Draft
AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

between
the Government of the Slovak Republic
 and
the Government of the Republic of Armenia

	The Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties");

	Being Parties to the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on 7 December l944;

	Desiring to contribute to the progress of international civil aviation;

	Desiring to conclude an Agreement for the main purpose of establishing scheduled air services between and beyond their respective territories; 
	
	Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services, signed on 9 December 2008 in Brussels;
	
Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

	(1) For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

a) "Convention"  means  the Convention on International Civil Aviation opened for signature at Chicago on the  seventh day of December, l944, and includes any Annex adopted  under  Article  90  of that Convention and any amendment  of  the  Annexes  or of the Convention under Articles 90 and 94, insofar as such Annexes  and  amendments  have   been adopted by both  Contracting Parties;

b)   "Aeronautical Authorities" means, in the case of the  Slovak  Republic  the   Ministry  of  Transport,  Posts  and  Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic - Directorate General of Civil Aviation; in the  case of the Republic of Armenia the General Department of Civil Aviation at the Government of the Republic of Armenia;  or  in  both cases any other authority or person empowered to perform the functions now exercised by the said authorities;

c) "designated airline" means an airline which has been designated and authorized in accordance with Article 3 of this Agreement;

d) "territory", "air service", "international air service", "airline" and "stop for non-traffic purposes" have the meaning assigned to them  in Articles 2 and 96 of the Convention;

e) "capacity" in relation to agreed services means the capacity of  the aircraft  used  on  such  services, multiplied  by  the  frequency operated by such aircraft over a given period on a route or section of a route;

f) "agreed services" means international scheduled air services on the routes specified in the Annex to this Agreement for the transport of passengers,  cargo and  mail  separately or in combination;

g) "specified route" means a route specified in a Route Schedule in the Annex to this Agreement;

h) "Annex" means the Annex to this Agreement or as amended in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of this Agreement. The Annex forms an integral part of this Agreement and all references to the Agreement shall include the Annex except where explicitly agreed otherwise;

i)  "tariff" means the prices to be paid for the carriage of passengers and baggage, and the conditions under which those prices apply, including prices and conditions for other services performed by the carrier in connection with the air transportation, and including remuneration and conditions offered to agencies, but excluding remuneration and conditions for the carriage of mail; 

j)   “user charge” means a charge made to airlines by the competent authorities, or permitted by them to be made, for the provision of airport property or facilities or of air navigation facilities, or aviation security facilities or services, including related services and facilities, for aircraft, their crews, passengers and cargo.

	(2) References in this Agreement to airlines of the Slovak Republic shall be understood as referring to airlines designated by the Slovak Republic.
ARTICLE 2
Grant of Rights

	(1) Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party the rights specified in this Agreement for the purpose of operating international scheduled air services on the specified routes.

	(2) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the airlines designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy the following rights:

a)  the right to fly without landing across the territory of the other Contracting Party;

b)  the right to make stops in the territory of the other Contracting Party for non-traffic purposes; and

c)  the right to make stops in the said territory at the points specified in the Route Schedule attached to this Agreement as the Annex for the purpose of taking on board and discharging - in international traffic - passengers, cargo and mail, separately or in combination.

	(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be deemed to confer on the designated airline of one Contracting Party the right of embarking, in the territory of the other Contracting Party, passengers, baggage, cargo and mail carried for remuneration or hire and destined for another point in the territory of that Contracting Party (cabotage).

	(4) Fifth freedom traffic rights shall be only granted on the basis of special arrangement between the Aeronautical Authorities of both Contracting Parties. 

	(5) The airlines of each Contracting Party, other than those designated under Article 3 of this Agreement, shall also enjoy the rights specified in paragraph (2), subparagraphs a) and b) of this Article.

ARTICLE 3
Designation of Airlines and Operating Authorisation

	(1)  Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate through diplomatic channels to the other Contracting Party one or more airlines for the purpose of operating the agreed services on the specified routes and to withdraw or alter such designations.
	
