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oriģināleksemplāros, latviešu, arābu un angļu valodās, visi
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Latvijas
Republikas
valdības vārdā
Saūda
Arābijas Karalistes
valdības vārdā
______________________
Elīna Šimiņa-Neverovska
Satiksmes
ministrijas
valsts sekretāra vietniece
______________________
Ali bin Mohameds Radžabs
Civilās aviācijas
ģenerālpārvaldes
Gaisa transporta un starptautiskās sadarbības
izpildviceprezidents
Pielikums
Saraksts
1. sadaļa
Latvijas Republikas nozīmētajai aviokompānijai vai
aviokompānijām ir tiesības veikt regulāru starptautisko gaisa
satiksmi abos virzienos turpmāk norādītajos maršrutos:
Punkti Latvijas Republikā
Starppunkti
Punkti Saūda Arābijas
Karalistē
Tālāki punkti
Jebkuri punkti Latvijas
Republikā
Jebkuri punkti
Jebkuri starptautiski
punkti
Jebkuri punkti
2. sadaļa
Saūda Arābijas Karalistes nozīmētajai aviokompānijai vai
aviokompānijām ir tiesības veikt regulāru starptautisko gaisa
satiksmi abos virzienos turpmāk norādītajos maršrutos:
Punkti Saūda Arābijas
Karalistē
Starppunkti
Punkti
Latvijas Republikā
Tālāki punkti
Jebkuri punkti Saūda Arābijas
Karalistē
Jebkuri punkti
Jebkuri starptautiski
punkti
Jebkuri punkti
3. sadaļa: Piezīmes par maršrutiem, kuros lidojumus
veiks abu Līgumslēdzēju Pušu nozīmētā aviokompānija vai
aviokompānijas.
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maršrutiem, pēc nozīmētās aviokompānijas vai aviokompāniju
izvēles, var tikt izlaisti jebkurā vai visos lidojumos, ja
jebkurš pakalpojums sākas vai beidzas tās Līgumslēdzējas Puses
teritorijā, kas nozīmējusi aviokompāniju vai aviokompānijas.
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apkalpot šā Nolīguma pielikumā noteiktos starppunktus un tālākus
punktus ar nosacījumu, ka piektās brīvības satiksmes tiesības
tiek īstenotas starp šiem punktiem un otras Līgumslēdzējas Puses
teritoriju, ja starp abām Līgumslēdzējām Pusēm ir noslēgta
attiecīga vienošanās.
AIR SERVICES
AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
PREAMBLE
The Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinafter, "the Contracting
Parties");
Being Parties to the Convention on International Civil
Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December, 1944;
Desiring to promote an international aviation system based on
competition among airlines in the marketplace with minimum
government interference and regulation;
Desiring to facilitate the expansion of international air
services opportunities;
Recognising that efficient and competitive international air
services enhance trade, the welfare of consumers, and economic
growth;
Desiring to make it possible for airlines to offer the
travelling and shipping public a variety of service options at
the lowest prices that are not discriminatory and do not
represent abuse of a dominant position, and wishing to encourage
individual airlines to develop and implement innovative and
competitive prices; and
Desiring to ensure the highest degree of safety and security
in international air services and reaffirming their grave concern
about acts or threats against the security of aircraft, which
jeopardise the safety of persons or property, adversely affect
the operation of air services, and undermine public confidence in
the safety of civil aviation.
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings assigned thereto, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Convention" means the Convention on
International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on
the seventh day of December, 1944 and includes any Annexes and
amendments adopted under Articles (90) and (94) of the Convention
thereof so far as those Annexes and amendments have become
effective for or been ratified by both Contracting Parties;
2. "Aeronautical Authorities" means in the case of
the Government of the Republic of Latvia, the Ministry of
Transport and in the case of the Government of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia ,the General Authority of Civil Aviation, in both
cases, any other person or body authorized to perform any
functions presently exercised by the said Aeronautical
Authorities;
3. "Designated airline" means an airline, designated
and authorized in accordance with Article 3 (Designation and
Authorization) of this Agreement;
4. "Prices" means the prices to be paid for the
carriage of passengers, cargo and baggage and the conditions
under which those prices apply, including prices and conditions
for agency and other auxiliary services but excluding
remuneration and conditions for the carriage of mail;
5. "Territory" means the territory of the State of
either Contracting Party and has the meaning assigned to it in
Article )2) of the Convention;
6. "Air service", "International air
services", "Airline" and "Stop for
non-traffic purposes" have the meaning respectively assigned
to them in Article )96) of the Convention;
7. "Agreement" means this Agreement, its Annex and
any amendments thereto;
8. "Schedule" means the Schedule of the routes to
operate air transportation services annexed to this Agreement and
any amendments thereto as agreed in accordance with the
provisions of Article 17 (Consultation and Amendment) of this
Agreement;
9. "Capacity" in relation to "an aircraft"
means the payload of that aircraft available on a route or
section of a route;
10. "Spare parts" means articles of a repair or
replacement nature for incorporation in an aircraft, including
engines;
11. "Regular equipment" means articles, other than
stores and spare parts of a removable nature, for use on board an
aircraft during flight, including first aid and survival
equipment;
12. "Facilities and airport charges" means charges
made to airlines for the provision of aircraft, their crews and
passengers of airport and air navigation facilities, including
related services and facilities;
13. "Air transportation" means the public carriage
by aircraft of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or
in combination, for remuneration or hire;
14. "Domestic air transportation" is air
transportation in which passengers, baggage, cargo and mail which
are taken on board in a State territory are destined to another
point in that same State's territory;
15. "International air transportation" is air
transportation in which the passengers, baggage, cargo and mail
which are taken on board in the territory of one State are
destined to another State;
16. "Intermodal transportation" means the public
carriage by aircraft and by one or more surface modes of
transport of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or
in combination, for remuneration or hire;
17. "ICAO" means the International Civil Aviation
Organization;
18. "Code-share" means cooperative marketing
arrangements between two or more designated airlines for
conducting operations;
19. "EU Treaties" means the Treaty on European Union
and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union; and
20. References in this Agreement to nationals of the Republic
of Latvia shall be understood as referring to nationals of the
European Union Member States.
