TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13064 

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AVIATION 

Safety 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and SPAIN 

Signed at Washington September 23, 1999 
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 SPAIN 

 Aviation: Safety 

Agreement signed at Washington September 23, 1999; 

Entered into force September 23, 1999. 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN

FOR PROMOTION OF AVIATION SAFETY

The Government of the United States of America and the

Government of the Kingdom of Spain, 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 testing, and development of reciprocal

recognition procedures for approval and monitoring of flight

simulators, aircraft maintenance facilities, maintenance

personnel, airmen, and flight operations,

Have agreed as follows:
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ARTICLE I

A. The Contracting Parties agree:

l. 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,

airmen, 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 its civil aviation

authority as the executive agent to implement this Agreement.

For 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 Kingdom of Spain,

the executive agent shall be the Directorate General of Civil

Aviation (DGCA).

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.

using standards agreed between the Parties, of an entity

inspections and evaluations conducted by a Contracting Party,

"Approval of flight operations" means the technical	

providing commercial air transportation of passengers or cargo,

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 a finding that a civil

aeronautical product complies 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" means the

process by which a flight simulator is assessed by comparison

to the aircraft it simulates, in accordance with 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 civil aviation authority to determine

continuing compliance with the appropriate standards.

ARTICLE III

A. The Contracting Parties' civil aviation authorities 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 and environmental testing;

3. Approval of maintenance facilities, maintenance

personnel, and airmen;

4. Approval of flight operations;

5. Evaluation and qualification of flight simulators; and

6. Approval of aviation training establishments.

B. When the civil aviation authorities 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 civil aviation authorities shall

execute written Implementation Procedures describing the

methods by which such reciprocal acceptance shall be made with

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 of civil aviation

authority actions such as test witnessing, inspections,

qualifications, approvals, and certifications;

4. Accountability;

respect to that technical specialty.
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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 civil aviation authorities, 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

civil aviation authorities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by

their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Washington, this 23rd day of September, in

duplicate, each in the English and Spanish languages, both

texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:	THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN:

NOTE: Year this agreement done is 1999.