#Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air services
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: European Community, Malaysia
Subjects: Malaysia, agreement (EU), air transport

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between the European Community and the Government of Malaysia on certain aspects of air
services

AGREEMENT

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,

of the one part, and

THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA (hereinafter Malaysia),

of the other part,

(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Parties’),

RECOGNISING that certain provisions of the bilateral air service agreements between Member States of the European
Community and Malaysia, which are contrary to European Community law, must be brought into conformity with it in
order to establish a sound legal basis for air services between the European Community and Malaysia and to preserve the
continuity of such air services,

NOTING that the European Community has exclusive competence with respect to several 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 the Member States of the European Community 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,

NOTING that under European Community law air carriers may not, in principle, conclude agreements which may affect
trade between Member States of the European Community and which have as their object or effect the prevention,
restriction or distortion of competition,

RECOGNISING that provisions in bilateral air service agreements concluded between Member States of the European
Community and the Malaysia which (i) require or favour the adoption of agreements between undertakings, decisions by
associations of undertakings or concerted practices that prevent, distort or restrict competition between air carriers on the
relevant routes; or (ii) reinforce the effects of any such agreement, decision or concerted practice; or (iii) delegate to air
carriers or other private economic operators the responsibility for taking measures that prevent, distort or restrict
competition between air carriers on the relevant routes, may render ineffective the competition rules applicable to
undertakings,

NOTING that it is not a purpose of the European Community, as part of these negotiations, to increase the total volume
of air traffic between the European Community and Malaysia, to affect the balance between Community air carriers and
air carriers of Malaysia, or to negotiate amendments to the provisions of existing bilateral air service agreements
concerning traffic rights,

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HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

General provisions

For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘Member States’ shall

1.
mean Member States of the European Community.

(i) the air carrier is not established, under the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community,
in the territory of the
designating Member State or does not have a valid
Operating
European
Licence
Community law; or

accordance with

in

2.
References in each of the agreements listed in Annex I 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.

(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 aero-
nautical authority is not clearly identified in the designation;
or

3.
References in each of the agreements listed in Annex I 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 by a Member State

1.
The provisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall
supersede the corresponding provisions in the Articles listed in
Annex II(a) and (b) respectively, in relation to the designation of
an air carrier by the Member State concerned, its authorisations
and permissions granted by Malaysia, and the refusal, revo-
cation,
the authorisations or
limitation of
permissions of the air carrier, respectively.

suspension or

2.
On receipt of a designation by a Member State, Malaysia
shall grant the appropriate authorisations and permissions with
minimum procedural delay, provided that:

(i) the air carrier is established, under the Treaty establishing
the European Community,
in the territory of the desig-
nating Member State and has a valid Operating Licence 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 it
is effectively controlled by Member
States and/or nationals of Member States, and/or by other
States listed in Annex III and/or nationals of such other
States.

3. Malaysia may refuse, revoke, suspend or limit the author-
isations or permissions of an air carrier designated by a Member
State where:

(iii) the air carrier is not owned, directly or through majority
ownership, or it is not effectively controlled by Member
States and/or nationals of Member States, and/or by other
States listed in Annex III and/or nationals of such other
States; or

agreement

between Malaysia

(iv) the air carrier is already authorised to operate under a
bilateral
another
Member State and Malaysia can demonstrate that, by exer-
cising traffic rights under this Agreement on a route that
includes a point in that other Member State, it would be
circumventing restrictions on the traffic rights imposed by
that other agreement; or

and

(v) the air carrier designated holds an Air Operators Certificate
issued by a Member State and no bilateral air services
agreement is in force between Malaysia and that Member
State and that Member State has denied traffic rights to the
air carriers designated by Malaysia.

In exercising its right under this paragraph, Malaysia shall not
discriminate between Community air carriers on the grounds of
nationality.

Article 3

Safety

in paragraph 2 of

The provisions

1.
complement
listed in Annex II(c).

the corresponding provisions

this Article shall
in the Articles

2. Where a Member State (the first Member State) has
designated an air carrier whose regulatory control is exercised
the rights of
and maintained by a second Member State,
agreement
Malaysia under
between the first Member State that has designated the air
carrier and Malaysia 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 author-
isation of that air carrier.

safety provisions of

the

the

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Article 4

Article 8

Taxation of aviation fuel

Revision or amendment

The provisions

1.
complement
listed in Annex II(d).

in paragraph 2 of

the corresponding provisions

this Article shall
in the Articles

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

taxes,

2.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
nothing in each of the agreements listed in Annex II(d) shall
prevent a Member State from imposing, on a non-discrimi-
natory basis,
fees or charges on fuel
supplied in its territory for use in an aircraft of a designated
air carrier of Malaysia that operates between a point in the
territory of
in the
territory of that Member State or in the territory of another
Member State.

that Member State and another point

levies, duties,

Article 9

Entry into force and provisional application

This Agreement shall enter into force when the Parties
1.
have notified each other
respective
internal procedures necessary for its entry into force have
been completed.

in writing that

their

Article 5

Tariffs for carriage within the European Community

2.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties agree to provi-
sionally 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.