21. References in this Agreement to airline or airlines of the
Republic of Latvia shall be understood as referring to airline or
airlines designated by the Republic of Latvia.
ARTICLE 2
GRANTING OF
RIGHTS
1. Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting
Party the rights specified in this Agreement for the purpose of
establishing and operating scheduled international air services
on the routes specified in the Schedule. Such services and routes
are hereinafter called "the agreed services" and
"the specified routes" respectively.
2. An airline designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy
exercising, whilst operating an agreed service on a specified
route, the following rights:
(a) to fly, without landing, across the territory of the other
Contracting Party;
(b) to make stops in the said territory for non-traffic
purposes; and
(c) to make stops in the said territory at the points
specified for that route in the Schedule for the purpose of
putting down and taking on international traffic in passengers,
cargo, baggage and mail.
3. The exercise of traffic rights in intermediate and beyond
points specified in the Schedule is subject to the negotiation
and approval of their Aeronautical Authorities.
4. Nothing in paragraphs )1) and )2) of this Article shall be
deemed to confer on the airline(s) of one Contracting Party the
privilege of taking on, in the territory of the other Contracting
Party, passengers, cargo, baggage or mail carried for
remuneration or hire and destined for another point in the
territory of that other Contracting Party.
ARTICLE 3
DESIGNATION
AND AUTHORIZATION
1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in
writing and through the diplomatic channels to the other
Contracting Party one or more airlines to operate the agreed
services and to withdraw or alter such designation.
2. On receipt of such a designation, and of application from
the designated airline, in the form and manner prescribed for
operating authorization, each Contracting Party shall grant the
appropriate operating authorization with minimum procedural
delay, provided that:
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: and
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 the European Union
Member States or the European Free Trade Association Member
States and/or by nationals of such states;
b) In the case of an airline designated by the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia:
i) the airline has a valid Operating Licence and an Air
Operator's Certificate issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
effective regulatory control of the airline is exercised and
maintained by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and
ii) the airline has its principal place of business in the
territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
c) the Contracting Party designating the airline is in
compliance with the provisions set forth in Article 13 (Air
Safety) and Article 14 (Aviation Security) of this Agreement;
and
d) the designated airline is qualified to meet other
conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations normally
applied to the operation of international air transport services
by the Contracting Party receiving the designation.
ARTICLE 4
WITHHOLDING,
REVOCATION AND LIMITATION OF AUTHORIZATION
The Aeronautical Authorities of each Contracting Party shall
have the right to withhold the authorizations referred to in
Article 3 (Designation and Authorization) of this Agreement with
respect to an airline designated by the other Contracting Party,
and to revoke, suspend or impose conditions on such
authorizations, temporarily or permanently:
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; or
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 the European
Union Member States or the European Free Trade Association Member
States and/or by nationals of such states;
b) In the case of an airline designated by the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia:
i) the airline does not have a valid Operating Licence or an
Air Operator's Certificate issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
or effective regulatory control of the airline is not exercised
or not maintained by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; or
ii) the airline does not have its principal place of business
in the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
c) in the event of failure of the Contracting Party
designating the airline to comply with the provisions set forth
in Article 13 (Air Safety) and Article 14 (Aviation Security) of
this Agreement; and
d) in the event of failure that such designated airline is
qualified to meet other conditions prescribed under the laws and
regulations normally applied to the operation of international
air transport services by the Contracting Party granting those
rights.
