Draft Hong Kong/Denmark, Hong Kong/Norway and and Hong Kong/Sweden Air Services Agreements: Brief Explanation of differences
from other Hong Kong Air Services Agreements
The draft Hong Kong/Denmark, Hong Kong/Norway and
Hong Kong/Sweden Air Services Agreements are identical subject to the changes in nomenclature. In general, they
closely follow the texts of the other Hong Kong Air Services Agreements which have been shown to the Chinese. There are, however, places where some explanation may be helpful to the Chinese side's consideration of the texts:
Article 3: Grant of Rights
A provision regarding temporary arrangements of routes necessitated by armed conflict, political
disturbances or developments, or special and
unusual circumstances has not been included. The
Scandinavian side was not familiar with such a
provision and was reluctant to
agree to its
inclusion, despite our explanation that the provision would in fact be of advantage to both, sides.
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Article 7: Approval of Schedules
This is a new article included at the request of the Scandinavian side. Its inclusion was agreed
as it reflected existing practices.
Article 9: Customs Duties
Articles 9(1) and 9(2) were redrafted by the Finance Ministries of the three Scandinavian
countries.
The Scandinavian side indicated that
these were standard texts used in all their air
services agreements.
These were accepted with minor amendments to suit the Hong Kong position.