transport carried out by the designated airline on the routes provided for in this Agreement to the extent that it may reasonably be required to assess the operation of the agreed services.
Article 20
Consultation
(1) The Air Authorities of the Contracting Parties will be linked, which may take place by negotiation or in writing, to ensure close cooperation on all matters affecting the implementation of this Agreement.
(2) Each Contracting Party may at any time request consultations on any problem relating to this Agreement. Such consultations shall begin within 60 (60) days of the date of receipt of the request to the other Contracting Party, unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties.
Article 21
Amendments
(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 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 both Contracting Parties.
Article 22
Dispute settlement
(1) In the event of a dispute arising from the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, the air authorities of the Contracting Parties shall, in the first instance, endeavour to resolve it by negotiation.
(2) If the aviation authorities fail to reach an agreement, the dispute shall be settled by the negotiations of the Contracting Parties.
(3) If the Contracting Parties fail to resolve the dispute by negotiation, they may refer it to such a person or authority on which they agree, to an advisory opinion or to a binding decision, as agreed by the Contracting Parties, or, at the request of any Contracting Party, to the arbitration panel of three arbitrators.
(4) The arbitration panel shall be established as follows: each Contracting Party shall appoint one member and the two members shall then agree and appoint a third-State national as Chairman. Members shall be appointed within 60 (60) days and the President shall be appointed within 90 (90) days from the date on which either Contracting Party informed the other Contracting Party of the intention to refer the dispute to the arbitration panel.
(5) If the time limits laid down in paragraph 4 of this Article are not complied with, any Contracting Party, unless there is any other relevant arrangement, may request the Chairman of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation to make the necessary appointments. If the President is a national of a State of one of the Contracting Parties or anything else prevents him from carrying out this task, he shall make the necessary appointment as Vice-President representing him.
(6) The arbitration panel shall take decisions by a majority vote. Its decisions shall be binding on the Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party shall bear the costs of its member as well as its representation in arbitration proceedings, the costs of the Chair and any other costs shall be borne by the Contracting Parties equally. The arbitration panel shall determine its own course of action in all other matters.
Article 23
Registration
This Agreement and any subsequent amendments thereto shall be registered with the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Article 24
Termination
Either Contracting Party may at any time notify the other Party in writing through diplomatic channels of its decision to terminate this Agreement. Such notification is also sent to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. In such a case, this Agreement shall expire 12 (12) months after the date of notification to the other Contracting Party, unless, before the expiry of that period, the notice of termination is withdrawn with the agreement of the other Contracting Party. In the absence of confirmation of notification to the other Contracting Party, the notification shall be deemed to have been received 14 (14) days after it has been delivered to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Article 25
Entry into force
Each Contracting Party shall notify the other Contracting Party by a diplomatic note that the constitutional formalities for the approval of this Agreement have been completed in its State. This Agreement shall enter into force on the 60th (60) day following the date of service of the later of these two notifications.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 50 / 2025 Coll., on the negotiation of the Agreement between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Rwanda on Air Transport |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 27.02.2025 |
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| Effective from | 14.07.2024 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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