	(2)  On receipt of such a designation, and of applications from the designated airline, the other Contracting Party shall grant the appropriate authorizations and permissions with minimum procedural delay, provided:

a)  in the case of an airline designated by the Slovak Republic:
i)	it is established in the territory of the Slovak Republic under the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union and has a valid Operating Licence in accordance with European Union law; and  
ii)  effective regulatory control of the airline is exercised and maintained by the European Union Member State responsible for issuing its Air Operator's Certificate and the relevant Aeronautical Authority is clearly identified in the designation; and
iii)  the airline is owned, directly or through majority ownership, and it is effectively              controlled by European Union Member States and/or nationals of European Union Member States, and/or by other states listed in the Annex and/or by nationals of such other states.
b)  in the case of an airline designated by the Republic of Armenia:
i)   it is established in the territory of the Republic of Armenia and has its principal place of business and permanent residence in the Republic of Armenia; and
ii)  the airline is under effective regulatory control according to laws and regulations applicable in the Republic of Armenia ; and
iii)  the airline is owned, directly or through majority ownership, and it is effectively              controlled by the Republic of Armenia and/or by nationals of the Republic of Armenia.
c) the designated airline is in compliance with the provisions set forth in Article 8 (Safety and Ramp Inspection) and Article 9 (Aviation Security); and 
d) the designated airline is qualified to meet other conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations normally applied according to the Convention to the operation of international air services by the Contracting Party receiving the designation.

ARTICLE 4
Revocation or Suspension of Operating Authorisation

	(1) Either Contracting Party may revoke, suspend or limit the appropriate authorisation of an airline designated by the other Contracting Party where:
a)  in the case of an airline designated by the Slovak Republic:
i)	it is not established in the territory of the Slovak Republic under the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union or does not have a valid Operating Licence in accordance with European Union law; or  
ii)	effective regulatory control of the airline is not exercised or not maintained by the European Union Member State responsible for issuing its Air Operator's Certificate or the relevant Aeronautical Authority is not clearly identified in the designation; or  
iii) the airline is not owned, directly or through majority ownership, or it is not effectively controlled by European Union Member States and/or nationals of European Union Member States, and/or by other states listed in the Annex and/or by nationals of such other states.
                   In exercising its right under this paragraph, the Republic of Armenia shall not discriminate between European Union air carriers on the grounds of nationality.
b)  in the case of an airline designated by the Republic of Armenia:
i)	it is not established in the territory of the Republic of Armenia and does not have its principal place of business and permanent residence in the Republic of Armenia and; or
ii)	the airline is not under effective regulatory control according to laws and regulations applicable in the Republic of Armenia; or
iii) the airline is not owned, directly or through majority ownership, and it is not   effectively controlled by the Republic of Armenia and/or by nationals of the Republic of Armenia.
c)  the designated airline has failed to comply with the provisions set forth in Article 8 (Safety and Ramp Inspection) and Article 9 (Aviation Security); or 
d)  the designated airline is not qualified to meet other conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations normally applied according to the Convention to the operation of international air services by the Contracting Party receiving the designation.
 	
	(2) This Article does not limit the rights of either Contracting Party to withhold, revoke, limit or impose conditions on the operating authorisation or technical permission of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (Safety and Ramp Inspection) or Article 9 (Aviation Security).
ARTICLE 5
Application of Laws and Regulations

	(1) The laws and regulations of one Contracting Party relating to the admission to, remaining in, or departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in international air services, or to the operation and navigation of such aircraft while within this territory respectively, shall be applied to the aircraft of the airline designated by the other Contracting Party and shall be complied with by such aircraft upon entrance into, departure from and while within the territory. 

	(2)  The laws and regulations of one Contracting Party relating  to the admission to, stay in,  transit through and departure from its territory of passengers, crew, baggage, cargo  and mail on aircraft, including regulations relating to entry, clearance, immigration, and   emigration,  passports, customs, currency and sanitary measures, shall  be complied  with by the airline of the other Contracting  Party upon  entrance into or departure from and while  within the territory of the first Contracting Party.