ARTICLE 5
FACILITIES AND
AIRPORT CHARGES
1. Each Contracting Party shall designate an airport or
airports in its territory for the use of the designated
airline(s) of the other Contracting Party on specified routes and
provide designated airline of the other Contracting Party with
communicative air navigation and meteorological facilities and
other services necessary for the operation of the agreed
services.
2. Neither Contracting Party shall impose or permit to be
imposed on the designated airline(s) of the other Contracting
Party user charges higher than those imposed on its own
designated airline(s) operating similar international air
services using similar aircraft and associated facilities and
services.
3. Each Contracting Party may request consultations on user
charges, and any changes imposed on such charges.
ARTICLE 6
EXEMPTION FROM
CUSTOMS AND OTHER DUTIES
1. Aircraft of the designated airline(s) of one Contracting
Party operating international air services as well as supplies of
fuel, lubricating oils, other consumable technical supplies,
spare parts, regular equipment and stores retained on board
shall, upon arriving in or leaving the territory of the other
Contracting Party, be exempted on the basis of reciprocity from
customs duties, taxes and inspection fees, provided such
equipment and supplies remain on board the aircraft up to such
time as they re-exported or are used or consumed by such aircraft
on flights over that territory.
2. There shall also be exemption, on the basis of reciprocity,
from the same duties, fees and charges, with the exception
of charges corresponding to the service performed:
(a) aircraft stores taken on board in the territory of a
Contracting Party, within airport boundaries
and, within limits fixed by the authorities of the said
Contracting Party, and for use on a board outbound aircraft
engaged in international air services of the other Contracting
Party;
(b) spare parts entered into the territory of either
Contracting Party, within airport boundaries and for the
maintenance or repair of aircraft used on international air
services by the designated airlines of the other Contracting
Party;
(c) fuel and lubricants to supply outbound aircraft operated
on international air services by the airlines designated by the
other Contracting Party, even when these supplies are to be used
on the part of the journey performed over the territory of the
Contracting Party in which they are taken on board.
3. Materials referred to in paragraph )2( above may be placed
under the supervision or control of the Customs Authorities up to
such time as they may be re-exported or otherwise disposed of in
accordance with customs regulations.
4. There shall also be exemption from all customs duties and
taxes on a reciprocal basis for official documents bearing the
badge of the airline such as luggage tags, air
tickets, airway bills, boarding cards, and timetables
imported into the territory of either Contracting Party for the
exclusive use by the designated airline of the other Contracting
Party.
5. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Contracting Party
from imposing taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel
supplied in its territory, on a non-discriminatory basis, for use
in an aircraft of an airline that operates between two points in
its territory, also between Latvia and the territory of another
European Union Member State.
ARTICLE 7
PRINCIPLES
GOVERNING OPERATION OF THE AGREED SERVICES
1. The designated airline(s) of the two Contracting Parties
shall be afforded fair and equal opportunity in the operation of
the agreed services on the specified routes.
2. In operating the agreed services, the designated airline(s)
of each Contracting Party shall take into account the interests
of the airline of the other Contracting Party so as not to affect
unduly the services, which the latter provides on the whole, or
part of the same routes.
3. The agreed services provided by the designated airline(s)
of the Contracting Parties shall have as their primary objective
the provision, at a reasonable load factor of capacity adequate
to carry the current and reasonably anticipated requirements for
the carriage of passengers, cargo, baggage and mail between the
territory of the Contracting Party designating the airline and
the territory of the other Contracting Party. Provision for the
carriage of passengers and cargo including mail both taken on
board and discharged at points on the specified routes in the
territories of states other than that designating the airline
shall be agreed between the two Contracting Parties since
capacity is related to:
(a) traffic requirements to and from the territory of the
Contracting Party, which has designated the airline;
(b) traffic requirements of the area through which the agreed
service passes, after taking account of other transport services
established by airlines of the states comprising the area;
(c) the requirements of through airline operation.
4. In order that the designated airline(s) to be afforded fair
and equal treatment, the frequency of the services and their
capacity, as well as the flight schedules shall be subject to
approval by the Aeronautical Authorities of the two Contracting
Parties. This requirement should also be met in case of any
change concerning the agreed services.
5. The Aeronautical Authorities of the two Contracting Parties
should, if necessary, endeavour to reach a satisfactory
arrangement regarding flight schedules, capacity and
frequencies.
