Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No 61 / 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 United States of Mexico on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport signed in Mexico on 14 August 1990
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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 United States of Mexico amending the Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport signed in Mexico on 14 August 1990
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that on 21 July 2023 the Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport signed in Mexico on 14 August 19901 was signed.
The Parliament of the Czech Republic agreed to the Protocol and the President of the Republic ratified the Protocol.
The Protocol entered into force on 8 October 2024 pursuant to Article 5 thereof.
Czech version The Protocol shall be published simultaneously.
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
PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICS ON THE CHANGE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE SLOVAK FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICAN ON AIR TRANSPORT, SUBSIDIED IN MEXICO D.F. 14.
The Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico, hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties',
NOTING Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport, signed in Mexico on 14 August 1990 ("the Agreement '),
DESIRING to further deepen their bilateral relations in the field of air transport services in a spirit of cooperation and full understanding for their mutual benefit,
agree as follows:
Article 1
Article 3 (1) The Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
"1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate an air undertaking or an air undertaking for the purpose of operating the agreed services on specified routes and to withdraw or amend such destinations. The determinations shall be made in writing and forwarded to the other Contracting Party by diplomatic means. ';
Article 2
Article 9 The Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 9
Direct transit
Passengers, baggage, goods and mail in direct transit through the territory of a Contracting Party, not leaving a part of an airport for that purpose, shall be subject to the most simplified control, except on grounds of civil aviation security measures referred to in Article 11 of this Agreement, the prevention of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and air piracy, as well as checks justified by the interest in maintaining internal security and preventing illegal immigration. Luggage, goods and mail in direct transit shall be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity and in accordance with the relevant national laws and regulations, from all customs duties, inspection fees and other similar charges. ';
Article 3
Article 16 The Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 16
Amendments
If any Contracting Party considers it desirable to amend any provision 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. ';
Article 4
The list of lines of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following text:
"Line list
SECTION I
The airline or airlines designated by the Government of the United States of Mexico have the right to operate scheduled air services on the following routes:
Places in United States of Mexico Intermediate places Places in the Czech Republic Any place or places Any place (s) Any place (s) Any place (s)
SECTION II
The airline or airlines designated by the Government of the Czech Republic have the right to operate scheduled air services on the following routes:
Places in the Czech Republic Intermediate places Places in the United States Mexican Places for Any place or places Any place or places Any place or places Any place or places
Notes:
1. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party may, on any or all of the years in one or both directions:
(a) omit landing at any of the above locations, provided that the agreed services on these routes start on site in the territory of the State of the Contracting Party which has designated the airline;
(b) combine different flight numbers within the operation of one aircraft;
(c) to tranship transport from any of its aircraft to any other of its aircraft at any place;
(d) to operate intermediate, behind and within the territory of the States of the Contracting Parties in any order; and
(e) to operate intermediate locations and places provided that no fifth-air freedom traffic rights are exercised between those points and the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party.
2. The exercise of the fifth air freedom traffic rights at intermediate points and for points will be subject to a specific agreement between the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties.
3. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party may enter into joint marketing arrangements, such as joint ventures, block-space or code- sharing arrangements, with:
(a) an airline or an airline designated by the same Contracting Party; and / or
(b) an airline or an airline designated by the other Contracting Party; and / or
(c) by an airline or an airline of a third State.
If a third State does not authorise or allow comparable arrangements between the airlines of the other Party and other airlines for transport services to, from and through such a third State, the aviation authority of the relevant Contracting Party shall have the right not to accept such arrangements.
4. However, the above provisions are subject to the condition that all airlines of such arrangements:
(a) have the relevant transport rights and comply with the provisions of this Agreement;
(b) meet the requirements applicable to such arrangements by the aeronautical authorities of both Contracting Parties; and
(c) provide consumers with adequate information on such arrangements.
5. Air undertakings are required to submit a draft arrangement to the aviation authorities of both Contracting Parties no later than 30 (30) days before the proposed date of their introduction. Such arrangements shall be subject to the approval of the air authorities of both Contracting Parties. ';
Article 5
This Protocol shall enter into force on the 60th (60) day from the date of its notification, through diplomatic channels, a later notification to each other informing each other of the completion of the constitutional formalities for the approval of this Protocol.
IN WITNESS, THE undersigned, duly authorised by the respective Governments, have signed this Protocol.
Dane in Prague on 21 July 2023 in two original copies, each in Czech and Spanish, both texts equally authentic.
THE GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICHČMartin Kupka v. r.Rosaura Leonor Rued Gutiérrez v. r. Minister for Transport and Authorised Ambassador of the United States of Mexico in the Czech Republic
1) The Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport, signed in Mexico on 14 August 1990, was published under No 68 / 2004 Coll.
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| Citation | Communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 61 / 2025 Coll., on the negotiation of a Protocol between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on the amendment of the Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Government of the United States of Mexico on Air Transport signed in Mexico on 14 August 1990 |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 10.03.2025 |
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| Effective from | 08.10.2024 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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