18. pants

Stāšanās

spēkā

Šis Nolīgums un tā Pielikums stājas spēkā dienā, kad ir

saņemts pēdējais rakstiskais paziņojums pa diplomātiskajiem

kanāliem, kas apstiprina, ka Līgumslēdzēja Puse ir pabeigusi

visas nepieciešamās iekšējās procedūras.

TO APLIECINOT, apakšā parakstījušies, savu valdību attiecīgi

pilnvaroti, ir parakstījuši šo Nolīgumu.

PARAKSTĪTS Ņujorkā, 25 dienā septembrī, 2014, divos

eksemplāros trīs oriģinālos latviešu, arābu un angļu valodās, kur

visi trīs teksti ir vienlīdz autentiski. Atšķirīgas

interpretācijas gadījumā noteicošais ir teksts angļu valodā.

Latvijas

Republikas vārdā

Apvienoto Arābu Emirātu vārdā

Edgars Rinkēvičs

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

PIELIKUMS

MARŠRUTU

SARAKSTS

1.sadaļa:

Maršruti, kuros pārvadājumus veic Latvijas Republikas nozīmētā

aviokompānija vai aviokompānijas.

No

Starppunkti

Uz

Punkti

aiz AAE

Jebkuri punkti Latvijā

Jebkuri punkti

Jebkuri punkti AAE

Jebkuri punkti

2.sadaļa:

Maršruti, kuros pārvadājumus veic Apvienoto Arābu Emirātu

(AAE) nozīmētā aviokompānija vai aviokompānijas.

No

Starppunkti

Uz

Punkti

aiz Latvijas

Jebkuri punkti AAE

Jebkuri punkti

Jebkuri punkti Latvijā

Jebkuri punkti

Nolīgumā noteiktās

satiksmes veikšana

1. Abu Līgumslēdzēju Pušu nozīmētās aviokompānijas var jebkurā

vai visos lidojumos un pēc savas izvēles veikt lidojumus vienā

vai abos virzienos; apkalpot starppunktus un punktus aiz abu

Līgumslēdzēju Pušu teritoriju robežām maršrutos jebkurā

kombinācijā un jebkurā kārtībā; nepieturēt jebkurā vai visos

starppunktos vai punktos aiz abu Līgumslēdzēju Pušu teritoriju

robežām; apkalpot punktus katras Līgumslēdzējas Puses teritorijā

jebkurā kombinācijā; pārcelt satiksmi no jebkura to izmantotā

gaisa kuģa uz jebkuru citu gaisa kuģi jebkurā maršruta punktā vai

punktos; apvienot dažādus lidojumu numurus vienā gaisa kuģa

veiktajā lidojumā; un izmantot savu vai iznomātu gaisa kuģi.

2. Abu Līgumslēdzēju Pušu nozīmētās aviokompānijas ir tiesīgas

izmantot, jebkurā pakalpojumu veidā (pasažieri, krava, atsevišķi

vai kombinēti), pilnas piektās brīvības satiksmes tiesības uz/no

jebkuriem starppunktiem vai punktiem aiz abu Līgumslēdzēju Pušu

teritoriju robežām.

AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

between

the Government of the Republic of Latvia

and

the Government of the United Arab Emirates

The Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of

the United Arab Emirates (hereinafter referred to as, "the

Contracting Parties");

Desiring to promote an international aviation system based on

competition among airlines in the marketplace with minimum

interference and regulation;

Desiring to facilitate the expansion of international air

transport opportunities;

Recognizing that efficient and competitive international air

services enhance trade, benefit consumers, and promote economic

growth;

Desiring to make it possible for airlines to offer the

traveling and shipping public a variety of service options and

wishing to encourage individual airlines to develop and implement

innovative and competitive prices;

Desiring to ensure the highest degree of safety and security

in international air transport and reaffirming their grave

concern about acts or threats against the security of aircraft,

which jeopardize the safety of persons or property, adversely

affect the operation of air transportation, and undermine public

confidence in the safety of civil aviation; and

Being Parties to the Convention on International Civil

Aviation, opened for signature at Chicago on December 7,

1944;

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise stated,

the term:

1. "Aeronautical Authorities" means in the case of

the Government of the Republic of Latvia, the Ministry of

Transport and/or any person or body authorized to perform any

functions presently exercised by it or similar functions, and in

the case of the Government of the United Arab Emirates, the

General Civil Aviation Authority and/or any person or body

authorized to perform any functions at present exercised by him

or similar functions;

