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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.