EU and Vietnam sign aviation agreement, removing nationality restrictions

EU and Vietnam sign aviation agreement, removing nationality restrictions

2010-10-04 19:49:48 GMT+7 (ICT)

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The European Union (EU) on Monday announced that it signed an aviation agreement with Vietnamese authorities which will remove nationality restrictions in the bilateral air services agreements between EU Member States and Vietnam.

The agreement will allow any EU airline to operate flights between any EU Member State and Vietnam, where a bilateral agreement exists and traffic rights are available.

The "horizontal" agreements will bring several provisions in bilateral air services agreements between 17 Member States and Vietnam in line with European law, removing nationality restrictions in bilateral air services agreements between Vietnam and the member states.

Furthermore, the agreement will allow flights to operate between the established areas more freely, linking people, cultures and businesses. It also represents an important step towards strengthening aviation relations between the EU and Vietnam.

Currently, there are 45 such horizontal agreements with EU partner countries worldwide, and 900 bilateral air services agreements have already been modified by the joint efforts of the European Commission and EU Member States to replace nationality rules with the principle of EU airline designation.

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