2. "Agreement" means this Agreement, its Annexes,

and any amendments thereto;

3. "territory", "air service",

"international air service", "airline" and

"stop for non-traffic purposes" have the meaning

respectively assigned to them in Articles 2 and 96 of the

Convention;

4. "the Convention" means the Convention on

International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7

December 1944, and includes any Annex adopted under Article 90 of

that Convention and any amendment of the Annexes and the

Convention adopted under Articles 90 and 94 thereof so far as

those Annexes and amendments have been adopted by both

Contracting Parties;

5. "designated airline" means an airline designated

and authorized in accordance with Article 3 of this

Agreement;

6. "full cost" means the cost of providing service,

including a reasonable amount for administrative overhead;

7. "tariff" means the prices to be paid for the

carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo and the conditions

under which those prices apply, including prices and conditions

for agency and other auxiliary services, but excluding

remuneration or conditions for the carriage of mail;

8. "user charge" means a charge imposed on airlines

for the provision of airport, air navigation, or aviation

security facilities or services including related services and

facilities;

9. "EU Treaties" means the Treaty on European Union

and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union.

Article 2

Grant of

Rights

1. Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting

Party the following rights in respect of its scheduled

international air services:

a) the right to fly across its territory without landing;

b) the rights to make stops in its territory for non-traffic

purposes.

2. Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting

Party the rights specified in this Agreement for the purpose of

establishing scheduled international air services on the routes

specified in the appropriate section of the Route Schedule

annexed to this Agreement. Such services and routes are hereafter

called "the agreed services" and "the specified

routes" respectively.

3. While operating an agreed service on a specified route the

airline designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy in

addition to the rights specified in paragraph 1 of this Article

the right to make stops in the territory of the other Contracting

Party at the points specified for that route in the Route

Schedule annexed to this Agreement for the purpose of taking on

board and discharging passengers, baggage and cargo including

mail, separately or in combination.

4. Nothing in Paragraph 2 of this Article shall be deemed to

confer on the airline of one Contracting Party the privilege of

taking on board, in the territory of the other Contracting Party,

passengers, baggage and cargo including mail carried for hire or

reward and destined for another point in the territory of the

other Contracting Party.

Article 3

Designation and

Authorization

1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate as

many airlines as it wishes to conduct international air services

in accordance with this Agreement and to withdraw or alter such

designations. Such designations shall be transmitted to the

aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party in

writing through diplomatic channels.

2. On receipt of such a designation the other Contracting

Party shall grant the appropriate authorizations and permissions

with minimum procedural delay, provided:

a) In the case of an airline designated by the Republic of

Latvia:

i) it is established in the territory of the Republic of

Latvia under the EU Treaties and has a valid Operating Licence in

accordance with European Union law;

ii) effective regulatory control of the airline is exercised

and maintained by the European Union Member State responsible for

issuing its Air Operator's Certificate and the relevant

aeronautical authority is clearly identified in the designation;

and

iii) the airline is owned, directly or through majority

ownership, and it is effectively controlled by Member States of

the European Union or the European Free Trade Association and/or

by nationals of such states.

b) In the case of an airline designated by the United Arab

Emirates:

i) it is established in the territory of the United Arab

Emirates and is licensed in accordance with the applicable law of

the United Arab Emirates;

ii) the United Arab Emirates has and maintains effective

regulatory control of the airline; and

iii) the airline is owned, directly or through majority

ownership, and it is effectively controlled by United Arab

Emirates and/or by its nationals.

c) The aeronautical authorities of one Contracting Party may

require an airline designated by the other Contracting Party to

satisfy them that it is qualified to fulfil the conditions

prescribed under the laws and regulations normally and reasonably

applied to the operation of international air services by such

authorities.