	(3)  Neither Contracting Party shall give preference to its own airline nor any other airline over the designated airline of the other Contracting Party engaged in similar international air transportation in the application of the laws and regulations provided by this Article.  

	(4) Upon the request of either Contracting Party, the other Contracting Party shall permit the airlines which exercise air traffic rights in both countries to take measures to ensure that only passengers with the travel documents required for entry into or transit through the requesting State are carried. In case a carried passenger fails to comply with laws and regulations for enter into the country of the other Contracting Party the airline is obliged to transport him back on costs of this airline.

	(5)  Either Contracting  Party shall  accept examination  of a person being  returned from his  point of disembarkation after having been found inadmissible if this person previously stayed in  its territory  before embarkation, other that in direct transit.

ARTICLE 6
Direct Transit

	Passengers, baggage, cargo and mail  in direct  transit  across  the territory of a Contracting Party, not leaving the area of the airport reserved for such  purpose,  shall  be  subject  to  no  more than a very simplified customs  and immigration control.  Baggage and cargo in direct transit shall be exempted from customs duties and other charges.

ARTICLE 7
Recognition of Certificates and Licences

	(1) Certificate of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licences issued, or validated, in accordance with the rules and procedures of one of the Contracting Party and unexpired shall be recognised as valid by the other Contracting Party for the purpose of operating the agreed services, provided always that the requirements under which such certificates or licences were issued or validated, are equal to or above the minimum standards established under the Convention.

	(2)  Each Contracting Party reserves the right, however, to refuse to recognise as valid, for the purpose of flights above or landing within its own territory, certificates of competency and licences granted to or rendered valid for its own nationals by the other Contracting Party or by any other State.

ARTICLE 8
Safety and Ramp Inspection

	(1)  Both Contracting Parties may request consultations at any time concerning safety standards in any area relating to aircrew, aircraft or their operation adopted by the other Contracting Party. Such consultations shall take place within thirty (30) days of that request.

	(2)  If, following such consultations, one Contracting Party finds that the other Contracting Party does not effectively maintain and administer safety standards in any such area that are at least equal to the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the first Contracting Party shall notify to the other Contracting Party of those findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with those minimum standards, and that other Contracting Party shall take appropriate corrective action. Failure by the other Contracting Party to take appropriate action within fifteen (15) days or such longer period as may be agreed, shall be grounds for the application of Article 4 (Revocation or Suspension of Operating Authorisation) of this Agreement.

	(3) Notwithstanding the obligations mentioned in Article 33 of the Convention it is agreed that any aircraft operated by the airline or airlines of one Contracting Party on services to or from the territory of another Contracting Party can, while within the territory of the other Contracting Party, be made the subject of an examination by the authorised representatives of the other Contracting Party, on board and around the aircraft to check both the validity of the aircraft documents and those of its crew and the apparent condition of the aircraft and its equipment (in this Article called „ramp inspection“), provided this does not lead to unreasonable delay.