The provisions

1.
complement
listed in Annex II(e).

in paragraph 2 of

the corresponding provisions

this Article shall
in the Articles

The tariffs to be charged by the air carrier(s) designated by
2.
Malaysia under an agreement listed in Annex I containing a
provision listed in Annex II(e) for carriage wholly within the
European Community shall be subject to European Community
law.

Article 6

Compatibility with competition rules

associations of undertakings or

1.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
nothing in each of the agreements listed in Annex I shall (i)
the adoption of agreements between undertakings,
favour
decisions by
concerted
(ii)
practices
reinforce the effects of any such agreement, decision or
concerted practice; or
economic
(iii) delegate
operators the responsibility for taking measures that prevent,
distort or restrict competition.

that prevent, distort or

restrict competition;

to private

The provisions contained in the agreements listed in
this
that are incompatible with paragraph 1 of

2.
Annex I
Article shall not be applied.

Article 7

Annexes to the Agreement

3.
Agreements and other arrangements between Member
States and Malaysia 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 I(b). This Agreement
shall apply to all such Agreements and arrangements upon their
entry into force or provisional application.

Article 10

Termination

In the event

that an agreement

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

listed in Annex I

In the event that all agreements listed in Annex I are
2.
terminated, this Agreement shall terminate at the same time.

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, Swedish and Bahasa
Melayu languages.

The Annexes to this Agreement shall
thereof.

form an integral part

For the European Community

For the government of Malaysia

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ANNEX I

List of agreements referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement

(a) Air service agreements between Malaysia 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

— Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of Malaysia for air services between
and beyond their respective territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 22 November 1976, hereinafter referred to as
‘Malaysia-Austria Agreement’ in Annex II;

Modified by Memorandum of Understanding done at Vienna on 23 August 1990;

Last modified by Note Verbale done at Kuala Lumpur on 14 September 1994;

— Accord entre le Gouvernement du Royaume de Belgique et le Gouvernement de Malaisie, relatif aux services
aériens entre leurs territoires respectifs et au-delà, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 26 February 1974, hereinafter
referred to as ‘Malaysia-Belgium Agreement’ in Annex II;

Modified by Agreed Minutes done at Brussels on 25 July 1978;

Last modified by Agreed Minutes done at Kuala Lumpur on 14 October 1993;

— Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of Malaysia for
air services between and beyond their respective territories, signed at Prague on 2 May 1973, hereinafter referred
to as ‘Malaysia-Czech Republic Agreement’ in Annex II;

To be read together with Memorandum of Understanding signed at Prague on 2 May 1973;

— Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of Malaysia for air
services between and beyond their respective territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 19 October 1967, hereinafter
referred to as ‘Malaysia-Denmark Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Draft Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of
Malaysia, initialled 1997 and 2002, hereinafter referred to as ‘Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of Malaysia for air services
between and beyond their respective territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 6 November 1997, hereinafter
referred to as ‘Malaysia-Finland Agreement’ in Annex II;

To be read together with Memorandum of Understanding done at Kuala Lumpur on 15 September 1997;

— Accord entre le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de Malaysia relatif aux transports
aériens, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 22 May 1967, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-France Agreement’
in
Annex II;

— Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and Malaysia for Air Services between and beyond their
respective territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 23 July 1968, hereinafter referred to ‘Malaysia-Germany
Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Government of Malaysia for air services
between and beyond their territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 19 February 1993, hereinafter referred to as
‘Malaysia-Hungary Agreement’ in Annex II;

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— Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of Malaysia on air transport, signed at

Shannon on 17 February 1992, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Ireland Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Republic of Italy concerning air services,
signed at Kuala Lumpur on 23 March 1995, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Italy Agreement’ in Annex II;

To be read together with Confidential Memorandum of Understanding done at Rome on 30 November 1994;

Modified by Confidential Memorandum of Understanding done at Kuala Lumpur on 18 July 1997;

Modified by Agreed Record of discussions between Malaysia and Italy, done at Rome on 18 May 2005;

Last modified by Memorandum of Understanding done at London on 18 July 2006;

— Air Services Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, initialled at Kuala Lumpur on 19 July 2002, as Attachment II of Confidential Memorandum of
Understanding, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 19 July 2002; hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Luxembourg
Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of Malta and the Government of Malaysia for air services between
and beyond their respective territories, signed at Malaysia on 12 October 1993, hereinafter referred to as
‘Malaysia-Malta Agreement’ in Annex II;

To be read together with Memorandum of Understanding done at Valletta on 28 February 1984;

— Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of Malaysia for air
services between and beyond their respective territories, signed Kuala Lumpur on 15 December 1966, hereinafter
referred to as ‘Malaysia-Netherlands Agreement’ in Annex II;

