Hong Kong/Thailand Air Services Agreement
Brief Explanation of Differences from other
Hong Kong Air Services Agreements
The draft Hong Kong/Thailand Air Services
Agreement closely follows the texts of other draft Hong Kong Air Services Agreements which have been shown to the Chinese side. There are, however, minor differences where
some explanation may be helpful to the Chinese side in
their consideration of the text.
(a), Article 10(6): Customs Duties
The second sentence was added at the Thais'
request for reassurance that passengers, baggage
and cargo in direct transit would not under normal
unduly cumbersome
and customs clearance
circumstances
immigration
procedures.
be subject
control
to
The UK side saw no difficulty with
the additional wording as it coincided with the
current practice.
(b) Article 14(3) : Commercial Activities
designated
restrained
The Thai delegation explained that they had had experiences in
some countries where their
airlines' commercial activities were so
that their ability to compete on a fair
basis was seriously undermined. They sought to make provision in their new
action to be taken in the
that their airlines were discriminated
and equal
therefore
ASAS for reciprocal
event
The
against or prevented from engaging in activities
relating to the sales of air transportation.
title of this article has been revised to reflect
the expanded scope of the article.