	(4)  If a result of such ramp inspection or series of ramp inspections gives rise to:
a) serious concerns that an aircraft or the operation of an aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, or
b) serious concerns that there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, 
the Contracting Party carrying out the ramp inspection shall, for the purposes of Article 33 of the Convention, be free to conclude that the requirements under which the certificates or licences in respect of that aircraft or in respect of the crew of that aircraft had been issued or rendered valid, or that the requirements under which that aircraft is operated, are not equal to or above the minimum standards established pursuant to the Convention.
	(5) In the event that access for the purpose of undertaking a ramp inspection of an aircraft operated by the airline or airlines of one Contracting Party in accordance with paragraph (3) above is denied by the representative of that airline or airlines, the other Contracting Party shall be free to infer that serious concerns of the type referred to in paragraph (4) above arise and draw the conclusions referred in that paragraph.
	(6)  Each Contracting Party reserves the right to suspend or vary the operating authorisation of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party immediately in the event the first Contracting Party concludes, whether as a result of a ramp inspection, a series of ramp inspections, a denial of access for ramp inspection, consultation or otherwise, that immediate action is essential to the safety of an airline operation.
	(7) Where the Aeronautical Authorities of the Slovak Republic has designated an airline whose regulatory control is exercised and maintained by the European Union Member State, the rights of the Aeronautical Authorities of the Republic of Armenia  under this Article shall apply equally in respect of the adoption, exercise or maintenance of safety standards by that European Union Member State and in respect of the operating authorisation of that airline for purposes of this Article and Articles 4 and 7.
(8)  Any action by any Contracting Party in accordance with paragraphs (2) or (6) above shall be discontinued once the basis for the taking of that action ceases to exist.

ARTICLE 9
Aviation Security

	(1)  Consistent  with  their rights  and  obligations  under international  law,  the Contracting Parties reaffirm that  their obligation  to each other to protect  the  security  of  civil aviation  against acts of unlawful interference forms an integral part of this Agreement.

	(2)  Without limiting the generality of their rights and obligations under international law,  the Contracting Parties shall in particular act in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain  Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed  at Tokyo on  14 September l963,  the Convention for the  Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft,  signed at The  Hague on 16 December 1970, the  Convention  for the Suppression  of  Unlawful  Acts against  the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23  September 1971 and the Supplementary Protocol for  the  Suppression  of  Unlawful  Acts  of Violence  at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation,  signed at Montreal  on 24 February  1988, the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for Purpose of Detection, signed at Montreal on 1 March 1991 and  any aviation security agreement that becomes binding on both Contracting Parties.

	(3) The Contracting Parties shall provide upon request all necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of unlawful seizure of civil aircraft and other unlawful acts against the safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports and air navigation facilities, and  any other threat to the security of civil aviation.

	(4) The Contracting  Parties  shall,  in  their  mutual relations, act in conformity with the aviation security provisions  established by  the  International  Civil  Aviation Organisation and designated as Annexes to the Convention to the extent that such security  provisions are  applicable to the Contracting  Parties; they shall  require  that  operators of aircraft of their  registry or operators of aircraft  who have their principal place of business or permanent residence in the territory of the Contracting Parties and the operators of airports in their territory act in conformity with such aviation security provisions.

	(5) Each Contracting Party agrees that such operators of aircraft may be required to observe the aviation security provisions referred to in paragraph (4) above required by the other Contracting Party for entry into the territory of that other Contracting Party. For departure from, or while within, the territory of the Republic of Armenia, operators of aircraft shall be requested to observe aviation security provisions in conformity with the law in force in the Republic of Armenia. For departure from, or while within, the territory of the Slovak Republic, operators of aircraft shall be required to observe aviation security provisions in conformity with European Union law.

	(6)  Each Contracting Party shall ensure that adequate measures are effectively applied within its territory to protect the aircraft and to inspect passengers, crew, carry-on items, baggage, cargo and aircraft stores prior to and during boarding or loading. Each Contracting Party shall also give sympathetic consideration to any request from the other Contracting Party for reasonable special security measures to meet a particular threat.

	(7)  When  an incident or threat of an incident of  unlawful seizure  of  civil  aircraft or other unlawful acts against  the safety of such aircraft, their passengers and crew, airports  or air  navigation  facilities occurs, the Contracting Parties  shall assist  each other by facilitating communications and other appropriate measures intended to terminate rapidly and  safely such incident or threat thereof.

	(8)  When a Contracting Party has reasonable grounds to believe that the other Contracting Party has departed from the aviation security provisions of this Article, the Aeronautical Authorities of that Contracting Party may request immediate consultations with the  Aeronautical Authorities of  the other Contracting Party.

