Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services
Date: 2005-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Community, Singapore, air transport, signature of an agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 20.10.2005 
COM(2005)513 final 

2005/0208(CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European 
Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air 
services 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the 
Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

International aviation relations between Member States and third countries have traditionally 
been  governed  by  bilateral  air  services  agreements  between  Member  States  and  third 
countries,  the  annexes  to  such  agreements  and  other  related  bilateral  or  multilateral 
arrangements. 

Following  the  judgements of the Court of Justice  of the  European  Communities  in cases 
C-466/98, C-467/98, C-468/98, C-471/98, C-472/98, C-475/98 and C-476/98, the Community 
has exclusive competence with respect to various aspects of external aviation. The Court of 
Justice  also  clarified  the  right  of  Community  air  carriers  to  benefit  from  the  right  of 
establishment within the Community, including the right to non-discriminatory market access. 

Traditional  designation  clauses  in  Member  States’  bilateral  air  services  agreements  infringe 
Community law. They allow a third country to reject, withdraw or suspend the permissions or 
authorisations  of  an  air  carrier  that  has  been  designated  by  a  Member  State  but  that  is  not 
substantially owned and effectively controlled by that Member State or its nationals. This has 
been found to constitute discrimination against Community carriers established in the territory 
of  a  Member  State  but  owned  and  controlled  by  nationals  of  other  Member  States.  This  is 
contrary to Article 43 of the Treaty which guarantees nationals of Member States who have 
exercised their freedom of establishment the same treatment in the host Member State as that 
accorded to nationals of that Member State. 

Following  the  Court  of  Justice  judgements,  the  Council  authorised  the  Commission  in  June 
2003  to  open  negotiations  with  third  countries  on  the  replacement  of  certain  provisions  in 
existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement.1  

In  accordance  with  the  mechanisms  and  directives  in  the  Annex  to  the  Council  decision 
authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of 
certain  provisions  in  existing  bilateral  agreements  with  a  Community  agreement,  the 
Commission  has  negotiated  an  agreement  with  Singapore that replaces certain provisions in 
the existing bilateral air services agreements between Member States and Singapore. Article 2 
of the Agreement replaces the traditional designation clauses with a Community designation 
clause, permitting all Community carriers to benefit from the right of establishment. Article 4 
(Pricing) resolves conflicts between the existing bilateral air services agreements and Council 
Regulation  No  2409/92  on  fares  and  rates  for  air  services  which  prohibits  third  country 
carriers from being price leaders on air services for carriage wholly within the Community. 

The  Council  is  asked  to  approve  the  decisions  on  the  signature  and  provisional  application 
and  on  the  conclusion  of  the  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the 
Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services and to designate 
the persons authorised to sign the agreement on behalf of the Community.  

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Council Decision 11323/03 of 5 June 2003 (restricted document) 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European 
Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air 
services 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
80(2),  in  conjunction  with  the  first  sentence  of  the  first  subparagraph  of  Article  300(2) 
thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

The  Council  authorised  the  Commission  on  5  June  2003  to  open  negotiations  with 
third  countries  on  the  replacement  of  certain  provisions  in  existing  bilateral 
agreements with a Community agreement; 

On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  on  certain  aspects  of  air  services  in 
accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision 
authorising  the  Commission  to  open  negotiations  with  third  countries  on  the 
replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community 
agreement; 

(3) 

Subject  to  its  possible  conclusion  at  a  later  date,  the  Agreement  negotiated  by  the 
Commission should be signed and provisionally applied, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Sole Article  

1. 

2. 

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons 
empowered  to  sign  on  behalf  of  the  Community  the  Agreement  between  the 
European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain 
aspects of air services subject to its conclusion at a later date. 

Pending  its  entry  into  force,  the  Agreement  shall  be  applied  provisionally  from  the 
first day of the first month following the date on which the parties have notified each 

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OJ C […],[…], p. […]. 

