FAL/12

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FAL/12

• Agenda item 1
• FAL Programme Introduction

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Facilitation Programme Mandate
Elects Council Instructs Council
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Secretary General
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• What is FAL programme about?
• What is facilitation?
• What does ICAO do?

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What is facilitation?
Facilitation issues MRTD
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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Border Control

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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Passenger, Baggage and
  Cargo Flow Rationalization

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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues
• Efficient Management of control procedures

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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Illegal Migration

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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Cargo

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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Health Issues

SARS Detection Technology
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What is facilitation?

• Facilitation issues Alien Species

Brown tree snake
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What is facilitation?

• A better question would be
• facilitation of what?

Facilitation of Control Procedures
Efficient execution of control procedures, to
expedite clearance and prevent unnecessary delays
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What is the FAL Programme about?
Primarily, facilitation of border controls.
Strategy in 3 parts

• Standardize travel documents
• Improve border clearance
• Tackle security problems

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What does ICAO do?Facilitation Section

• Manage Annex 9 Facilitation

• Publish specifications on Machine Readable Travel
  Documents
• (Doc 9303).

• Follow up on implementation of
• Annex 9.
• Notification of compliance, differences and
  comments on SARPs

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What does ICAO do? Producing specs for MRTDs

• We design your travel documents
• Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable
  Travel Documents (TAG/MRTD)
• Doc 9303 Machine Readable
• Passports Part 1
• Visas Part 2
• Official Travel Documents Part 3

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What do Civil Aviation Authorities do ?

• Mandate for FAL programme in the Chicago
  Convention.
• Implementing tasks to be performed or managed.

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Obligations of Aviation Community

• Art. 10 - Landing at customs airport
• Art. 13 - Entry and clearance regulations
• Art. 29 - Documents carried in aircraft
• Art. 35 - Cargo restrictions

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Obligations of Aviation Community

• Art. 14 - Prevention of spread of disease
• Art. 22 - Facilitation of formalities
• Art. 23 - Customs and immigration
• procedures
• Art. 24 - Customs duty

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Obligations of States(contd)

• Art. 37(j) -Adoption of international standard
  and procedures - customs and immigration
• Art.38 - Departures from international
  standards and procedures

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Facilitation and AVSEC

• AVSEC a control process to be facilitated

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Facilitation and AVSEC

• Same principles as applied to border controls

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