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Agreement on civil aviation and on use of airspace

of December 21, 1991

The states (further - Contracting states) participants of this agreement, proceeding from the declarations on sovereignty proclaimed them:

being guided by the principles of the Convention on International civil aviation (ICAO) and recognizing value of civil aviation as one of important factors of consolidation and cooperation of the people of all states;

providing complete respect of the rights of Contracting states, and also fair possibilities of development of the international air traffics for each state;

aiming to provide in the greatest possible degree requirements satisfaction in the safe, regular and arranged work of civil aviation;

understanding that safety of the people using services of civil aviation can be provided only in case of observance of uniform rules of the organization, accomplishment and ensuring flights and uses of airspace;

in view of need of implementation of the production and economic and commercial deyatelnost created in the states by competitive market structures with different patterns of ownership;

considering the accumulated international experience of development of aircraft, signed this agreement.

Article 1. Basic principles

Contracting states are recognized that each state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over airspace over the overland and water territory.

The airspace of Contracting states, and also regions of open airspace where, according to international treaties, servicing of air traffic is assigned to the former USSR, for the purpose of the organization, accomplishment of flights and air traffic control of aircrafts, is considered as Single airspace.

Article 2

Each Contracting state independently regulates in those forms which are taken by it, production and economic and business activity of civil aviation and other types of application of aircraft in the territory.

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