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other of the completion of the necessary procedures for this purpose. The President 
of the Council is hereby authorised to make the notification provided for in Article 
7(2) of the Agreement. 

3. 

The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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2005/0208(CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the 
Government of the Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
80(2) in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) and the 
first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission3, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament4, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

The  Council  authorised  the  Commission  on  5  June  2003  to  open  negotiations  with 
third  countries  on  the  replacement  of  certain  provisions  in  existing  bilateral 
agreements with a Community agreement; 

On behalf of the Community, the Commission has negotiated an Agreement with the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  on  certain  aspects  of  air  services  in 
accordance with the mechanisms and directives in the Annex to the Council Decision 
authorising  the  Commission  to  open  negotiations  with  third  countries  on  the 
replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community 
agreement; 

(3) 

The  Agreement  was  signed  on  behalf  of  the  Community  on  subject  to  its  possible 
conclusion at a later date, in conformity with Council Decision …/…/EC of 5;  

(4) 

The Agreement should be approved, 

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OJ C […],[…], p. […]. 
OJ C […],[…], p. […]. 
OJ C […],[…], p. […] . 

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Article 1  

1. 

The  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and  the  Government  of  the 
Republic of Singapore on certain aspects of air services is approved on behalf of the 
Community. 

2. 

The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision. 

Article 2 

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to make 
the notification provided for in Article 7(1) of the Agreement. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX  

AGREEMENT 

between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Singapore  

on certain aspects of air services 

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY  

of the one part, and  

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 

(hereinafter referred to as “Singapore”) 

of the other part 

(hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Contracting Parties”) 

NOTING  that  the  European  Court  of  Justice  has  found  that  certain  provisions  of  bilateral 
agreements entered into by several Member States with third countries are incompatible with 
Community law, 

NOTING  that  a  number  of  bilateral  air  services  agreements  have  been  concluded  between 
several  Member  States  of  the  European  Community  and  Singapore  containing  similar 
provisions  and  that  there  is  an  obligation  on  Member  States  to  take  all  appropriate  steps  to 
eliminate incompatibilities between such agreements and the EC Treaty, 

NOTING that the European Community has exclusive competence with respect to a number 
of aspects that may be included in bilateral air service agreements between Member States of 
the European Community and third countries, 

NOTING  that,  under  European  Community  law,  Community  air  carriers  established  in  a 
Member State have the right to non-discriminatory access to air routes between that Member 
State and third countries, 

HAVING  REGARD  to  the  agreements  between  the  European  Community  and  certain  third 
countries  providing  for  the  possibility  for  the  nationals  of  such  third  countries  to  acquire 
ownership in air carriers licensed in accordance with European Community law, 

RECOGNISING  that  consistency  between  European  Community  law  and  provisions  of 
bilateral  air  service  agreements  between  Member  States  of  the  European  Community  and 
Singapore will provide a viable means to ensure continuity and development  of air services 
between the European Community and Singapore, 

NOTING that provisions of the bilateral  air  services  agreements  between Member  States of 
the  European  Community  and  Singapore,  which  are  not  inconsistent  with  European 
Community law, do not need to be affected by this Agreement,  

NOTING that it is not a purpose of the European Community in this Agreement to increase 
the total volume of air traffic between the European Community and Singapore, to affect the 

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balance between Community air carriers and air carriers of Singapore, or to prevail over the 
interpretation of the provisions of existing bilateral air service agreements concerning traffic 
rights, 

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:  

ARTICLE 1 

General Provisions 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

For the purposes of this Agreement, “Member States” shall mean Member States of 
the European Community; “Contracting Party” shall mean a contracting party to this 
Agreement;  “party”  shall  mean  the  contracting  party  to  the  relevant  bilateral  air 
services  agreement;  “air  carrier”  shall  also  mean  airline;  “territory  of  the  European 
Community”  shall  mean  territories  of  the  Member  States  to  which  the  Treaty 
establishing the European Community applies. 