ARTICLE 8
APPROVAL OF
TIMETABLES
The designated airline(s) of either Contracting Party shall,
not later than sixty (60) days prior to the date of operation of
any agreed service(s), submit its proposed timetables to the
Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party for
approval. Such timetables shall include the type of service and
aircraft to be used, the flight schedule and any other relevant
information. This shall, likewise, apply to any subsequent
changes. In special cases, this time limit may be reduced subject
to the approval of the said Authorities.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLY OF
STATISTICS
The Aeronautical Authorities of either Contracting Party shall
supply the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting
Party, at their request, with such information and statistics
relating to the traffic carried on the agreed services by their
designated airlines to and from the territory of the other
Contracting Party as may normally be prepared and submitted by
the designated airline(s) to its Aeronautical Authorities. Such
data shall include details on volume, distribution, origin and
destination of the traffic. Any additional statistical traffic
data which the Aeronautical Authorities of the Contracting Party
may desire from the Aeronautical Authorities of the other
Contracting Party shall, upon request, be a subject of mutual
discussion and agreement between the two Contracting Parties.
ARTICLE 10
APPLICABILITY
OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
1. The laws and regulations of one Contracting Party shall
apply to the navigation and operation of the aircraft of the
airline(s) designated by the other Contracting Party during entry
into, stay in and departure from the territory of the other
Contracting Party.
2. The laws and regulations of one Contracting Party governing
entry into, stay in and departure from its territory of
passengers, baggage, crew, cargo or mail such as formalities
regarding entry, exit, emigration, immigration, customs,
currency, health and quarantine shall apply to passengers, crew,
cargo and mail carried by the aircraft of the designated airline
of the other Contracting Party while they are within the said
territory.
3. Each Contracting Party shall, upon request, supply the
other Contracting Party with copies of the relevant laws and
regulations referred to in this Article.
4. Neither Contracting Party may grant any preference to its
own airline with regard to the designated airline of the other
Contracting Party in the application of the laws and regulations
provided for in this Article.
ARTICLE 11
TRANSFER OF
EARNINGS
Each Contracting Party grants to the designated airline(s) of
the other Contracting Party the right of flexible transfer, in
accordance with the national laws and regulations of the
Contracting Party in the territory of which the revenue accrued,
in connection with the carriage of passengers, mail and cargo. No
charges other than normal bank charges shall be applicable to
such transfers.
ARTICLE 12
RECOGNITION
OF CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
1. Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency
and licenses issued or rendered valid by one Contracting Party
and still in force shall be recognized as valid by the other
Contracting Party for the purpose of operating the agreed
services provided that the requirements under which such
certificates and licenses were issued or rendered valid are equal
to or above the minimum standards which may be established
pursuant to the Convention. However, each Contracting Party
reserves the right to refuse to recognize for the purpose of
flights above or landing within its own territory, certificates
of competency and licenses granted to its own nationals by the
other Contracting Party.
2. If the privileges or conditions of the licences or
certificates referred to in paragraph (1) above, issued by the
aeronautical authorities of one Contracting Party to any person
or designated airline or in respect of an aircraft used in the
operation of the agreed services, should permit a difference from
the minimum standards established under the Convention, and which
difference has been filed with ICAO, the other Contracting Party
may request consultations between the aeronautical authorities
with a view to clarifying the practice in question.
ARTICLE 13
AIR
SAFETY
1. Each Contracting Party may request consultations at any
time concerning the safety standards maintained by the other
Contracting Party in areas relating to aeronautical facilities,
flight crew, aircraft and the operation of aircraft. Such
consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that
request.
If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds
that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain
and administer safety standards that meet the Standards
established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the other
Contracting Party shall be informed of such findings and of the
steps considered necessary to conform with the ICAO Standards.
The other Contracting Party shall then take appropriate
corrective action within thirteen (13) days or an agreed time
period.
2. Pursuant to Article (16) of the Convention, any aircraft
operated, or any aircraft which its ownership does not belong to
the designated airlines of either of the Contracting Party in
accordance with the designation provision of this Agreement and
is utilized to conduct international air transportation operation
in accordance with the provision of this Agreement to and from
the territory of the other Contracting Party through leasing
arrangements from another air carrier belonging to the state of
either Contracting Party or third party state, be the subject of
a search by the authorized representatives of the other
Contracting Party. Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in
Article (33) of the Convention, the purpose of this search is to
verify the validity of the relevant aircraft documentation, the
licensing of its crew, and that the aircraft equipment and the
condition of the aircraft conform to the standards established at
that time pursuant to the Convention, provided this does not
cause unreasonable delay in the operation of the aircraft.
3. When an urgent action is essential to ensure the safety of
an airline operation, each Contracting Party reserves the right
to immediately suspend the operating authorization of an airline
or airlines of the other Contracting Party.
4. Any action by one Contracting Party in accordance with
paragraph (3) above shall be discontinued once the basis of the
taking of that action ceases to exist.
ARTICLE 14
AVIATION
SECURITY
1. 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 to the provisions of the
Convention of Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board
Aircraft signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963, the Convention for
the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The
Hague on 16 December 1970 and the Convention for the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at
Montreal on 23 September 1971 and the Supplementary Protocol for
the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving
International Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 24 February
1988 and the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for
the Purpose of Detection, done at Montreal on 1 March 1991, as
well as any other convention or protocol relating to civil
aviation security which both Contracting Parties adhere to.