	(9)  Failure to reach a satisfactory agreement within one month of the date of such request shall constitute grounds for withholding, revoking, limiting or imposing conditions on the operating authorisation of an airline or airlines of the other Contracting Party. If required by an emergency, either Contracting Party may take interim action prior this month expires.

ARTICLE 10
User Charges for Airports and Aviation Facilities

	(1) The charges levied  in the territory of  either Contracting  Party  for the use of airports and other aviation facilities by the aircraft of each designated airline of the other  Contracting Party shall not be higher than those levied on aircraft of its own airlines engaged in similar international air services.

	(2)  In the use of airports, air traffic services and associated facilities under its control, neither Contracting Party shall give preference to its own nor any other airline over the airline of the other Contracting Party engaged in similar international air services.

ARTICLE 11
Exemption from Customs Duties, Taxes and other Charges

	(1)  Each Contracting  Party  shall, on a  basis of reciprocity, exempt the designated  airline or  airlines  of  the other Contracting  Party  to the  fullest extent possible under  regulations valid in its territory from  import  restrictions, customs duties, value added taxes, excise  taxes,  inspection  fees and other national compulsory duties and charges on aircraft, fuel, lubricants, consumable technical supplies, spare parts including engines, regular aircraft equipment, aircraft stores (including food, beverages and liquor, tobacco and other  products  destined  for  sale to or use by  passengers  in  limited quantities during the flight) and other items intended for use or used solely in connection with the operation or servicing  of aircraft of that airline as well as printed ticket stock, air way bills, any  printed material which bears the insignia of the company printed thereon and usual publicity material distributed without charge by that airline.

	(2)  The exemptions granted by this Article shall apply to the items referred to in paragraph (l) of this Article:

a) introduced into the territory of one Contracting Party by or on behalf of a designated airline of the other Contracting Party;

b) retained on board the aircraft of a designated airline of one Contracting  Party upon arriving in  or leaving the territory of the other Contracting Party; or

c) taken on board the aircraft of a designated airline of one Contracting  Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party, with intention to use them in agreed services;

whether or not such items are used or consumed wholly or partly within the  territory of the Contracting Party granting the exemption, provided such items are not alienated in the territory of  said Contracting Party.

Materials referred to in subparagraphs a), b) and c) above may be required to be kept under customs supervision or control.

	(3) The regular airborne equipment, as well as the materials and supplies normally retained on board the aircraft of a designated airline of either Contracting Party, may be unloaded in the territory of the other Contracting Party only with the approval of the Customs authorities of that territory. In such case, they may be placed under the supervision of the said authorities up to such time as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations. 

	(4) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Slovak Republic from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its territory for use in an aircraft of a designated air carrier of Republic of Armenia that operates between a point in the territory of the Slovak Republic and another point in the territory of the Slovak Republic or a point of the territory of another European Union Member State.

ARTICLE 12
Transfer of Funds

	(1) Each Contracting Party shall grant to the designated airline of the other Contracting Party the right to convert and remit to its country on demand local revenues in excess of sums locally disbursed.  Conversion and remittance  shall be permitted without  restrictions, discrimination or taxation at  the foreign  exchange market  rates for current  payments prevailing  at the  time of  submission of  the request  for transfer,  and shall  not be  subject to any charges except  normal  service  charges  collected  by  banks  for  such transaction.  

	             (2) If payments between the Contracting Parties are regulated by a special agreement, this special agreement shall apply.

ARTICLE 13
Capacity

	(1) The capacity to be provided on the agreed services by the designated airlines shall be approved by the Aeronautical Authorities of both Contracting Parties on the basis of the principle of fair and equal opportunity for the designated airlines of both Contracting Parties.

	(2)  The agreed services provided by the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties shall bear a close relationship to the requirements of the public for transportation on the specified routes and shall have as their primary objective the provision, at a reasonable load factor, of capacity adequate to carry the current and reasonably anticipated  requirements for the carriage of passengers and/or cargo, including mail to or from the territory of the Contracting Party respectively, which has designated the airline.