References in each of the agreements listed in Annex 1 to nationals of the Member 
State that is a party to that agreement shall be understood as referring to nationals of 
the Member States of the European Community. 

References in each of the agreements listed in Annex 1 to air carriers or airlines of 
the Member State that is a party to that agreement shall be understood as referring to 
air carriers or airlines designated by that Member State. 

ARTICLE 2 

Designation, Authorisation and Revocation  

The  provisions  in  paragraphs  3  and  4  of  this  Article  shall  prevail  over  the 
corresponding provisions in the articles listed in Annex 2 (a) and (b) respectively, in 
relation  to  the  designation  of  air  carriers  by  the  Member  State  concerned,  its 
authorisations  and  permissions  granted  by  Singapore,  and  the  refusal,  revocation, 
suspension  or  limitation  of  the  authorisations  or  permissions  of  the  air  carrier, 
respectively. 

The  provisions  in  paragraphs  3  and  4  of  this  Article  shall  prevail  over  the 
corresponding provisions in the articles listed in Annex 2 (a) and (b) respectively, in 
relation  to  the  designation  of  air  carriers  by  Singapore,  its  authorisations  and 
permissions  granted  by  the  Member  State  concerned,  and  the  refusal,  revocation, 
suspension  or  limitation  of  the  authorisations  or  permissions  of  the  air  carrier, 
respectively. 

On  receipt  of  such  a  designation,  and  of  applications  from  the  designated  air 
carrier(s),  in  the  form  and  manner  prescribed  for  operating  authorisations  and 
technical  permissions,  each  party  shall,  subject  to  paragraphs  4  and  5  grant  the 
appropriate  authorisations  and  permissions  with  minimum  procedural  delay, 
provided that: 

a) 

in the case of an air carrier designated by a Member State: 

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i. the air carrier is established in the territory of the designating Member State under 
the Treaty establishing the European Community and has a valid Operating Licence 
from a Member State in accordance with European Community law; and 

ii.  effective  regulatory  control  of  the  air  carrier  is  exercised  and  maintained  by  the 
Member  State  responsible  for  issuing  its  Air  Operators  Certificate  and  the  relevant 
aeronautical authority is clearly identified in the designation; and 

iii.the  air  carrier  has  its  principal  place  of  business  in  the  territory  of  the  Member 
State from which it has received the valid Operating Licence; and 

iv. the air carrier is owned directly or through majority ownership and is effectively 
controlled  by  Member  States  and/or  nationals  of  Member  States,  and/or  by  other 
states listed in Annex 3 and/or nationals of such other states. 

b) 

in the case of an air carrier designated by Singapore: 

i. Singapore has and maintains effective regulatory control of the air carrier; and 

ii. it has its principal place of business in Singapore.  

Either  party  may  refuse,  revoke,  suspend  or  limit  the  operating  authorisation  or 
technical permissions of an air carrier designated by the other party where: 

in the case of an air carrier designated by a Member State: 

4. 

a) 

i.  the  air  carrier  is  not  established  in  the  territory  of  the  designating  Member  State 
under  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community  or  does  not  have  a  valid 
Operating  Licence  from  a  Member  State  in  accordance  with  European  Community 
law; or 

ii. effective regulatory control of the air carrier is not exercised or not maintained by 
the Member State responsible for issuing its Air Operators Certificate, or the relevant 
aeronautical authority is not clearly identified in the designation; or 

iii. the air carrier does not have its principal place of business in the territory of the 
Member State from which it has received its Operating Licence; or 

iv.  the  air  carrier  is  not  owned  directly  or  through  majority  ownership  and  is  not 
effectively  controlled  by  Member  States  and/or  nationals  of  Member  States,  and/or 
by other states listed in Annex 3 and/or nationals of such other states; or 

v. it can be demonstrated that, by exercising traffic rights under this Agreement on a 
route  that  includes  a  point  in  another  Member  State,  including  the  operation  of  a 
service  which  is  marketed  as,  or  otherwise  constitutes  a  through  service,  the  air 
carrier would in effect be circumventing restrictions on traffic rights imposed by an 
agreement between Singapore and that other Member State; or 

vi.  the  air  carrier  holds  an  Air  Operators  Certificate  issued  by  a  Member  State  and 
there is no bilateral air services agreement between Singapore and that Member State 
and it can be demonstrated that the necessary traffic rights to conduct the proposed 
operation are not reciprocally available to the designated air carrier(s) of Singapore. 

