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Transparency of Air ServicesAgreements
Australia Richard Wood, Department of Transport and Regional Services
to improve transparency and reporting of air services arrangements across the APEC region
to propose the review of existing measuresand reporting of new initiatives for better information sharing
Purpose
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29th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007
Clear and accurate information may facilitate continued growth in aviation
Transparency is a recognised principle amongst APEC economies
- Osaka Action Agenda- Statement to Implement APEC Transparency Standards
Without active information sharing, Members may continue to operate under outdated assumptions
Background
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Information for stakeholders (e.g. airlines, airports)
Knowledge for the public
Measure of liberalisation success for governments
Accountability
Benefits of Transparency
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AIRLINES- Informs airlines on markets to pursue- Allows accurate advice to governments on priorities- Improves management of current fleet and future investment- Educates emerging carriers inexperience with Air Services Agreements
TRADE AND INDUSTRY- Informs businesses of the ease of movement for
- Business travel- Trade- Tourism
Benefits of Transparency
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REGIONAL ADVANTAGE- May assist the region in negotiations with non-APEC economies
MEASURING LIBERALISATION- Enables Government and industry to measure the extent of liberalisation across the sector with greater accuracy
Benefits of Transparency
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Domestic measures- Website publication: Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India
Global measures- ICAO Database for Aeronautical Agreements and Arrangements (DAGMAR)- ICAO World Air Services Agreement (WASA) Database 2005- United Nations Treaty Collection Database
Current Transparency Arrangements
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The current mechanisms for information distribution are not complicated
They provide central and accessible reference points for stakeholders to ascertain timely and detailed information about the sector
Current Transparency Arrangements
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29th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007
There are many things we as Member economies can do to promote and facilitate transparency in air services
Domestic publication: summary table
Update of data inputs to WTO Quantitative Air Services Agreements Review
Registration with ICAO: delegation of responsibility
Proposal
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Next meeting
- report on current approaches to disseminating information about air services
- report any new initiatives or measures that could be undertaken to improve transparency across their air services arrangements or in the sector globally
Recommendations
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29th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007
Next meeting
- agree to develop principles on transparency in air services agreements, to be reported to APEC Leaders, consistent with principle 8 of the Leaders’ Statement to Implement APEC Transparency Standards
Recommendations
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