Article 4

Revocation of

Authorization

1. Either Contracting Party may revoke, suspend or limit the

operating authorization or technical permissions of an airline

designated by the other Contracting Party where:

a) In the case of an airline designated by the Republic of

Latvia:

i) it is not established in the territory of the Republic of

Latvia under the EU Treaties or does not have a valid Operating

Licence in accordance with European Union law;

ii) effective regulatory control of the airline is not

exercised or not maintained by the European Union Member State

responsible for issuing its Air Operator's Certificate, or the

relevant aeronautical authority is not clearly identified in the

designation; or

iii) the airline is not owned, directly or through majority

ownership, or it is not effectively controlled by Member States

of the European Union or the European Free Trade Association

and/or by nationals of such states.

b) In the case of an airline designated by the United Arab

Emirates:

i) it is not established in the territory of the United Arab

Emirates or is not licensed in accordance with the applicable law

of the United Arab Emirates;

ii) the United Arab Emirates does not have and maintain

effective regulatory control of the airline;

iii) the airline is not owned, directly or through majority

ownership, and it is not effectively controlled by United Arab

Emirates and/or its nationals.

c) that airline has failed to comply with the laws,

regulations and rules referred to in Article 5 of this

Agreement.

2. Unless immediate revocation, suspension or imposition of

the conditions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article is

essential to prevent further infringements of laws and/or

regulations, such right shall be exercised only after

consultations with the aeronautical authorities of the other

Contracting Party. Such consultations shall begin within a period

of thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the request for

consultations.

3. Notwithstanding Article 3 of this Agreement and this

Article, a Contracting Party may revoke, suspend or limit the

operation authorisation or technical permissions where:

a) in the case of an airline designated by the Republic of

Latvia:

i) the air carrier holds an Air Operator's Certificate

issued by another Member State and it can be demonstrated that by

exercising traffic rights under this Agreement on a route that

includes a point in that other Member State, including the

operation of a service which is marketed as or otherwise

constitutes a through service, it would in effect be

circumventing restrictions on traffic rights imposed by a

bilateral air services agreement between the United Arab Emirates

and that other Member State; or

ii) the air carrier holds an Air Operator's Certificate

issued by a Member State and there is no bilateral air services

agreement between the United Arab Emirates and that Member State,

and it can be demonstrated that the necessary traffic rights to

conduct the proposed operation are not reciprocally available to

the air carrier(s) designated by the United Arab Emirates;

b) in the case of an airline designated by the United Arab

Emirates:

i) the air carrier is majority owned and controlled by

nationals of a state other than the United Arab Emirates and it

can be demonstrated that by exercising traffic rights under this

Agreement on a route that includes a point in that other state,

including the operation of a service which is marketed as or

otherwise constitutes a through service, it would in effect be

circumventing restrictions on traffic rights imposed by a

bilateral air services agreement between a Member State and that

other state; or

ii) the air carrier is majority owned and controlled by

nationals of a state other than the United Arab Emirates and

there is no bilateral air services agreement between a Member

State and that other state, and it can be demonstrated that the

necessary traffic rights to conduct the proposed operation are

not reciprocally available to the air carrier(s) designated by

the Member State concerned.

Article 5

Application of

Laws

1. While entering, within, or leaving the territory of one

Contracting Party, its laws, regulations and rules relating to

the operation and navigation of aircraft shall be complied with

by the other Contracting Party's airlines.

2. While entering, within, or leaving the territory of one

Contracting Party, its laws, regulations and rules relating to

the admission to or departure from its territory of passengers,

crew, baggage and cargo including mail on aircraft (including

regulations relating to entry, clearance, aviation security,

immigration, passports, customs and quarantine or, in the case of

mail, postal regulations) shall be complied with by, or on behalf

of, such passengers, crew, baggage and cargo including mail of

the other Contracting Party's airlines.

3. Neither Contracting Party shall give preference to its own

or any other airline over a designated airline of the other

Contracting Party engaged in similar international air transport

in the application of its laws and regulations provided for in

this Article.

4. Passengers, baggage and cargo in direct transit through the

territory of either Contracting Party and not leaving the area of

the airport reserved for such purpose shall not undergo any

examination except for reasons of aviation security, narcotics

control, prevention of illegal entry or in special circumstances.

Baggage and cargo in direct transit shall be exempt from customs

duties and other similar taxes.

Article 6

Aviation

Safety

1. Each Contracting Party shall recognize as valid, for the

purpose of operating the air transportation provided for in this

Agreement, certificates of airworthiness, certificates of

competency, and licenses issued or validated by the other

Contracting Party and still in force, provided that the

requirements for such certificates or licenses at least equal the

minimum standards that may be established pursuant to the

Convention.

2. Each Contracting Party may, however, refuse to recognize as

valid for the purpose of flight above its own territory,

certificates of competency and licenses granted or validated for

its own nationals by the other Contracting Party.

3. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any

time concerning safety standards in any area relating to aircrew,

aircraft or their operation adopted by the other Contracting

Party. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30)

days of that request.

4. If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party

finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively

maintain and administer safety standards in any such area that

are at least equal to the minimum standards established at that

time pursuant to the Convention, the first Contracting Party

shall notify the other Contracting Party of those findings and

the steps considered necessary to conform with those minimum

standards, and that other Contracting Party shall take

appropriate corrective action. Failure by the other Contracting

Party to take appropriate action within fifteen (15) days or such

longer period as may be agreed, shall be grounds for the

application of Article 4 of this Agreement.

5. Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in Article 33 of

the Convention it is agreed that any aircraft operated by or,

under the lease agreement, on behalf of the airline or airlines

of one Contracting Party on services to or from the territory of

another Contracting Party may, while within the territory of the

other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by

the authorized representatives of the other Contracting Party, on

board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the

aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent

condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article

called "ramp inspection"), provided this does not lead

to unreasonable delay.

6. If any such ramp inspection or series of ramp inspections

gives rise to:

a) serious concerns that an aircraft or the operation of an

aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established

at the time pursuant to the Convention, or

b) serious concerns that there is a lack of effective

maintenance and administration of safety standards established at

that time pursuant the Convention,

the Contracting Party carrying out the inspection shall, for

the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention, be free to conclude

that the requirements under which the certificate or licences in

respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that

aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the

requirements under which that aircraft is operated, are not equal

to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the

Convention.

7. In the event that access for the purpose of undertaking a

ramp inspection of an aircraft operated by, or, on behalf of the

airline of one Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph 3

of this Article is denied by the representative of that airline

or airlines, the other Contracting Party shall be free to infer

that serious concerns of the type referred to in paragraph 4

above arise and draw the conclusions referred to in that

paragraph.

8. Each Contracting Party reserves the right to suspend or

vary the operating authorization of an airline or airlines of the

other Contracting Party immediately in the event the first

Contracting Party concludes, whether as a result of a ramp

inspection, a series of ramp inspections, a denial of access for

ramp inspection, consultations or otherwise, that immediate

action is essential to the safety of an airline operation.

9. Any action by one Contracting Party in accordance with

paragraph 2 or 6 above shall be discontinued once the basis for

the taking of that action ceases to exist.

Article 7

Aviation

Security

1. In accordance with their rights and obligations under

international law, the Contracting Parties reaffirm that their

obligation to each other to protect the security of civil

aviation against acts of unlawful interference forms an integral

part of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of their

rights and obligations under international law, the Contracting

Parties shall in particular act in conformity with the provisions

of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on

Board Aircraft, done at Tokyo on September 14, 1963, the

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft,

done at The Hague on December 16, 1970, the Convention for the

Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil

Aviation, done at Montreal on September 23, 1971, the Protocol

for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports

Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on

February 24, 1988 ,and any other multilateral agreement governing

civil aviation security binding upon the Contracting Parties.

2. The Contracting Parties shall provide upon request all

necessary assistance to prevent acts of unlawful seizure of civil

aircraft and other unlawful acts against the safety of such

aircraft, of their passengers and crew, and of airports and air

navigation facilities, and to address any other threat to the

security of civil air navigation.

3. The Contracting Parties shall, in their mutual relations,

act in conformity with the aviation security standards and

appropriate recommended practices established by the

International Civil Aviation Organization and designated as

Annexes to the Convention; they shall require that operators of

aircraft of their registry, operators of aircraft who have their

principal place of business or permanent residence in their

territory, and the operators of airports in their territory act

in conformity with such aviation security provisions.

4. Each Contracting Party shall observe the security

provisions required by the other Contracting Party for entry

into, for departure from, and while within the territory of that

other Contracting Party and each Contracting Party shall ensure

that adequate measures are effectively applied within its

territory to protect aircraft and to inspect passengers, crew,

and their baggage and carry-on items, as well as cargo and

aircraft stores, prior to and during boarding or loading. Each

Contracting Party shall also give positive consideration to any

request from another Contracting Party for special security

measures to meet a particular threat.

5. When an incident or threat of an incident of unlawful

seizure of aircraft or other unlawful acts against the safety of

passengers, crew, aircraft, airports or air navigation facilities

occurs, the Contracting Parties shall assist each other by

facilitating communications and other appropriate measures

intended to terminate rapidly and safely such incident or

threat.