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b) 

in the case of an air carrier designated by Singapore: 

5. 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

i. Singapore is not maintaining effective regulatory control of the air carrier; or 

ii. it does not have its principal place of business in Singapore. 

In  exercising  its  right  under  paragraph  4,  and  without  prejudice  to  its  rights  under 
paragraph 4(a) (v) and (vi) of this Article, Singapore shall not discriminate between 
air carriers of Member States on the grounds of nationality. 

ARTICLE 3 

Rights with regard to regulatory control 

The provisions in paragraph 2 of this Article shall complement the articles listed in 
Annex 2 (c).  

Where a Member State (the first Member State) has designated an air carrier whose 
regulatory control is exercised and maintained by a second Member State, the rights 
of Singapore under the safety provisions of the agreement between the first Member 
State that has designated the air carrier and Singapore shall apply equally in respect 
of the adoption, exercise or maintenance of safety standards by that second Member 
State and in respect of the operating authorisation of that air carrier. 

ARTICLE 4 

Tariffs for carriage within the European Community 

The provisions in paragraph 2 of this Article shall complement the articles listed in 
Annex 2 (d).  

The  tariffs  to  be  charged  by  the  air  carrier(s)  designated  by  Singapore  under  an 
agreement listed in Annex 1 containing a provision listed in Annex 2 (d) for carriage 
wholly  within  the  European  Community  shall  be  subject  to  European  Community 
law. European Community law is applied on a non-discriminatory basis. 

ARTICLE 5 

Annexes to the Agreement 

The Annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. 

ARTICLE 6 

Revision or amendment  

The Parties may, at any time, revise or amend this Agreement by mutual consent. 

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ARTICLE 7 

Entry into force  

This Agreement shall enter in force when the Contracting Parties have notified each 
other in writing that their respective internal procedures necessary for its entry into 
force have been completed. 

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties agree to provisionally apply this Agreement 
from the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties have notified 
each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. 

Agreements and other arrangements between Member States and Singapore which, at 
the date of signature of this Agreement, have not yet entered into force and are not 
being applied provisionally are listed in Annex 1 (b). This Agreement shall apply to 
all  such  Agreements  and  arrangements  upon  their  entry  into  force  or  provisional 
application. 

ARTICLE 8 

Termination 

In the event that an agreement listed in Annex 1 is terminated, all provisions of this 
Agreement that relate to the agreement listed in Annex 1 concerned shall terminate at 
the same time.  

In  the  event  that  all  agreements  listed  in  Annex  1  are  terminated,  this  Agreement 
shall terminate at the same time.  

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned,  being  duly  authorised,  have  signed  this 
Agreement. 

Done at [….] in duplicate, on this […] day of […, …] in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, 
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, 
Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish languages. In case of any dispute 
the English text shall prevail over the other language texts. 

FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE: 

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List of agreements referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement 

(a)  Air  services  agreements  between  the  Republic  of  Singapore  and  Member  States  of 
the European Community which, at the date of signature of this Agreement, have been 
concluded, signed and/or are being applied provisionally 

Annex 1 

–  Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the 
Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services  between  and  beyond  their  respective 
territories, done at Singapore on 8 August 1978, as amended hereinafter referred 
to as “Singapore-Austria Agreement” ;  

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Kingdom  of  Belgium  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their  respective  territories,  done  at  Singapore  on  29  May  1967,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Belgium Agreement”. 

–  Air  Services  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore 
and  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Cyprus,  done  at  Nicosia  on  27  January 
1989, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Cyprus Agreement”. 