ARTICLE 14
Tariffs
	
	(1)  Tariffs for international air transport operated pursuant to this Agreement may be required to be filed with the Aeronautical Authorities of either Contracting Party.
	
	(2)  Without limiting the application of general competition and consumer law in each Contracting Party, intervention by the Contracting Parties may be initiated to:
a) prevent unreasonably discriminatory tariffs or practices;

b) protect consumers from tariffs that are unreasonably high or unreasonably restrictive due either to the abuse of a dominant position or to concerted practices among air carriers; and

c) protect airlines from tariffs that are artificially low because of direct or indirect governmental subsidy or support.

ARTICLE 15
Approval of Flight Schedules
	(1) Airlines designated by a Contracting Party shall submit their traffic programmes for approval to the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party at least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the operation. The programme shall include in particular the timetables, the frequency of the services and the types of aircraft to be used.              

	(2)  Any alteration made in an approved air traffic programme at a later date shall also be submitted for approval.

ARTICLE 16
Commercial Activities

	(1) Each Contracting Party shall, on reciprocal basis, grant to any designated  airline of  the other Contracting Party  the right  to  maintain  in its  territory such offices,  and administrative, commercial and technical personnel as are needed by the designated airline.

	(2) The  establishment of the offices  and the employment of the personnel referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be subject to the laws and regulations of  the Contracting Party concerned, such  as the laws and regulations relating to the admission of foreigners  and their stay in  the territory  of the Contracting Party concerned. 

	(3) Each Contracting Party  grants to any airline designated by the other Contracting Party  the right to sell its transport services on  its own transport documents  directly in its own sales offices and  through its agents in  the territory of the other Contracting Party to any customer in a currency allowed by the national law of this Contracting Party.

	(4)  Each designated airline shall, on a reciprocal basis, have the right to perform its own ground handling (self-handling) in the territory of the other Contracting Party or, at its option, the right to select among competing suppliers that provide ground handling services in whole or in part. Ground handling activities shall be carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations of the other Contracting Party, including, in the case of the Slovak Republic, European Union law. Where such laws and regulations limit or preclude self-handling and where is no effective competition between suppliers that provide ground handling services, each designated airline shall be treated on a non-discriminatory basis as regards their access to self-handling and ground handling services provided by a supplier or suppliers.

ARTICLE 17
Communication of Operating Information and Statistics

	The Aeronautical Authorities of either Contracting Party shall furnish to the Aeronautical  Authorities of the other Contracting Party at their request such periodic or other statistical data of each designated  airline as may be reasonably required for the purpose of reviewing the capacity provided by any designated airline of the first Contracting Party on the specified routes. Such data shall include all information required to determine the amount  of  traffic carried and the origins and destinations of such traffic.

ARTICLE 18
Consultations

	(1)  In the spirit of close co-operation the Aeronautical Authorities of both  Contracting Parties shall have occasionally communication, which may be through   discussion  or  by correspondence,  to ensure close collaboration  in all matters affecting  the  fulfilment  of  the  present  Agreement  and  its Annexes.

	(2)  Either Contracting Party may, at any time request consultations on the interpretation, application, implementation or amendment of this Agreement or compliance with this Agreement.  Such consultation shall begin within a period of sixty (60) days from the date the other Contracting Party receives a written request, unless otherwise agreed by the Contracting Parties.

ARTICLE 19
Settlement of Disputes

	(1) Any dispute relating the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be settled by direct negotiations between the Aeronautical Authorities of the Contracting Parties.  If the Aeronautical Authorities fail to reach an agreement, the dispute shall be settled through diplomatic channels.

	(2) If the dispute cannot be settled in accordance with paragraph (l) above, it shall be submitted for decision to an arbitral tribunal of three arbitrators at the request of either Contracting Party.