Modified by Exchange of Notes of 25 March 1988;

Modified by Confidential Memorandum of 23 October 1991;

Modified by Exchange of Notes done at Kuala Lumpur on 10 May 1993;

Last modified by Confidential Memorandum of Understanding attached as Appendix A to the Agreed Minutes
done at Kuala Lumpur on 19 September 1995;

Last amended by Exchange of Notes done at Kuala Lumpur on 23 May 1996;

— Agreement between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of Malaysia concerning
civil air transport, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 24 March 1975, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Poland
Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of Malaysia and the Portuguese Republic for air services between and
beyond their respective territories, initialled and attached as Attachment II to the Memorandum of Understanding
done at Kuala Lumpur on 19 May 1998, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Portugal Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of Malaysia for air services
between and beyond their respective territories, signed at Ljubljana on 28 October 1997, hereinafter referred to as
‘Malaysia-Slovenia Agreement’ in Annex II;

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— Air transport agreement between the Government of Spain and the Government of Malaysia, signed at Kuala

Lumpur on 23 March 1993, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-Spain Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of Malaysia for Air Services
between and beyond their respective territories, signed at Kuala Lumpur on 19 October 1967, hereinafter referred
to as ‘Malaysia-Sweden Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Draft Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of
Malaysia, initialled 1997 and 2002, hereinafter referred to as ‘Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement’ in Annex II;

— Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
Government of Malaysia for air services between and beyond their respective territories, signed at London on
24 May 1973, hereinafter referred to as ‘Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement’ in Annex II;

Modified by Exchange of Notes done at Kuala Lumpur on 14 September 1993;

Last modified by Memorandum of Understanding done at London on 18 January 2006;

(b) Air service agreements and other arrangements initialled or signed between Malaysia 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

— Draft Memorandum of Understanding attached as Appendix 1 to the Agreed Record done in Kuala Lumpur on

15 December 2004, modifying the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement.

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List of articles in the agreements listed in Annex I and referred to in Articles 2 to 6 of this Agreement

ANNEX II

(a) Designation by a Member State:

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Austria Agreement;

— Article 2 of the Malaysia-Belgium Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Czech Republic Agreement;

— Article II of the Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-France Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Germany Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Malaysia-Finland Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Hungary Agreement;

— Article 3(1-2) of the Malaysia-Ireland Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Italy Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Malaysia-Malta Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Netherlands Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Malaysia-Poland Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Portugal Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-Slovenia Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Malaysia-Spain Agreement;

— Article II of the Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 3(1-3) of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement;

(b) Refusal, revocation, suspension or limitation of authorisations or permissions:

— Article 3(4-7) of the Malaysia-Austria Agreement;

— Article 3 of the Malaysia-Belgium Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Czech Republic Agreement;

— Article III of the Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Finland Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-France Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Germany Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Hungary Agreement;

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— Article 3(3-6) of the Malaysia-Ireland Agreement;

— Article 5 of the Malaysia-Italy Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Malta Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Netherlands Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Poland Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Portugal Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-Slovenia Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Spain Agreement;

— Article III of the Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 3(4-6) of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement;

(c) Safety:

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Belgium Agreement;

— Article 15 of the Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 9 of the Malaysia-Hungary Agreement;

— Article 10 of the Malaysia-Italy Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Malaysia-Luxembourg Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Malaysia-Portugal Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Malaysia-Spain Agreement;

— Article 15 of the Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 9A of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement;

(d) Taxation of aviation fuel:

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Austria Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Belgium Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Czech Republic Agreement;

— Article IV of the Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 5 of the Malaysia-Finland Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-France Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Germany Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Hungary Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Malaysia-Ireland Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Malaysia-Italy Agreement;

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— Article 9 of the Malaysia-Luxembourg Agreement;

— Article 5 of the Malaysia-Malta Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Netherlands Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Malaysia-Poland Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Portugal Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-Slovenia Agreement;

— Article 5 of the Malaysia-Spain Agreement;

— Article IV of the Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 4 of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement;

(e) Tariffs for carriage within the European Community:

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Austria Agreement;

— Article 10 of the Malaysia-Belgium Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Czech Republic Agreement;

— Article VII of the Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Draft Malaysia-Denmark Agreement;

— Article 10 of the Malaysia-Finland Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-France Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Germany Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Spain Agreement;

— Article 8 of the Malaysia-Hungary Agreement;

— Article 6 of the Malaysia-Ireland Agreement;

— Article 8 of the Malaysia-Italy Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Malaysia-Luxembourg Agreement;

— Article 10 of the Malaysia-Malta Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-Netherlands Agreement;

— Article 10 of the Malaysia-Poland Agreement;

— Article 9 of the Malaysia-Portugal Agreement;

— Article 8 of the Malaysia-Slovenia Agreement;

— Article VII of the Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 11 of the Draft Malaysia-Sweden Agreement;

— Article 7 of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Agreement.

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ANNEX III

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).