–  Agreement  between  the  Czechoslovak  Socialist  Republic  and  the  Republic  of 
Singapore for Air Services between and beyond their respective territories, signed 
at  Singapore  on  7  September  1971,  in  respect  of  which  the  Czech  Republic 
declared that it considers itself to be bound by the provisions thereof, as amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Czech Republic Agreement”. 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Kingdom  of  Denmark  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their respective territories, done at Singapore on 20 December 1966, as amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Denmark Agreement” ;  

–  Draft  Air  Services  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Denmark  and  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore,  initialled  at 
Singapore on 21 October 1998 and given provisional effect, hereinafter referred to 
as “Draft Revised Singapore-Denmark Agreement” ; 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Finland  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  air  services  between  and  beyond 
their  respective  territories,  done  at  Singapore  on  19  January  1984,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Finland Agreement”; 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  France  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  relating  to  Air  Services  between  and 
beyond  their  respective  territories,  done  at  Singapore  on  29  June  1967,  as 
amended, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-France Agreement”;  

–  Agreement  between  the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany  and  the  Republic  of 
Singapore for air services between and beyond their respective territories, done at 

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Singapore  on  15  February  1969,  as  amended,  hereinafter  referred  to  as 
“Singapore-Germany Agreement”.  

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Kingdom  of  Greece  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their  respective  territories,  done  at  Singapore  on  21  August  1971,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Greece Agreement”.  

–  Air  Transport  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Hungary 
and the Government of the Republic of Singapore, done at Singapore on 9 March 
1990, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Hungary Agreement”. 

–  Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic and the Government 
of the Republic of Singapore for air services between and beyond their respective 
territories, done at Singapore on 28 June 1985, as amended, hereinafter referred to 
as “Singapore-Italy Agreement” ; 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  Ireland  and  the  Government  of  the 
Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services  between  and  beyond  their  respective 
territories,  done  at  Singapore  on  20  February  1981,  hereinafter  referred  to  as 
“Singapore-Ireland Agreement” ; 

–  Air  Services  Agreement  between the Government  of the Republic of Latvia  and 
the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore,  done  at  Singapore  on  6  October 
1999, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Latvia Agreement” . 

–  Agreement between the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their  respective  territories,  signed  at  Singapore  on  9  April  1975,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Luxembourg Agreement” as amended. 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Malta  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their  respective  territories,  done  at  London  on  19  July  1983,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Malta Agreement”. 

–  Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air  Services between  and  beyond 
their respective territories, done at Singapore on 29 December 1966, as amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Netherlands Agreement” as amended.  

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Polish  People’s  Republic  and  the 
Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  air  services  between  and  beyond 
their respective territories, done at Singapore on 22 December 1979, as amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Poland Agreement”. 

–  Air  Services  Agreement  between  the  Republic  of  Portugal  and  the  Republic  of 
Singapore  as  annexed  to  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding  initialled  at 
Singapore  on  7  November  1997,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  “Draft  Singapore-
Portugal Agreement”.  

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–  Agreement  between  the  Czechoslovak  Socialist  Republic  and  the  Republic  of 
Singapore  signed  at  Singapore  on  7  September  1971,  in  respect  of  which  the 
Slovak  Republic  declared  that  it  considers  itself  to  be  bound  by  the  provisions 
thereof, as amended, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Slovakia Agreement”. 

–  Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the 
Government of the Republic of Singapore, initialled at Singapore on 27 December 
1996  and  given  provisional  effect,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  “Draft  Singapore-
Slovakia Agreement”. 

–  Air  Transport  Agreement  between  the  Kingdom  of  Spain  and  the  Republic  of 
Singapore, done at Madrid on 11 March 1992, as amended, hereinafter referred to 
as “Singapore-Spain Agreement” ; 

–  Agreement  between  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  and  the 
Government of the Kingdom of Sweden for air services between and beyond their 
respective  territories,  signed  at  Singapore  on  20  December  1966,  as  amended, 
hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-Sweden Agreement”; 

–  Draft Air Service Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden 
and  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore,  initialled  at  Singapore  on  21 
October  1998  and  given  provisional  effect,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  “Draft 
Revised Singapore-Sweden Agreement” ; 

–  Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern  Ireland  and  the  Government  of  the  Republic  of  Singapore  for  Air 
Services between and beyond their respective territories, done at Singapore on 12 
January 1971, as amended, hereinafter referred to as “Singapore-United Kingdom 
Agreement”. 

(b)  Air  service  agreements  and  other  arrangements  initialled  or  signed  between  the 
Republic  of  Singapore  and  Member  States  of  the  European  Community  which,  at  the 
date  of  signature  of  this  Agreement,  have  not  yet  entered  into  force  and  are  not  being 
applied provisionally 

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List of articles in the agreements listed in Annex 1 and referred to in Articles 2 to 5 of 
this Agreement 

Annex 2 

(a) Designation by a Member State: 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Austria Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Belgium Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Cyprus Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Czech Republic Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Finland Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-France Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Germany Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Greece Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Hungary Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Ireland Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Italy Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Latvia Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Luxembourg Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Malta Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Netherlands Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Poland Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Portugal Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Draft Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Spain Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

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–  Article 3 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-United Kingdom Agreement. 

(b) Refusal, Revocation, Suspension or Limitation of Authorisations or Permissions: 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Austria Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Belgium Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Cyprus Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Czech Republic Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Finland Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-France Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Germany Agreement; 

–  Article 5 of the Singapore-Greece Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Hungary Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Ireland Agreement; 

–  Article 5 of the Singapore-Italy Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Latvia Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Luxembourg Agreement;  

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Malta Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Netherlands Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Poland Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Portugal Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Draft Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Singapore-Spain Agreement; 

–  Article 3 of the Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

–  Article 4 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

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–  Article 4 of the Singapore-United Kingdom Agreement. 

(c) Regulatory control: 

–  Article 11 of the Singapore-Cyprus Agreement; 

–  Article 14 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 8a of the Singapore-Finland Agreement; 

–  Article 9A of the Singapore-Germany Agreement; 

–  Article 8 of the Singapore-Hungary Agreement; 

–  Article 8 of the Singapore-Latvia Agreement; 

–  Article 15 of the Singapore-Portugal Agreement; 

–  Article 8 of the Draft Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Spain Agreement; 

–  Article 14 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

–  Article 11bis of the Singapore-United Kingdom Agreement. 

(d) Tariffs for carriage within the European Community: 

–  Article 9 of the Singapore-Austria Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Belgium Agreement; 

–  Article 13 of the Singapore-Cyprus Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Czech Republic Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Denmark Agreement; 

–  Article 11 of the Singapore-Finland Agreement; 

–  Article 9 of the Singapore-France Agreement; 

–  Article 7 of the Singapore-Germany Agreement; 

–  Article 11 of the Singapore-Greece Agreement; 

–  Article 12 of the Singapore-Hungary Agreement; 

–  Article 11 of the Singapore-Ireland Agreement; 

–  Article 8 of the Singapore-Italy Agreement; 

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–  Article 12 of the Singapore-Latvia Agreement; 

–  Article 9 of the Singapore-Luxembourg Agreement; 

–  Article 11 of the Singapore-Malta Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Netherlands Agreement; 

–  Article 9 of the Singapore-Poland Agreement; 

–  Article 18 of the Singapore-Portugal Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 12 of the Draft Singapore-Slovakia Agreement; 

–  Article 6 of the Singapore-Spain Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

–  Article 10 of the Draft Revised Singapore-Sweden Agreement; 

–  Article 9 of the Singapore-United Kingdom Agreement. 

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ANNEX 3 

List of other states referred to in Article 2 of this Agreement 

(a) The Republic of Iceland (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area); 

(b)  The  Principality  of  Liechtenstein  (under  the  Agreement  on  the  European  Economic 
Area); 

(c) The Kingdom of Norway (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area); 

(d) The Swiss Confederation (under the Agreement between the European Community and 
the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport) 

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