6. When a Contracting Party has reasonable grounds to believe

that the other Contracting Party has departed from the aviation

security provisions of this Article, the aeronautical authorities

of that Contracting Party may request immediate consultations

with the aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party.

Failure to reach a satisfactory agreement within fifteen (15)

days from the date of such request shall constitute grounds to

withhold, revoke, suspend, limit, or impose conditions on the

operating authorization and technical permissions of an airline

or airlines of that Contracting Party. When required by an

emergency, a Contracting Party may take interim action prior to

the expiry of fifteen (15) days.

Article 8

Commercial

Opportunities

1. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall

have the right to:

a) establish offices in the territory of the other Contracting

Party for the promotion and sale of air transportation as well as

other ancillary products and facilities required for the

provision of air transportation;

b) engage in the sale of air transportation in the territory

of the other Contracting Party directly and, at the airlines'

discretion, through their agents. The airlines shall have the

right to sell such transportation, and any person shall be free

to purchase such transportation, in local currency or in freely

convertible currencies according to local currency

regulation;

c) convert and freely remit, on demand, local revenues in

excess of sums locally disbursed. Conversion and remittance shall

be permitted promptly without restrictions or taxation in respect

thereof at the rate of exchange applicable to current

transactions and remittance on the date the carrier makes the

initial application for remittance; and

d) pay for local expenses, including purchases of fuel, in the

territory of the other Contracting Party in local currency. At

their discretion, the airlines of each Contracting Party may pay

for such expenses in the territory of the other Contracting Party

in freely convertible currencies according to local currency

regulation.

2. The designated airlines of each Contracting Party shall

have the right:

a) in accordance with the laws, regulations and rules of the

other Contracting Party relating to entry, residence, and

employment, to bring in and maintain in the territory of the

other Contracting Party managerial, sales, technical,

operational, and other specialist staff of any nationality

required for the provision of air transportation;

b) in operating or holding out the authorized services on the

agreed routes, to enter into cooperative marketing arrangements

such as blocked-space, code-sharing or leasing arrangements,

with:

i) an airline or airlines of either Contracting Party;

ii) an airline or airlines of a third country; and

provided that all airlines in such arrangements hold the

appropriate authority and meet the requirements normally applied

to such arrangements.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,

airlines and indirect providers of cargo transportation of both

Contracting Parties shall be permitted without restriction to

employ in connection with international air transportation any

surface transportation for cargo to or from any points within or

outside the territories of the Contracting Parties, including

transport to and from all airports with customs facilities, and

including, where applicable, the right to transport cargo in bond

under applicable laws and regulations. Such cargo, whether moving

by surface or by air, shall have access to airport customs

processing and facilities. Airlines may elect to perform their

own surface transportation or to provide it through arrangements

with other surface carriers, including surface transportation

operated by other airlines and indirect providers of cargo air

transportation. Such intermodal cargo services may be offered at

a single, through price for the air and surface transportation

combined, provided that shippers are not misled as to the facts

concerning such transportation.

Article 9

Customs Duties

and Charges

1. On arriving in the territory of one Contracting Party,

aircraft operated in international air transportation by the

designated airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party,

their regular equipment, ground equipment, fuel, lubricants,

consumable technical supplies, spare parts (including engines),

aircraft stores (including but not limited to such items of food,

beverages and liquor, tobacco and other products destined for

sale to or use by passengers in limited quantities during

flight), and other items intended for or used solely in

connection with the operation or servicing of aircraft engaged in

international air transportation shall be exempt, on the basis of

reciprocity, from all import restrictions, property taxes and

capital levies, customs duties, excise taxes, and similar fees

and charges that are (i) imposed by the national or central

authorities, and (ii) not based on the cost of services provided,

provided that such equipment and supplies remain on board the

aircraft.

