International Tariffs
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3. These tariffs are negotiated and approved within the framework of a
series of interlockingbilateral and multilateral agreements which contain similar,
but not identical, provisions for the purpose. Most of these agreements call
for tariffs to be agreed between the designated carriers of the two countries
concerned, usually in consultation with other interested carriers and
whenever possible within the Traffic Conference machinery of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which serves as a convenient and world-wide
airline forum. ASAȘ also normally provide for a designated carrier to propose
its own tariffs when agreement within IATA or with the designated carriers
of the other country is not reached; it is also open to non-IATA airlines to
propose tariffs which are different from those in an IATA agreement. Regardless
of the manner in which the tariffs are proposed, however, they are subject to
the approval of the governments concerned; in the case of an IATA tariff agreement,
the approval of all governments is necessary before the agreement can be declared
effective in its entirety, but in the case of proposals from individual carriers
only the approval of the two governments on the route concerned is required. ·
4. An IATA tariff agreement (which normally covers fares between a number of
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countries) is usually referred to as such, or as a fares package, whereas
individual carrier proposals (which normally cover fares only between two countries)
are referred to as bilateral filings. There are important differences between
the two types. An IATA tariff agreement is not usually regarded as filing within
the terms of ASAS and it does not take automatic effed in the absence of
governmental approval it is open to governments to approve the package in its
entirety; approve it with modifications (technically, this is done by placing
a reservation on the approval); or to reject the agreement without the need to express formal dissatisfaction to the other governments(s) concerned under the
requirements of the ASA(s). There is not the same latitude the a bilateral
filing, however, which must must be processed under the provisions of the
relevant ASA. There is usually no scope to give modified approval to such filings
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