	(3) The arbitral tribunal shall be constituted ad hoc as follows: 

a)  each Contracting Party  shall appoint one member;     

b)  the third arbitrator, who shall be a national of a third country and who shall preside the arbitral tribunal as a chairman, shall be appointed by agreement between the Contracting Parties; 

c)  such members shall be appointed within two (2) months, and such chairman within  three months, of the date on  which either Contracting Party has informed the other Contracting  Party by a diplomatic note of its intention to submit the disagreement to the arbitral tribunal.

	(4) If the periods specified in paragraph (3) above have not been observed, either Contracting Party may, in the absence of any other relevant arrangement, invite the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to make the necessary appointments.  If the President is a national of either Contracting Party or if he is otherwise prevented from discharging this function, the Vice-president deputising for him should make the necessary appointments.

	(5) The arbitral tribunal shall reach its decisions by majority of votes. Such decisions shall be binding on the Contracting Parties.

	(6) Each Contracting Party shall bear the cost of its own member as well as of its  representation  in the arbitral proceedings; the cost  of the chairman and any other costs shall be born in  equal parts by the Contracting  Parties. In all other respects, the arbitral tribunal shall determine its own procedure.
ARTICLE 20
Registration with ICAO

This Agreement and any modification to it according to the Article 19 of this Agreement may be registered by either Contracting Party with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
ARTICLE 21
Amendments
	
	(1)  This Agreement can be amended according to the mutual understanding of both Contracting Parties. Amendments shall be made in writing and shall enter into force thirtieth (30) day after the exchange of diplomatic notes  confirming that the Contracting Parties have  completed  respective national legal procedures for their entry into force.

	(2)  Amendments to the Annex to this Agreement may be agreed in writing directly between the Aeronautical Authorities of the Contracting Parties.
ARTICLE 22
Entry into Force

	This Agreement shall enter into force thirtieth (30) days after the date of the receipt through diplomatic channels of the last  notification  confirming that the Contracting Parties have  completed  their respective national legal procedures required for its entry into force. 
ARTICLE 23
Termination

	(1) The validity of this Agreement is for an unlimited period.

	(2)  Each Contracting Party may, at any time, give notice in writing, through diplomatic channels, to the other Contracting Party of its decision to terminate this  Agreement. If  such notice is given, this Agreement shall terminate twelve (12) months  after the date of receipt of the notice in writing by the other Contracting  Party, unless the notice under  reference  is withdrawn by  agreement between the Contracting Parties before the end of that period.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their respective governments, have signed this Agreement.

Done   at    ..................   this   .......    day   of ............. 20..  in two original copies, each in the  Slovak, Armenian and English languages, each text being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation the English text shall prevail.

For the Government of					For the Government of
the Slovak Republic						the Republic of Armenia

ANNEX

to the Air Services Agreement between the Slovak  Republic and the Republic of Armenia

A. Route Schedule

1. Section

The airlines designated by the Aeronautical Authorities of the Slovak Republic are entitled to operate air services on these specified routes:

Points in		Points in		Intermediate			Points
Slovakia		Armenia		Points				Beyond
_______________________________________________________________________
Bratislava, Kosice	Yerevan		

2. Section

The airlines designated by the Aeronautical Authorities of the Republic of Armenia are entitled to operate air services on these specified routes:

Points in		Points in		Intermediate			Points
Armenia		Slovakia		Points				Beyond
______________________________________________________________________

Yerevan		Bratislava, Kosice
Note: Points beyond and intermediate points shall be specified later by agreement between the Aeronautical Authorities of both Contracting Parties.

B. List of other states referred to in Articles 3 paragraph (2) subparagraph a) point iii) and Article 4 paragraph (1) subparagraph a) point iii) of this Agreement
1/ The Republic of Iceland (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area);
2/ The Principality of Liechtenstein (under the Agreement on the European Economic  Area);
3/ The Kingdom of Norway (under the Agreement on the European Economic Area);
4/ The Swiss Confederation (under the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport).