PROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPANAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA
FOR AIR SERVICESPROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPANAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA
FOR AIR SERVICESThe Government of Japan and the Government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar,
Desiring to amend the Agreement between the Governmentof Japan and the Government of the Union of Burma for Air
Services signed at Yangon on 1 February 1972 (hereinafterreferred to as “the Agreement”),
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The words “Union of Burma” shall be deleted andreplaced by the words “Republic of the Union of Myanmar”
wherever they appear in the Agreement.
Article 2
Sub-paragraph (b) of Paragraph 1 of Article 1 of theAgreement shall be deleted and replaced by the following:“(b)

the term “aeronautical authorities” means,in the case of Japan, the Minister of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism andany person or body authorised to perform any
functions on civil aviation at present
exercised by the said Minister or similarfunctions, and, in the case of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar, the Department ofCivil Aviation under the Ministry ofTransport or any person or agency authorised
to perform the functions exercised atpresent by the Ministry of Transport;”
Article 3

1.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2, Article 4, Article 7,
Article 10 and Article 11 of the Agreement shall be amended
by deleting the words “designated airline” and replacing
them with the words “designated airlines”.

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Paragraph 3 of Article 2 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the word “airline” and replacing itwith the word “airlines”.
3.
Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “one airline” and replacing
them with the words “one or more airlines”.
4.
Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “airline designated” andreplacing them with the words “airline or airlinesdesignated”.
5.
Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Article 3 of the Agreement
shall be amended by deleting the words “the airlinedesignated” and replacing them with the words “an airlinedesignated”.
6.
Paragraphs 4 and 6 of Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 ofArticle 5, and paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the Agreement
shall be amended by deleting the words “the designatedairline” and replacing them with the words “a designatedairline”.
7.
Article 7 of the Agreement shall be amended bydeleting the word “provides” and replacing it with the word
“provide”.
8.
Sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 9 of theAgreement shall be amended by deleting the words “between
the designated airlines” and replacing them with the words“by the designated airlines”.
9.
Article 10 of the Agreement shall be amended bydeleting the words “that airline” and replacing them withthe words “those airlines”.
Article 4
The Annex of the Agreement shall be replaced by thenew Annex attached to this Protocol.
Article 51.
This Protocol shall be approved by each Contracting
Party in accordance with its legal procedures and shallenter into force on the date of exchange of diplomatic
notes indicating such approval.

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This Protocol shall remain in effect as long as theAgreement remains in force.
In WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly
authorised thereto by their respective Governments, havesigned this Protocol.
DONE in duplicate, in the English language, at Yangon
this thirtieth day of January, 2014.

For the Governmentof Japan:

For the Governmentof the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar:

沼田幹男

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1.
Routes to be operated in both directions by thedesignated airline or airlines of Japan:(a)Tokyo – Hong Kong and/or Manila – two points in
Viet Nam, two points in Cambodia and/or one pointin Laos – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur and/or Penang– Bangkok – points in the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar.

(b)

Points in Japan – intermediate points – points in
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar – points
beyond.

2.
Routes to be operated in both directions by thedesignated airline or airlines of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar:(a)

Points in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar –Bangkok and/or Chiang Mai – Kuala Lumpur and/orSingapore – one point in Laos, two points inCambodia and/or two points in Viet Nam – Hong
Kong and/or Manila – Tokyo.

(b)

Points in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar –intermediate points – points in Japan other thanTokyo – points beyond.

3.
The agreed services provided by the designated airlineor airlines of either Contracting Party shall begin at apoint in the territory of that Contracting Party, but otherpoints on the specified routes may at the option of thedesignated airline or airlines be omitted on any or allflights.

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