TNAG-2314-FCO40-3358-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-Australia-1991 — Page 49

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Article 11.

Customs.

of a hybrid on the text Lindley and As such it

This article is something although based essentially tentatively agreed by Ted Christine Goode in May 1987. is, for most part, similar in wording to the corresponding Articles in our Netherlands and

Agreements Switzerland.

with

The main differences are the exclusion of "printed material etc." from the scope of para. 2 2 (c.f. Malaysia) and the addition of the expedited procedure for transit baggage and cargo in para. 6 (c.f. Brazil). Aviation Security.

This includes the provision in para. 6 On sanctions which, you will recall, is a non-standard provision although it is included in the Hong Kong: FRG text (not yet cleared or queried by the Chinese side).

Provision of Statistics.

There is a slight rewording but the aim and intent is the same as per our model.

Remittances.

This represents a re-articulation of our model text and includes the more open provision

remittances.

(c.f.

Indonesia)

on

Airline Representation etc.

Article 12

This is

Article 13

another hybrid. Para. 2 is the same as para. 1 of our model and para 4 is equivalent to our para. 2 (expanded to refer specifically to "using their own ticket stock and air waybills". Paras. 1 and

which appeared in the Australia model, merely embroider our two provisions.

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Airport and Similar Charges.

This is similar to our model minus para. 1 which contains the definition. We had а long argument about the definition of user charges during our Working Group discussions in October 1990 (I met the Australian side

shortly after the new which included the CLK

airport

charges