### 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 ASSOC IATION

16 Dec ember 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 Dec ember 201 3

Filing fee/IATA Acct: Waived by Order 2012

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- 18, Appendix A, Section D

US/UST involved Yes

Intended effective date: 1 October 2014

Implementation date: 1 October 2014

Memo / Resolution s PTC COMP Memo 1743 16Dec 13

- 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 a ttorney

- 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 pre

implementation Department review. The intended effective date of the agreements is 1 April

20 14

.

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

that do not addres s 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 c learly

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.

Respectfu lly 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 Da vis (Della.Davis@dot.gov) of the Department of Transportation.

/s/ Douglas Lavin

Douglas Lavin

16 Dec ember 2013

Date Served

### OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT:

COMPOSITE PASSENGER TARIFF COO RDINATING CONFERENCE MEETING

(COMP )

INTENDED EFFECTIVE DATE: 1 OCTOBER 2014

Resolution/RP Title

COMP 302

( OST

- 2008

- 0370 ) 

### Baggage Provisions Selection Criteria (amending)16 Dec em ber 201 3

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 Reso lution 302

Intend ed Effective Date: 1 October 2014

R ESOLUTION

- A DOPTED

Attac h ed is Composite Resolution 302

, which w as adopted at the above meeting for an

intende d effective date of 1 October 201 4

.

The filing period for the attached Resolutions ends 1 6 January 201 4

. 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 formalit ies. 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 @ i ata .orgRESOLUTION S AMENDED AT

COMPOSITE MEETING OF

PASSENGER TARIFF COO RDINATING CONFERENCE

DUBLIN

, 30

- 31 OCTOBER 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: 01 OCTOBER 201 4

RESO TITLE COMMENTS RD

302 Baggage Provisions Selection Criteria Amending 1ADOPTED Res Doc : 1

Resolution : 302

BAGGAGE PROVISIONS S ELECTION 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 Dec ember 2013 Intended Effectiveness: 1 October 2014

Ends 16 January 2014 Expiry: Indefinite

Typ e 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 bagga ge 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 publ ished 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

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---------Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference

Dublin

, 30

- 31 October 2013

Summary of Agreements

For intende d 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 mark eting carrier when the

Most Significant Carrier (MSC) is a code share service