TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 18-1130

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TRANSPORTATION

Civil Aviation Safety

Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and ARGENTINA

Signed at Buenos Aires November 30, 2018 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

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 ARGENTINA 

 

 Transportation: Civil Aviation Safety

 Agreement signed at Buenos Aires November 30, 2018;

 Entered into force November 30, 2018.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

AND 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC FOR 

THE PROMOTION OF AVIATION SAFETY 

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Argentine 

Republic (hereinafter referred to as "the 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; and 

Recognizing the mutual benefit of improved procedures for the reciprocal acceptance of 

airworthiness approvals of civil aeronautical products; environmental testing approvals and 

findings of compliance; approvals of maintenance facilities, maintenance personnel, flight 

crew members, and flight operations; evaluation and qualification of flight simulation training 

devices; and approval of aviation training organizations. 

Have agreed as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

Purposes 

The purposes ofthis Agreement are: 

1. To facilitate acceptance by each Party of the other Party's airworthiness approvals of civil 

aeronautical products; 

2. To facilitate acceptance by each Party of the other Party's environmental testing approvals 

and findings of compliance; 

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3. To facilitate acceptance by the Parties of the approvals of maintenance facilities, 

maintenance personnel, flight crew members, flight operations, and aviation training 

organizations; and of evaluations and qualification of flight simulation training devices; 

and 

4. To provide for cooperation in sustaining an equivalent level of safety and environmental 

compliance. 

ARTICLE II 

Executive Agents 

Each Party shall designate its civil aviation authority as the executive agent to implement this 

Agreement. For the Government of the United States, the executive agent shall be the Federal 

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

Argentina, the executive agent shall be the Director General of the National Administration 

for Civil Aviation (Administraci6n Nacional de Aviaci6n Civil "ANAC") of the Ministry of 

Transportation. The Parties may, through exchange of diplomatic notes, change these 

designations. 

ARTICLE III 

General Provisions 

1. The executive agents shall conduct technical assessments and work cooperatively to 

develop an understanding of each other's standards, rules, practices, procedures, and 

systems in the following areas: . 

a. Airworthiness approvals of civil aeronautical products; 

b. Environmental testing approvals and findings of compliance; 

c. Approval of maintenance facilities; 

d. Approval ofmaintenance personnel; 

e. Approval of flight operations; 

f. Approval of flight crew members; 

g. Evaluation and qualification of flight simulation training devices; and 

h. Approval ofaviation training organizations; 

as well as the monitoring ofthe above activities, as appropriate. 

2. When the executive agents agree that the standards, rules, practices, procedures, and 

systems of both Parties in one of the technical specialties listed in paragraph 1 of this 

Article are sufficiently equivalent to permit acceptance of findings of compliance made by 

one Party for the other Party to the agreed-upon standards, the executive agents shall 

execute written Implementation Procedures, consistent with the laws and regulations of 

each Party, describing the methods by which such reciprocal acceptance shall be made 

with respect to that technical specialty. 

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3. All activities of the executive agents pursuant to this Agreement shall be conducted in 

accordance with the Implementation Procedures and this Agreement. 

4. The Implementation Procedures shall include at a minimum: 

a. Definitions; 

b. A description of the scope of the particular area of civil aviation to be 

addressed; 

c. Provisions for reciprocal acceptance ·of executive agent actions such as test 

witnessing, inspections, qualifications, approvals, monitoring, and 

certifications; 

d. Accountability; 

e. Provisions for mutual cooperation and technical assistance; 

f. Provisions for periodic evaluations; and 

g. Provisions for amendments to or termination of the Implementation 

Procedures. 

ARTICLE IV 

Implementation 

The provisions ofthis Agreement shall be implemented by the Parties in accordance with their 

respective laws and regulations. 

ARTICLEV 

Information Sharing 

The Parties recognize that information provided by a Party pursuant to this Agreement or the 

Implementation Procedures entered into pursuant to Article III ofthis Agreement may contain 

intellectual property, trade secrets, confidential business information, proprietary data, 

security information, or other data held in confidence by that Party or another person or entity 

(restricted information). In the handling ofrestricted information, the Parties shall provide the 

same level of protection specified in the applicable laws, regulations, and requirements of the 

Party providing such information. Unless required by law or regulation, neither Party shall 

release information identified as restricted information to anyone other than an employee or 

contractor of that Party with a need to know that information without prior written consent of 

the other Party or the person or entity possessing confidentiality interests in the restricted 

information. The handling of specific categories of information may be addressed in greater 

detail in the Implementation Procedures or, as appropriate, in a separate agreement between 

the Parties. 

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ARTICLE VI 

Settlement of Disputes 

Any disagreement regarding the interpretation or application of this Agreement or its 

Implementation Procedures shall be resolved through consultation between the Parties or the 

executive agents, respectively. If the disagreement regarding the interpretation or 

application of the Implementation Procedures cannot be resolved by such consultation 

between the executive agents, consultations between the Parties shall be held with a view to 

finding a mutually acceptable solution. 

ARTICLE VII 

Final Clauses 

1. This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature and shall remain in force until 

terminated by either Party. Such termination shall be effected by sixty (60) days' written 

notification to the other Party. Such termination shall also act to terminate existing 

Implementation Procedures executed in accordance with this Agreement. 

2. This Agreement may be amended by the written agreement ofthe Parties. 

3. Implementation Procedures may be amended by the executive agents, and terminated by 

either executive agent in accordance with the terms provided for by the relevant 

Implementation Procedures. 

4. The agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of Argentina relating to the reciprocal acceptance of airworthiness 

certifications, effected by exchange of notes at Buenos Aires on June 22, 1989 ("1989 

Agreement"), shall remain in force until terminated by the Parties through an exchange of 

notes in conjunction with the conclusion of implementation procedures concerning 

airworthiness approvals of civil aeronautical products referred to in Article III of this 

Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the 1989 Agreement and this 

Agreement, such inconsistency shall be addressed by consultation between the Parties. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective 

Governments, have signed this Agreement. 

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Signed at Buenos Aires, this 30th day of November, 2018, in the English language, which is 

an authentic text. A Spanish language text shall be prepared which shall be considered equally 

authentic upon an exchange of diplomatic notes between the Parties confirming its conformity 

with the English language text. 

FOR FOR 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 

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NOTE: Spanish language text with exchange of diplomatic notes confirming its conformity with the English language text has not been 

received, when this Spanish text is received, it will be added to this publication.