2. The Contracting Parties shall provide upon request all
necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of unlawful
seizure of civil aircraft and other unlawful acts against the
safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports and
air navigation facilities, and any other threat to the security
of civil aviation.
3. The Contracting Parties shall, in their mutual relations,
act in conformity to the aviation security provisions established
by ICAO and designated as Annexes to the Convention to the extent
that such security provisions are applicable to the Contracting
Parties; they shall require that operators of aircraft of their
registry or 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 to
such aviation security provisions.
4. Each Contracting Party agrees that such operators of
aircraft may be required to observe the aviation security
provisions referred to in paragraph (3) above required by the
other Contracting Party for entry into, departure from, or while
within the territory of that other Contracting Party, including,
in the case of the Republic of Latvia, European Union law. Each
Contracting Party shall ensure that adequate measures are
effectively applied within its territory to protect the aircraft
and to inspect passengers, crew, carry-on items, baggage, cargo
and aircraft stores prior to and during boarding or loading. Each
Contracting Party shall also give sympathetic consideration to
any request from the other Contracting Party for reasonable
special security measures to meet a particular threat.
5. When an incident or threat of an incident of unlawful
seizure of civil aircraft or other unlawful acts against the
safety of such aircraft, occurs to their passengers and crew,
airport or air navigation facilities, the Contracting Parties
shall assist each other by facilitating communications and other
appropriate measures intended to terminate rapidly and safely
such incident or threat thereof.
ARTICLE 15
AIRLINE
COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION
1. The designated airline(s) of one Contracting Party shall be
entitled, in accordance with the laws and regulations relating to
entry, residence and employment of the other Contracting Party,
to bring in and maintain in the territory of the other
Contracting Party those of its own managerial, technical,
operational and other specialist staff who are required for the
provisions of the present air services.
2. These staff requirements may, at the option of the
designated airline or airlines of one Contracting Party, be
satisfied by its own personnel or by using the services of any
other organization, company or airline operating in the territory
of the other Contracting Party and authorized to perform such
services for other airlines.
3. The representatives and staff shall be subject to the laws
and regulations in force of the other Contracting Party, and
consistent with such laws and regulations:
a) each Contracting Party shall, on the basis of reciprocity
and with the minimum of delay, grant the necessary employment
authorizations, visitor visas or other similar documents to the
representatives and staff referred to in paragraph (1) of this
Article; and
b) both Contracting Parties shall facilitate and expedite the
requirement of employment authorizations for personnel performing
certain temporary duties.
ARTICLE 16
PRICES
1. Contracting Parties shall permit prices to be established
freely by each designated airline on the basis of fair
competition.
2. Neither Contracting Party shall allow prices to be charged
or proposed to be charged by the airline(s) of both Contracting
Parties which:
a) are excessive due to the abuse of market power; or
b) whose application constitutes anti-competitive behaviour
which has or is likely to have or is explicitly intended to have
the effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition
or excluding a competitor from the route.
3. Each Contracting Party may require notification or filing
of prices proposed by the designated airline(s) of the other
Contracting Party for carriage to or from its territory for
information purposes. Such notification may be required to be
made no earlier than the initial offering of a prices.
4. If any dispute arises between the designated airline(s) of
either of the Contracting Parties due to unfair competitive
practice in the market related to prices implications, it should
be settled in accordance with the provisions of Article 33
(Settlement of Disputes) of this Agreement.
5. The Contracting Parties shall endeavor to ensure that
active and effective machinery exists within their jurisdictions
to investigate violations by any airline, passenger or freight
agent, tour organizer, or freight forwarder, of prices
established in accordance with this Article. They shall
furthermore ensure that the violation of such prices is
punishable by deterrent measures on a consistent and
non-discriminatory basis.
ARTICLE
17
CONSULTATION AND AMENDMENT
1. In a spirit of close co-operation, the two Contracting
Parties or their Aeronautical Authorities shall consult each
other from time to time with a view to ensuring the
implementation of and satisfactory compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement.
2. If either Contracting Party considers it desirable to amend
any of the provisions of this Agreement, it may request
consultation with the other Contracting Party. Such consultation
shall begin within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of
the request. Any amendments so agreed shall come into force when
they have been confirmed by an exchange of diplomatic notes
following completion of the legal procedures or otherwise
required.
3. Amendments relating only to the provisions of the Schedule
may be agreed upon between the Aeronautical Authorities of both
Contracting Parties. Such amendments will become effective as
soon as they are approved by both Aeronautical Authorities.
