Supplementary Act A/SP.3/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Liberalization of Market Access to Ground Handling Services in Airports of ECOWAS Member States
Act 2-SP3 of 2012
Supplementary Act A/SP.3/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Liberalization of Market Access to Ground Handling Services in Airports of ECOWAS Member States
Economic Community of West African States
Supplementary Act A/SP.3/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Liberalization of Market Access to Ground Handling Services in Airports of ECOWAS Member States
Act 2-SP3 of 2012
- Published in official journal 60 on 17 February 2012
- Commenced
- [This is the version of this document at 17 February 2012.]
Article 1 – Definitions
For the purpose of this Supplementary Act, unless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them hereafter:—Aeronautical Authority: any governmental authority, corporate body, or organ duly authorised to perform the functions of civil aviation;Airport: Land specifically developed for landing, take-off and aircraft movements, including subsidiary facilities for traffic requirements and aircraft operations as well as necessary installations to assist commercial air services;Airport User: Users carrying out activities at an airport such as air carriers, air navigation services, ground handling services, forwarding agencies, passengers and any other commercial business;Community: The Economic Community of West African States as referred to in article 2 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty;Council: Council of Ministers as established under article 10 of ECOWAS revised TreatyECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS Commission established in article 17 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty as amended in June 2006;Ground Handling: Services provided at an airport to a user as described in the Annex;Ground handling service user: Individual or legal entity carrying by air, passengers, mail and/or freight/cargo from or to the airport concerned.Managing entity of the airport: Entity which, jointly (or not) with other activities, is vested under national legislation or regulations with the administration and management of the airport infrastructure and the coordination of the activities of the various operators present at the airport of member State;Member State: A State party to the ECOWAS Revised TreatySelf-handling: Situation in which a user provides directly to itself one or several categories of ground handling services and has signed no contract with any third party under any name, for the purpose of providing such services.Service provider of ground handling: Any individual or legal entity providing one or several categories of ground handling services;Article 2 – Purpose
The Supplementary Act aims at liberalizing access to the ground handling market in the ECOWAS member States.Article 3 – Scope
The Supplementary Act and the attached Annex shall define the rules and modalities on the liberalization of access to ground handling markets at airports in ECOWAS member States.Article 4 – Modalities of application
Article 5 – Centralized infrastructure
Article 6 – Separation of activities
Article 7 – Airport users’ Committee
Article 8 – Regional coordination
The Air Transport Committee shall be responsible for the regional coordination on the implementation and follow up of the present Supplementary Act.Article 9 – Selection of service providers
Article 10 – Special provisions
Article 11 – Self-handling
For specific reasons, a member State may extend to self-handlers the provisions of the present Supplementary ActArticle 12 – Security, safety and facilitation
In the implementation of the present Supplementary Act, member States shall take necessary measures to comply with the Standards and Recommended Practices of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in matters of safety, security and facilitation at airports.Article 13 – Reciprocity
Article 14 – Report and cooperation
Article 15 – Implementation of the Supplementary Act
Article 16 – Amendments
Article 17 – Entry into force and publication
Article 18 – Depositary authority
This Supplementary Act shall be deposited at the Commission which shall transmit certified copies thereof to all member States and register same with the African Union (AU), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and such other organizations as may be decided by the Council.History of this document
17 February 2012 this version
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