BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Notice of IATA Traffic Conference

Actions Tentatively Exempted 

From Filing for Approval

Docket OST-2012-0058

NOTICE OF TIER 1 AGREEMENTS FILING

BY THE

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

16 December 2013

Communications with respect to this

Document should be sent to 

Douglas Lavin 

Regional Vice President – North America 

International Air Transport Association

1201 F Street, NW, Suite 650 

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 628-9292
Summary DOCKET: DOT-OST-2012-0058 DOT ORDER: None Requested

Date: 16 December 2013

Filing fee/IATA Acct: Waived by Order 2012-4-18, Appendix A, Section D

US/UST involved Yes

Intended effective date: 1 October 2014

Implementation date: 1 October 2014

Memo / Resolutions PTC COMP Memo 1743 16Dec13 - Resolution 302

 

 
NOTICE OF TIER 1 AGREEMENTS FILING

Pursuant to statements submitted by Member airlines of the International Air Transport 

Association (IATA), the undersigned has been constituted to be their attorney-in-fact for filing 

with the Department of Transportation copies of agreements adopted by the IATA Traffic 

Conferences.

On their behalf, and pursuant to the procedures specified in Order 2012-4-18 (13 April 

2012), I am filing with the Department, in Docket OST-2012-0058, this Notice, the subject 

agreements and supporting documentation. These agreements are Tier 1 agreements 

tentatively exempted by Order 2012-4-18 from Condition #2 to the Department’s approval of 

the Provisions for the Conduct of the IATA Traffic Conferences, which condition requires preimplementation Department review. The intended effective date of the agreements is 1 April

2014. 

The subject agreements amend or establish Resolutions and/or Recommended Practices 

that do not address subject areas which the Department has indicated it still chooses to review 

under Condition #2. The text of the agreements and other conference documentation sent to 

airline Members of IATA accompany this Notice. The cover pages of the documentation clearly 

identify each affected Resolution and/or Recommended Practice and show whether the subject 

agreements are amendments or new agreements. Other pages provide the text of each subject 

agreement. Where an affected Resolution or Recommended Practice has previously been 

exempted from Condition #2 by Department action, the cover pages include the appropriate 
docket and order number. The cover pages include a summary to explain the nature and 

purpose of the subject amendments and/or agreements.

Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

Regional Vice President – North America

International Air Transport Association

Attorney-In-Fact
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of this notice has been served this day by first class or priority mail on the 

following person:

Chief, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section

Antitrust Division

Department of Justice 

Washington, D.C. 20530

A copy of this notice has been sent this day by email to John Kiser (John.Kiser@dot.gov) 

and to Della Davis (Della.Davis@dot.gov) of the Department of Transportation. 

 /s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

16 December 2013

Date Served
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT:

COMPOSITE PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE MEETING 

(COMP)

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 OCTOBER 2014

Resolution/RP Title

COMP 302

(OST-2008-0370)

Baggage Provisions Selection Criteria (amending)
16 December 2013

MEMORANDUM

PTC COMP 1743

TO: Members Participating in Tariff Coordinating Conferences

FROM: Manager, Tariffs & Reservation Standards

SUBJECT: Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Composite Resolution 302

Intended Effective Date: 1 October 2014

RESOLUTION - ADOPTED

Attached is Composite Resolution 302, which was adopted at the above meeting for an 

intended effective date of 1 October 2014.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 16 January 2014.

Members are reminded of their obligations under Resolutions 001 and 006 to advise this 

office by the end of the filing period whether approval by their Government authorities is 

required and, if so, to accomplish the necessary filing formalities. The effective date will be 

declared in accordance with Resolutions 001 and 006, when all the known necessary 

Government approvals have been received.

Alban Sato

Manager, Tariffs & Reservation Standards

Airline Distribution Standards

International Air Transport Association

Route de l’Aéroport 33

PO Box 416

CH - 1215 Geneva 15 Airport

Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 770 2842

Fax +41 22 770 2896

AS www.iata.org E-Mail: tariffs@iata.org

RESOLUTIONS AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF

PASSENGER TARIFF COORDINATING CONFERENCE

DUBLIN, 30-31 OCTOBER 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: 01 OCTOBER 2014

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

302 Baggage Provisions Selection Criteria Amending 1

ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 302

BAGGAGE PROVISIONS SELECTION CRITERIA

PTC1(90)302 Amending

PTC2(168)302

PTC3(95)302

PTC12(199)302

PTC23(164)302

PTC31(129)302

PTC123(178)302

Filing Period Begins 16 December 2013 Intended Effectiveness: 1 October 2014

Ends 16 January 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Type A

RESOLVED that Resolution 302, Paragraph 2) is amended as follows 

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2) for the purposes of baggage provisions selection, the following 4 step process 

should apply for interline journeys: 

a) Step 1: If the published baggage provisions among all participating carriers 

are the same; these provisions will apply.

b) Step 2: Where the one or more published baggage provisions differ between 

participating carriers, apply any common provisions and where provisions 

differ the published baggage provisions of the Most Significant Carrier (MSC).

(In case of code share flights this will be the Marketing Operating Carrier, 

unless that carrier publishes a rule stipulating that it will be the Operating

Marketing Carrier).

c) Step 3: If the MSC does not publish baggage provisions for the journey 

concerned apply the published baggage provisions of the carrier accepting the 

baggage at check-in 

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Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin, 30-31 October 2013

Summary of Agreements

For intended effective date of 1 October 2014, Composite meeting adopted the following 

changes.

• For clarity to passengers and to align with certain government requirement, 

Resolution 302 amended to apply the provisions of the marketing carrier when the 

Most Significant Carrier (MSC) is a code share service