ARTICLE 18
SECURITY OF
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
1. Each Contracting Party agrees to adopt measures to ensure
the security of their passports and other travel documents.
2. Each Contracting Party agrees to establish controls on the
lawful creation, issuance, verification and use of passports and
other travel documents and identity documents issued by, or on
behalf of, that Contracting Party.
3. Each Contracting Party also agrees to establish or improve
procedures to ensure that travel and identity documents issued by
it are of such quality that they cannot easily be misused and
cannot readily be unlawfully altered, replicated or issued.
4. Each Contracting Party further agrees to exchange
operational information regarding forged or counterfeit travel
documents, and to cooperate with the other to strengthen
resistance to travel document fraud, including the forgery or
counterfeiting of travel documents, the use of forged or
counterfeit travel documents, the use of valid travel documents
by imposters, the misuse of authentic travel documents by
rightful holders in furtherance of the commission of an offence,
the use of expired or revoked travel documents, and the use of
fraudulently obtained travel documents.
ARTICLE 19
INADMISSIBLE
AND UNDOCUMENTED PASSENGERS AND DEPORTEES
1. Each Contracting Party agrees to establish effective border
controls.
2. Each Contracting Party agrees to implement the Standards
and Recommended Practices of Annex 9 (Facilitation) to the
Convention concerning inadmissible and undocumented passengers
and deportees in order to enhance cooperation to combat illegal
migration.
3. Pursuant to the objectives above, each Contracting Party
agrees to issue, or to accept, as the case may be, the letter
relating to "fraudulent, falsified or counterfeit travel
documents or genuine documents presented by imposters" set
out in Annex 9 (Facilitation), when taking action under relevant
paragraphs of Chapter 3 of the Annex regarding the seizure of
fraudulent, falsified or counterfeit travel documents.
ARTICLE 20
DIRECT
TRANSIT
Passengers, baggage and cargo in direct transit through the
territory of any 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.
In this regard, baggage and cargo in direct transit shall be
exempt from any customs duties.
ARTICLE 21
FAIR
COMPETITION
Each Contracting Party agrees:
a) that each designated airline shall have a fair and equal
opportunity to compete in providing the international air
transportation governed by the Agreement; and
b) to take action to eliminate all forms of discrimination or
unfair competitive practices adversely affecting the competitive
position of a designated airline of the other Contracting
Party.
ARTICLE
22
SAFEGUARDS
1. The Contracting Parties agree that the following airline
practices may be regarded as possible unfair competitive
practices that may merit closer examination:
a) charging fares and rates on routes at levels which are, in
the aggregate, insufficient to cover the costs of providing the
services to which they relate;
b) the addition of excessive capacity or frequency of
service;
c) the practices in question are sustained rather than
temporary;
d) the practices in question have a serious negative economic
effect on, or cause significant damage to, another airline;
e) the practices in question reflect an apparent intent or
have the probable effect, of crippling, excluding or driving
another airline from the market.
2. If the aeronautical authorities of one Contracting Party
consider that an operation or operations intended or conducted by
the designated airline of the other Contracting Party may
constitute unfair competitive behaviour in accordance with the
indicators listed in paragraph (1) of this Article , they may
request consultation in accordance with Article 17 (Consultation
and Amendment) of this Agreement with a view to resolving the
problem. Any such request shall be accompanied by notice of the
reasons for the request, and the consultation shall begin within
fifteen (15) days of the request.
3. If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a resolution of
the problem through consultations, either Contracting Party may
invoke the dispute resolution mechanism under Article 33
(Settlement of disputes) of this Agreement to resolve the
dispute.
ARTICLE 23
COMPETITION
LAWS
1. The Contracting Parties shall inform each other about their
competition laws, policies and practices or changes thereto, and
any particular objectives thereof, which could affect the
operation of air transport services under this Agreement and
shall identify the authorities responsible for their
implementation.
2. The Contracting Parties shall, to the extent permitted
under their own laws and regulations, assist each other's
airlines by providing guidance as to the compatibility of any
proposed airline practice with their competition laws, policies
and practices.
3. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other whenever
they consider that there may be incompatibility between the
application of their competition laws, policies and practices and
the matters related to the operation of this Agreement; the
consultation process contained in Article 17 (Consultation and
Amendment) of this Agreement shall, if so requested by either
Contracting Party, be used to determine whether such a conflict
exists and to seek ways of resolving or minimizing it.
4. In the event that agreement is not reached, in implementing
competition laws, policies and practices, each Contracting Party
shall give full and sympathetic consideration to the views
expressed by the other Contracting Party and shall have regard to
international comity, moderation and restraint.
ARTICLE 24
SALE AND
MARKETING OF AIR SERVICE PRODUCTS
1. Each Contracting Party shall accord the designated airlines
of the other Contracting Party the right to sell and market
international air services and related products in its territory
(directly or through agents or other intermediaries of the
designated airline's choice), including the right to establish
offices, both on-line and off-line.
2. Each designated airline shall have the right to sell
transportation in the currency of that territory or, at its
discretion, in freely convertible currencies of other countries,
and any person shall be free to purchase such transportation in
currencies accepted by that airline.
ARTICLE
25
CHANGE OF GAUGE
1. Each designated airline may on any or all flights on the
agreed services and at its option, change aircraft in the
territory of the other Contracting Party or at any point along
the specified routes, provided that:
a) aircraft used beyond the point of change of aircraft shall
be scheduled in coincidence with the inbound or outbound
aircraft, as the case may be; and
b) in the case of a change of aircraft in the territory of the
other Contracting Party and where more than one aircraft is
operated beyond the point of change, not more than one such
aircraft may be of equal size and none may be larger than the
aircraft used on the third and fourth freedom sector.
2. For the purpose of change of gauge operations, a designated
airline may use its own equipment and, subject to national
regulations, leased equipment, and may operate under commercial
arrangements with another airline.
3. A designated airline may use different or identical flight
numbers for the sectors of its change of aircraft operations.
ARTICLE 26
GROUND
HANDLING
Subject to applicable safety provisions, including ICAO
Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 6
(Operation of Aircraft) to the Convention, the designated airline
may choose from among competing providers of ground handling
services.
ARTICLE 27
CODESHARING/
COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
1. When operating or holding out the agreed services on the
specified routes, the designated airline of one Contracting
Party, whether as the operating or marketing airline may, subject
to the laws or regulations made pursuant to those laws of the
Contracting Party designating it, enter into cooperative
marketing arrangements, including but not limited to, joint
ventures, blocked space or code sharing with:
a) an airline or airlines of either Contracting Party;
and/or
b) an airline or airlines of a third country; and/or
c) designated airline or airlines on domestic routes.
The arrangements mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c) are
subject to approval of the other Contracting Party.
2. The entitlements set out in paragraph (1) of this Article
may be exercised only where:
a) all such airlines hold appropriate traffic rights and/or
authorizations to operate on the route and segments concerned in
the Schedule; and
b) in respect of any tickets sold, the airline makes it clear
to the purchaser at the point of sale that it is a codeshare
service, which airline will actually operate each sector of the
service and with which airline or airlines the purchaser is
entering into a contractual relationship.
3. The capacity offered by a designated airline as the
marketing airline on services operated by other airlines shall
not be counted against the capacity entitlements of the
Contracting Party designating the marketing airline.
ARTICLE 28
AIRCRAFT
LEASING
1. Either Contracting Party may prevent the use of leased
aircraft for services under this Agreement which does not comply
with Articles 13 (Air Safety) and 14 (Aviation Security) of this
Agreement.
2. Subject to paragraph )1) above, the designated airlines of
each Contracting Party may provide services under this Agreement
by:
a) using aircraft dry-leased from any airlines;
b) using aircraft wet-leased from other airlines of the same
Contracting Party;
c) using aircraft wet-leased from airlines of the other
Contracting Party; and
d) using aircraft wet-leased from airlines of third
countries,
Provided that all airlines participating in the arrangements
listed in b), c) and d) above, hold the appropriate authorization
and meet the requirements normally applied to those
arrangements.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) d) above, the designated
airlines of each Contracting Party may provide services under
this Agreement by using aircraft wet-leased on a short-term, ad
hoc basis from airlines of third countries.
ARTICLE 29
INTERMODAL
SERVICES
Each designated airline may employ their own or use others'
services for the surface transport of passengers and/or air
cargo.
ARTICLE 30
COMPUTER
RESERVATION SYSTEMS (CRS)
Each Contracting Party shall apply the ICAO Code of Conduct
for the Regulation and Operation of Computer Reservation Systems
within its territory.
ARTICLE 31
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
The Contracting Parties support the need to protect the
environment by promoting the sustainable development of aviation.
The Contracting Parties agree with regard to operations between
their respective territories to comply with the ICAO Standards
and Recommended Practices (SARPs) of Annex 16 (Environmental
Protection) to the Convention and the existing ICAO policy and
guidance on environmental protection.
ARTICLE
32
BAN ON SMOKING
1. Each Contracting Party shall prohibit smoking on all
flights carrying passengers between the territories of the
Contracting Parties. This prohibition shall apply to all
locations within the aircraft and shall be in effect from the
time an aircraft commences enplanement of passengers to the time
deplaning of passengers is completed.
2. Each Contracting Party shall take all measures that it
considers reasonable to secure compliance by its airlines and by
their passengers and crew members with the provisions of this
Article, including the imposition of appropriate penalties for
non-compliance.