2. There shall also be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity,

from the taxes, levies, duties, fees and charges referred to in

paragraph 1 of this Article, with the exception of charges based

on the cost of the service provided:

a) aircraft stores introduced into or supplied in the

territory of a Contracting Party and taken on board, within

reasonable limits, for use on outbound aircraft of airlines of

the other Contracting Party engaged in international air

transportation, even when these stores are to be used on a part

of the journey performed over the territory of the Contracting

Party in which they are taken on board;

b) ground equipment and spare parts (including engines)

introduced into the territory of a Contracting Party for the

servicing, maintenance, or repair of aircraft of airlines of the

other Contracting Party used in international air

transportation;

c) fuel, lubricants and consumable technical supplies

introduced into or supplied in the territory of a Contracting

Party for use in an aircraft of airlines of the other Contracting

Party engaged in international air transportation, even when

these supplies are to be used on a part of the journey performed

over the territory of the Contracting Party in which they are

taken on board;

d) promotional and advertising materials introduced into or

supplied in the territory of one Contracting Party and taken on

board, within reasonable limits, for use on outbound aircraft of

an airline of the other Contracting Party engaged in

international air transportation, even when these stores are to

be used on a part of the journey performed over the territory of

the Contracting Party in which they are taken on board, and

e) printed ticket stock and air waybills used by the

designated airline for reservations and ticketing, any printed

material which bears the insignia of the designated airline

printed thereon and usual publicity and promotional materials

distributed free of charge by such designated airline which are

introduced into the territory of the other Contracting Party.

3. Equipment and supplies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of

this Article may be required to be kept under the supervision or

control of the appropriate authorities.

4. The exemptions provided by this Article shall also be

available where the designated airlines of one Contracting Party

have contracted with another airline, which similarly enjoys such

exemptions from the other Contracting Party, for the loan or

transfer in the territory of the other Contracting Party of the

items specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

5. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Republic of

Latvia from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes,

levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its territory

for use in an aircraft of a designated air carrier of the United

Arab Emirates that operates between a point in the territory of

the Republic of Latvia and another point in the territory of the

Republic of Latvia or in the territory of another European Union

Member State. In such case, the United Arab Emirates would have a

similar right to reciprocate without discrimination the

imposition of similar taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on

fuel supplied in its territory.

Article 10

User Charges

1. User charges that may be imposed by the competent charging

authorities or bodies of each Contracting Party on the airlines

of the other Contracting Party shall be just, reasonable, not

unjustly discriminatory, and equitably apportioned among

categories of users. In any event, any such user charges shall be

assessed on the airlines of the other Contracting Party on terms

not less favourable than the most favourable terms available to

any other airline at the time the charges are assessed.

2. User charges imposed on the airlines of the other

Contracting Party may reflect, but shall not exceed, the full

cost to the competent charging authorities or bodies of providing

the appropriate airport, airport environmental, air navigation,

and aviation security facilities and services at the airport or

within the airport system. Such charges may include a reasonable

return on assets, after depreciation. Facilities and services for

which charges are made shall be provided on an efficient and

economic basis.

3. Each Contracting Party shall encourage consultations

between the competent charging authorities or bodies in its

territory and the airlines using the services and facilities, and

shall encourage the competent charging authorities or bodies and

the airlines to exchange such information as may be necessary to

permit an accurate review of the reasonableness of the charges in

accordance with the principles of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this

Article. Each Contracting Party shall encourage the competent

charging authorities to provide users with reasonable notice of

any proposal for changes in user charges to enable users to

express their views before changes are made.

4. Neither Contracting Party shall be held, in dispute

resolution procedures pursuant to Article 15 of this Agreement,

to be in breach of a provision of this Article, unless (i) it

fails to undertake a review of the charge or practice that is the

subject of complaint by the other Contracting Party within a

reasonable period of time; or (ii) following such a review it

fails to take all steps within its power to remedy any charge or

practice that is inconsistent with this Article.

Article 11

Fair

Competition

1. Each Contracting Party shall allow a fair and equal

opportunity for the designated airlines of both Contracting

Parties to compete in providing the international air

transportation governed by this Agreement.

2. Each Contracting Party shall allow each designated airline

to determine the frequency and capacity of the international air

transportation it offers based upon commercial considerations in

the marketplace. Consistent with this right, neither Contracting

Party shall unilaterally limit the volume of traffic, frequency

or regularity of service, or the aircraft type or types operated

by the designated airlines of the other Contracting Party, except

as may be required for customs, technical, operational, or

environmental reasons under uniform conditions consistent with

Article 15 of the Convention.

3. There shall be no restriction on the capacity and the

number of frequencies and/or type(s) of aircraft, owned or

leased, to be operated by the designated airlines of both

Contracting Parties in any type of service (passengers, cargo,

separately or in combination).

