Agreement on ensuring flights of aircraft of armed forces of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States with aeronautical information

of January 25, 2000

The State Parties of this Agreement on behalf of the governments, further - the Parties,

being guided by the interstate Usage agreement of airspace of May 15, 1992,

proceeding from need of safety of flights of aircraft of armed forces of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States for airspace of the Parties,

aiming to arrange development and the edition of documents of aeronautical information for aircraft of armed forces of the Parties,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Agreement following terms mean:

aeronautical data - the data on airfields (airline hubs) concerning characteristics and actual state of airfields on procedure for air traffic around airfields, about airways and their equipment radio-electrotechnical means, and also other data necessary for the organization, accomplishment and management of flights;

aeronautical information - transfer (message) of aeronautical data;

documents of aeronautical information - printing editions (collections, lists, cards, etc.) containing aeronautical data;

ensuring flights with aeronautical information - complex of the events held by the Parties on timely provision (exchange) of aeronautical data;

body of aeronautical information - body of the Ministry of Defence of the Party (the center, service, the department, group) performing ensuring flights of aircraft of armed forces of the Parties with aeronautical data.

Article 2

For ensuring flights of aircraft of armed forces of the Parties over their territory, and also in the areas which are outside their territories in which they are responsible for use of airspace of the Party shall provide timely each other reliable aeronautical data.

Article 3

Documents of aeronautical information are provided in bodies of aeronautical information of each of the Parties based on the agreements signed between the Ministries of Defence of the Parties.

Article 4

The edition of documents of aeronautical information for flights of aircraft of armed forces of the Parties is performed by the Ministries of Defence of the Parties based on bilateral agreements between them.

Article 5

Approval of questions of implementation of provisions of this agreement of the Party is assigned to the Council of Ministers of Defense of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The procedure for ensuring flights of aircraft of armed forces of the Parties with aeronautical information is determined by the Regulations on ensuring flights of aircraft of armed forces of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States with aeronautical information approved by the Council of Ministers of Defense of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Article 6

The parties according to the national legal system will provide protection of the information obtained during cooperation which is the state or military secret. Information obtained in the course of cooperation cannot be used to the detriment of the Parties.

Article 7

The aeronautical information obtained in the course of cooperation cannot be used to the detriment of the Parties. The parties will not sell or transfer to the states, not being participants of this Agreement, including to foreign physical, legal entities or the international organizations, the obtained aeronautical data, information and documents without preliminary written permission of the Party providing these data.

Article 8

Accomplishment of contractual commitments of the Parties on provision of documents of aeronautical information within this Agreement is exempted from the value added taxes, customs fees and payments.

Article 9

Exchange of aeronautical data, and also the edition of documents of aeronautical information is performed in Russian.

Article 10

This Agreement becomes effective from date of delivery on storage to depositary of the third notification on accomplishment by the Parties of the interstate procedures necessary for its entry into force which signed it.

For the Party which performed necessary procedures later it becomes effective from date of delivery of the relevant documents to depositary.

Article 11

Changes and additions by common consent of the Parties which are drawn up by separate protocols can be made to this Agreement.

Article 12

The matters of argument connected using or interpretation of this Agreement, are permitted by consultations and negotiations of concerned parties.

Article 13

This Agreement is effective within 10 years from the date of its entry into force. After this term the Agreement is automatically prolonged for the subsequent five-year period if the Parties do not make other decision.

Each Party can withdraw from this Agreement, having sent the written notice of it to depositary.

The contract for such State Party of this Agreement is withdrawn after one year from the date of receipt by depositary of the written notice of it, on condition of settlement of the financial and other liabilities which arose during action of this Agreement.

Article 14

This Agreement is open for accession to it of other states sharing its purposes and the principles by transfer to depositary of documents on such accession.

It is made in the city of Moscow on January 25, 2000 in one authentic copy in Russian. The authentic copy is stored in Executive committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States which will send to each state which signed this agreement, its verified copy.

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