ARTICLE 33
SETTLEMENT
OF DISPUTES
1. If any dispute arises between the Contracting Parties
relating to the interpretation or application of this Agreement,
the Contracting Parties shall in the first place endeavor to
settle it by negotiation.
2. If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement by
negotiation, they may agree to refer the dispute for an advisory
opinion to some person or body.
3. If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) above, either Contracting
Party may refer the dispute to an arbitral tribunal of three
arbitrators, two of whom to be nominated by the Contracting
Parties and one umpire. In case the dispute is referred to
arbitration, each of the Contracting Parties shall nominate an
arbitrator within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of
receipt a notice through diplomatic channels in respect of
reference of the dispute to arbitration and the umpire shall be
appointed within a further period of sixty (60) days from the
last appointment by the two so nominated. If either Contracting
Party fails to nominate its arbitrator within the specified
period, or nominated arbitrators fail to agree on the umpire
within the said period, the President of the Council of ICAO may
be requested by either Contracting Party to appoint the
arbitrator of failing Contracting Party or the umpire as the case
may require. However, the umpire shall be a national of a state
having diplomatic relations with both Contracting Parties at the
time of the appointment.
4. In the case of the appointment of the umpire by the
President of the Council of ICAO, if the President of the Council
of ICAO is prevented from carrying out the said function or if he
is a national of either Contracting Party, the appointment shall
be made by the Vice President and if the Vice President is also
prevented from carrying out the said function or if he is a
national of either Contracting Party, the appointment shall be
made by senior member of the Council who is not a national of
either Contracting Party.
5. Subject to other provisions agreed by the Contracting
Parties, the arbitral tribunal shall determine its procedure and
the place of arbitration.
6. The decisions of the arbitral tribunal shall be binding for
the Contracting Parties.
7. The expenses of the arbitral tribunal, including the fees
and expenses of the arbitrators shall be shared equally by the
Contracting Parties, including any expenses incurred by (ICAO)
Council.
ARTICLE 34
CONFORMITY
TO MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS OR AGREEMENTS
This Agreement will be amended so as to conform to any
multilateral conventions or agreements, which may become binding
upon the Contracting Parties.
ARTICLE 35
TERMINATION
1. Either Contracting Party may, at any time, give notice in
writing and through the diplomatic channels to the other
Contracting Party of its decision to terminate this Agreement.
Such notice shall simultaneously be communicated to ICAO.
2. In such case the Agreement shall terminate twelve (12)
months after the date of receipt of the notice by the other
Contracting Party, unless the notice to terminate is withdrawn by
mutual agreement before the expiry of this period. 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 receipt of the notice by ICAO.
ARTICLE 36
REGISTRATION
WITH ICAO
This Agreement and any amendments thereto shall be registered
with ICAO.
ARTICLE 37
ENTRY INTO
FORCE
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the last
notification through diplomatic notes by either Contracting Party
to the other Contracting Party that it has fulfilled the
necessary measures in accordance with its laws and regulations
for the entry into force of this Agreement.
In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries being
duly authorized by their respective governments, have signed this
Agreement. The Schedule is an integral part of this
Agreement.
Done in Montreal on 24/9/2025 AD, corresponding to 2/4/1447
AH, in two original copies, in the Latvian, Arabic and English
languages, all texts being equally authentic and each Contracting
Party retains one original in each language for implementation.
In the event of any divergence of interpretation, the English
text shall prevail.
For the
Government of
the Republic of Latvia
For the
Government of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
___________________
Elīna Šimiņa-Neverovska
Deputy State
Secretary
of the Ministry of Transport
______________________
Ali bin Mohammed Rajab
Executive Vice President
for
Air Transport and
International Cooperation
General Authority of
Civil Aviation
ANNEX
Schedule
Section (1)
The designated airline or airlines of the Republic of Latvia
shall be entitled to operate scheduled international air services
in both directions on the routes specified hereafter:
Points in the Republic of
Latvia
Intermediate Points
Points in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
Points Beyond
Any Points in the Republic of
Latvia
Any Points
Any International Points
Any Points
Section (2)
The designated airline or airlines of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia shall be entitled to operate scheduled international air
services in both directions on the routes specified
hereafter:
Points in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
Intermediate Points
Points in the Republic of
Latvia
Points Beyond
Any Points in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Any Points
Any International Points
Any Points
Section (3): Notes on the routes to be operated by the
designated airline(s) of both Contracting Parties.
1. Intermediate points and points beyond on any of the
specified routes may, at the option of the designated airline(s),
be omitted on any or all flights, provided that any service
either begins or terminates in the territory of the Contracting
Party designating the airline(s).
2. Each designated airline(s) may serve intermediate points
and points beyond specified in the Annex of this Agreement on
condition that fifth freedom traffic rights shall be exercised
between these points and the territory of the other Contracting
Party, if an agreement to that effect is made between the two
Contracting Parties.