4. Neither Contracting Party shall impose on the other

Contracting Party's designated airlines any requirement with

respect to capacity, frequency or traffic.

5. Neither Contracting Party shall require the filing of

schedules or operational plans by airlines of the other

Contracting Party for approval, except as may be required on a

non-discriminatory basis to enforce the uniform conditions

foreseen by paragraph 2 of this Article. If a Contracting Party

requires filings to enforce the uniform conditions as foreseen by

paragraph 2 of this Article or requires filings for informational

purposes, it shall minimize the administrative burdens of filing

requirements and procedures on air transportation intermediaries

and on designated airlines of the other Contracting Party.

Article 12

Tariffs

1. Each Contracting Party shall allow tariffs for air

transportation to be established by each designated airline based

upon commercial considerations in the marketplace. Intervention

by the Contracting Parties shall be limited to:

a) prevention of unreasonably discriminatory tariffs or

practices;

b) protection of consumers from tariffs that are unreasonably

high or restrictive due to the abuse of a dominant position;

and

c) protection of airlines from tariffs that are artificially

low due to direct or indirect governmental subsidy or

support.

2. Each Contracting Party may require notification to or

filing with its aeronautical authorities of tariffs to be charged

to or from its territory by airlines of the other Contracting

Party. Notification or filing by the airlines of both Contracting

Parties may be required no more than thirty (30) days before the

proposed date of effectiveness. In individual cases, notification

or filing may be permitted on shorter notice than normally

required. Neither Contracting Party shall require the

notification or filing by airlines of the other Contracting Party

of tariffs charged by charterers to the public, except as may be

required on a non-discriminatory basis for information

purposes.

3. Neither Contracting Party shall take unilateral action to

prevent the inauguration or continuation of a tariff proposed to

be charged or charged by (a) an airline of either Contracting

Party for international air transportation between the

territories of the Contracting Parties, or (b) an airline of one

Contracting Party for international air transportation between

the territory of the other Contracting Party and any other

country, including in both cases transportation on an interline

or intraline basis. If either Contracting Party believes that any

such tariff is inconsistent with the considerations set forth in

paragraph (1) of this Article, it shall request consultations and

notify the other Contracting Party of the reasons for its

dissatisfaction as soon as possible. These consultations shall be

held not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the

request, and the Contracting Parties shall cooperate in securing

information necessary for reasoned resolution of the issue. If

the Contracting Parties reach agreement with respect to a tariff

for which a notice of dissatisfaction has been given, each

Contracting Party shall use its best efforts to put that

agreement into effect. Without such mutual agreement, the tariff

shall go into effect or continue in effect.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the tariffs

to be charged by the designated airline (s) of the United Arab

Emirates for carriage wholly within the European Union shall be

subject to European Union law.

Article 13

Consultations

Either Contracting Party may, at any time, request

consultations relating to this Agreement. Such consultations

shall begin at the earliest possible date, but not later than

sixty (60) days from the date the other Contracting Party

receives the request unless otherwise agreed.

Article 14

Amendments

Either Contracting Party may at any time request consultations

pursuant to Article 13 of this Agreement, for the purpose of

discussing amendments to this Agreement. Any amendments agreed

between the Contracting Parties shall be made in form of separate

protocols being an integral part of the Agreement and shall enter

into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of

this Agreement.

Article 15

Settlement of

Disputes

1. Any dispute arising under this Agreement that is not

resolved by a first round of formal consultations may be referred

by agreement of the Contracting Parties to some person or body

for decision. If the Contracting Parties do not so agree, the

dispute shall, at the request of either Contracting Party, be

submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures set

forth below.

2. Arbitration shall be by a tribunal of three arbitrators to

be constituted as follows:

a) Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of a request for

arbitration, each Contracting Party shall name one arbitrator.

Within sixty (60) days after these two arbitrators have been

named, they shall by agreement appoint a third arbitrator, who

shall act as President of the arbitral tribunal;

b) If either Contracting Party fails to name an arbitrator, or

if the third arbitrator is not appointed in accordance with

subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, either Contracting Party may

request the President of the Council of the International Civil

Aviation Organization to appoint the necessary arbitrator or

arbitrators within thirty (30) days. If the President of the

Council is of the same nationality as one of the Contracting

Parties, the most senior Vice President who is not disqualified

on that ground shall make the appointment.

3. Except as otherwise agreed, the arbitral tribunal shall

determine the limits of its jurisdiction in accordance with this

Agreement and shall establish its own procedural rules. The

tribunal, once formed, may recommend interim relief measures

pending its final determination. At the direction of the tribunal

or at the request of either of the Contracting Parties, a

conference to determine the precise issues to be arbitrated and

the specific procedures to be followed shall be held not later

than fifteen (15) days after the tribunal is fully

constituted.

4. Except as otherwise agreed or as directed by the tribunal,

each Contracting Party shall submit a memorandum within

forty-five (45) days of the time the tribunal is fully

constituted. Replies shall be due sixty (60) days later. The

tribunal shall hold a hearing at the request of either

Contracting Party or on its own initiative within fifteen (15)

days after replies are due.

5. The tribunal shall render a written decision within thirty

(30) days after completion of the hearing or, if no hearing is

held, after the date both replies are submitted. The decision of

the majority of the tribunal shall prevail.

6. The Contracting Parties may submit requests for

clarification of the decision within fifteen (15) days after it

is rendered and any clarification given shall be issued within

fifteen (15) days of such request.

7. Each Contracting Party shall, to the degree consistent with

its national law, give full effect to any decision or award of

the arbitral tribunal.

8. The expenses of the arbitral tribunal, including the fees

and expenses of the arbitrators, shall be shared equally by the

Contracting Parties. Any expenses incurred by the President of

the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization in

connection with the procedures of paragraph (2)(b) of this

Article shall be considered to be part of the expenses of the

arbitral tribunal.

Article l6

Termination

Either Contracting Party may, at any time, give notice in

writing through diplomatic channels to the other Contracting

Party its decision to terminate this Agreement. Such notice shall

be sent simultaneously to the International Civil Aviation

Organization. This Agreement shall terminate at midnight (at the

place of receipt of the notice to the other Contracting Party)

immediately before the first anniversary of the date of receipt

of such notice by the other Contracting Party, unless the notice

is withdrawn before then by agreement of the Contracting Parties.

In the absence of acknowledgement of receipt by the other

Contracting Party, notice shall be deemed to have been received

fourteen (14) days after the date it was received by the

International Civil Aviation Organization.

Article 17

Registration

with ICAO

1. This Agreement and all amendments thereto shall be

registered with the International Civil Aviation

Organization.

2. In the event of the conclusion of any general multilateral

convention or agreement concerning air transport by which both

Contracting Parties become bound, this Agreement shall be amended

as necessary so as to conform with the provisions of such

convention or agreement.

Article 18

Entry Into

Force

This Agreement and its Annex shall enter into force on the

date of receipt of the last notification through diplomatic

channels confirming that each Contracting Party has completed all

its necessary internal procedures.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by

their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE in New York, on the 25 day of September, 2014, in

duplicate in three originals in the Latvian, Arabic and English

languages, all three texts being equally authentic. In case of

divergence of interpretation, the English language text shall

prevail.

For the

Republic of Latvia

For the United Arab Emirates

Edgars Rinkēvičs

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

ANNEX

ROUTE

SCHEDULE

Section 1:

Routes to be operated by the designated airline(s) of the

Republic of Latvia.

From

Intermediate Point(s)

To

Beyond

Point(s)

Any Point(s) in Latvia

Any Point(s)

Any Point(s) in the UAE

Any Point(s)

Section 2:

Routes to be operated by the designated airline(s) of the

United Arab Emirates (UAE).

From

Intermediate Point(s)

To

Beyond

Point(s)

Any Point(s) in the UAE

Any Point(s)

Any Points in Latvia

Any Point(s)

Operation of the agreed

services

1. The designated airline(s) of both Contracting Parties may,

on any or all flights and at its option, operate in either or

both directions; serve intermediate and beyond points on the

routes in any combination and in any order; omit calling at any

or all intermediate or beyond point(s); serve points within the

territory of each Contracting Party in any combination; transfer

traffic from any aircraft used by them to any other aircraft at

any point or points in the route; combine different flight

numbers within one aircraft operation; and use owned or leased

aircraft.

2. The designated airline(s) of both Contracting Parties are

entitled to exercise, in any type of service (passenger, cargo,

separately or in combination), full fifth freedom traffic rights

to/from any intermediate or beyond point(s).