Supplementary Act A/SP.6/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Tariffs Applicable to Passengers, Freight and Mail for Air Transport within, from and to ECOWAS Member States
Act 2-SP6 of 2012
Supplementary Act A/SP.6/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Tariffs Applicable to Passengers, Freight and Mail for Air Transport within, from and to ECOWAS Member States
Economic Community of West African States
Supplementary Act A/SP.6/02/12 Relating to the Common Rules on Tariffs Applicable to Passengers, Freight and Mail for Air Transport within, from and to ECOWAS Member States
Act 2-SP6 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, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them hereafter:—Aeronautical Authority: any governmental authority, corporate body or organ duly authorised to perform this function;Air carrier: an air transport enterprise holding a valid air operating certificate issued by an Aeronautical Authority: pursuant to the Supplementary Acts on the approval of air carriers;Air service: any flight or series of flights carrying, subject to consideration, passengers, freight and/or mail;Air tariff (air fare and rate): prices expressed in any currency of a member State to be paid for the carriage of passengers, freight and mail on an air service together with the applicable conditions of such prices, including the remuneration and conditions offered to agencies and other ancillary services;Basic passenger tariff: a fully flexible tariff (the lowest) for one-way trip or a round trip which is offered at least to the same extent as any other fully flexible tariff offered for the same air service;Chicago Convention: Convention on International Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on 07 December 1944 incl. all its annexes;Capacity: The number of seat offered to the public or freight or air post service for a determined period;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 Treaty;ECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS Commission established in article 17 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty as amended in June 2006;ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation a Special Agency of the United Nations headquartered in Montreal, Canada;Member State: A State party to the ECOWAS Revised Treaty;Member States concerned: Member States between which or a member State within which an air services is operated;Member States involved: Member State concerned and/or member States in which air carrier(s) that operate the air service are holders of an air carrier’s license;Right of Traffic: The right for carrier to transport passenger paying freight and or courier on air links between two (2) or many airports of ECOWAS;Standard freight tariff: Freight tariffs generally applied by the air carrier excluding the regular discount agreed among air carriers.Article 2 – Purpose and scope
Article 3 – Air tariff setting
Air carriers shall freely set air tariffs applicable for the carriage of passengers, freight and mail within ECOWAS Member States.Article 4 – Tariffs under public service obligations
The present Supplementary Act shall not be applicable to passengers, freight and mail tariffs determined under public service obligations in compliance with the Supplementary Act establishing common rules on conditions of access to air transport markets in ECOWAS Member States.Article 5 – Filing of tariffs
Article 6 – Tariff information
Article 7 – Tariff suspension
Article 8 – Consultations on tariffs
Article 9 – Information request
Article 10 – Report and cooperation
Article 11 – Implementation of the Supplementary Act
Article 12 – Amendments
Any Member State may submit proposal for amendment or revision of this Supplementary Act to the ECOWAS Commission in accordance with the provisions of article 90 of the ECOWAS Treaty relating to the procedures of amendment and revision.Article 13 – Entry into force and publication
Article 14 – 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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