TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13069 

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AVIATION 

Safety 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and ITALY 

Signed at Rome October 27, 1999 
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 ITALY 

 Aviation: Safety 

Agreement signed at Rome October 27, 1999; 

Entered into force October 27, 1999. 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC

FOR PROMOTION OF AVIATION SAFETY

The Government of the United States of America and the

Government of the Italian Republic, hereinafter referred to as

the Contracting Parties,

Desiring to promote aviation safety and environmental

quality,

Noting common concerns for the safe operation of civil

aircraft,

Recognizing the emerging trend toward multinational design,

production, and interchange of civil aeronautical products,

Desiring to enhance cooperation and increase efficiency in

matters relating to civil aviation safety,

Considering the possible reduction of the economic burden

imposed on the aviation industry and operators by redundant

technical inspections, evaluations, and testing,

Recognizing the mutual benefit of improved procedures for

the reciprocal acceptance of airworthiness approvals,

environmental approval and testing, and development of

reciprocal recognition procedures for approval and monitoring of

flight simulators, maintenance and alteration or modification

facilities, maintenance personnel, flight crew members, and

flight operations,

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE I

A. The Contracting Parties agree:

1. To facilitate acceptance by each Contracting Party of

the other Party's (a) airworthiness approvals and environmental

testing and approval of civil aeronautical products, and (b)

qualification evaluations of flight simulators;'

2. To facilitate acceptance by the Contracting Parties of

the approvals and monitoring of maintenance facilities and

alteration or modification facilities, maintenance personnel,

flight crew members, aviation training establishments, and

flight operations of the other Party;
3. To provide for cooperation in sustaining an equivalent

level of safety and environmental objectives with respect to

aviation safety.

B. Each Contracting Party shall designate the appropriate

authorities as the executive agent(s) to implement this

Agreement. For the Government of the United States of America,

the executive agent shall be the Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA) of the Department of Transportation. For the Government of

the Italian Republic, the executive agent shall be the Ente

Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC).

ARTICLE II

For the purposes of this Agreement:

A. "Airworthiness approval" means a finding that the design

or change to a design of a civil aeronautical product meets

standards agreed between the Contracting Parties or that a

product conforms to a design that has been found to meet those

standards, and is in a condition for safe operation.

B. "Alterations or modifications" means making a change to

the construction, configuration, performance, environmental

characteristics, or operating limitations of the affected civil

aeronautical product.

C. "Approval of flight operations" means the process by

which technical inspections and evaluations of entities

providing commercial air transportation of passengers and/or

cargo are conducted by the executive agent of a Contracting

Party, in accordance with standards agreed between the Parties,

or the finding that the entity complies with those standards.

D. "Civil aeronautical product" means any civil aircraft,

aircraft engine, or propeller or subassembly, appliance,

material, part, or component to be installed thereon.

E. "Environmental approval" means the process by which a

civil aeronautical product is determined to be in compliance

with standards agreed between the Contracting Parties

concerning noise and/or exhaust emissions. "Environmental

testing" means a process by which a civil aeronautical product

is evaluated for compliance with those standards, using

procedures agreed between the Contracting Parties.

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F. "Flight simulator qualification evaluations" refers to

the qualification process by which a flight simulator is

assessed by comparison to the aircraft it simulates, in

accordance with performance standards agreed between the

Contracting Parties, or the finding that it complies with those

standards.

G. "Maintenance" means the performance of inspection,

overhaul, repair, preservation, and the replacement of parts,

materials, appliances, or components of a product to assure the

continued airworthiness of that product, but excludes

alterations or modifications.

H. "Monitoring" means the periodic surveillance by a

Contracting Party's executive agent to determine continuing

compliance with the appropriate standards.

ARTICLE III

A. The Contracting Parties' executive agents shall conduct

technical assessments and work cooperatively to develop an

understanding of each other's standards and systems in the

following areas:

1. Airworthiness approvals of civil aeronautical products;

2. Environmental approval of civil aeronautical products,

and environmental testing;

3. Approval and monitoring of maintenance and alteration or

modification facilities and maintenance personnel;

4. Pilot licensing and approval and monitoring of flight

crew members;

5. Approval and monitoring of flight operations;

6. Evaluation and qualification of flight simulators;

7. Approval and monitoring of aviation training

establishments.

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B. When the executive agents of the Contracting Parties

agree that their respective standards, rules, practices,

procedures, and systems relative to one of the technical

specialties listed in paragraph (A) of this Article are

sufficiently equivalent or compatible to permit each to accept

findings of the other concerning compliance with the

agreed-upon standards, the executive agents of the two Parties

shall agree and execute written Implementation Procedures

describing the methods by which such reciprocal acceptance shall

be confirmed with respect to that technical specialty.

C. The Implementation Procedures shall include at a

minimum:

1. Definitions;

2. A description of the scope of the particular area of

civil aviation to be addressed;

3. Provisions for reciprocal acceptance by the Contracting

Parties' executive agents of actions such as test witnessing,

inspections, qualifications, approvals, and certifications;

4. Accountability;

5. Provisions for mutual cooperation and technical

assistance;

6. Provisions for periodic evaluations; and

7. Provisions for amendments to or termination of the

Implementation Procedures.

ARTICLE IV

Any disagreement regarding the interpretation or application

of this Agreement or its Implementation Procedures shall be

resolved by consultation between the Contracting Parties or

their executive agents, respectively.

ARTICLE V

This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature and

shall remain in force until terminated by either Contracting

Party. Such termination shall be effected by sixty days'

written notification to the other Contracting Party. Such

termination will also act to terminate all existing

Implementation Procedures executed in accordance with this

Agreement. This Agreement may be amended by the written

agreement of the Contracting Parties. Individual

Implementation Procedures may be terminated or amended by the

executive agents.
ARTICLE VI

The Agreement relating to reciprocal acceptance of

airworthiness certificates, effected by exchange of notes at

Rome, on June 30 and August 3, 1973, shall remain in force

until terminated by an exchange of notes following completion by

the Contracting Parties' executive agents of the technical

assessments and Implementation Procedures concerning

airworthiness certification, as described in Article III. In

the event of any inconsistency between the Agreement of 1973

and this present Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall

consult.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by

their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Rome , this day of 10/27/99 , in two originals,

each in the English and Italian languages, both texts being

equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:	ITALIAN REPUBLIC:

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