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AGENDA ITEM 5:AGENDA ITEM 5: Legal AspectsLegal Aspects

Background: Basic legal elements

Draft Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States Relating to GNSS Services

Recommendations of LTEP

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Background: Basic legal elements Background: Basic legal elements regarding GNSSregarding GNSS

Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944)

Conclusions of 28th and 29th Sessions of ICAO Legal Committee

ICAO Council Statement of Policy (1994)

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Exchange of Letters: ICAO - United States (1994)

Exchange of Letters:ICAO - Russian Federation (1996)

Panel of Legal and Technical Experts (LTEP)

Background: Basic legal elements Background: Basic legal elements regarding GNSSregarding GNSS

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Panel of Legal Panel of Legal and Technical Experts (LTEP)and Technical Experts (LTEP)

Established by ICAO Council Mandate Status of work Results of work

Draft Charter on Rights and Obligations of States

16 Recommendations

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Charter on the Rights and Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States(1)Obligations of States(1)

Reasons for a Charter Safety of International Civil

Aviation Universal Accessibility of GNSS

Services Continuity of Services Availability of Services

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Charter on the Rights and Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States(2)Obligations of States(2)

Integrity, Accuracy and Reliability of Services

Sovereignty of States Compatibility with Global Planning

and Implementation

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Legal aspects of matters relevant to Legal aspects of matters relevant to GNSS ServicesGNSS Services

5.2 Certification

5.3 Liability

5.4 Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery

5.5 GNSS Future Operating Structures

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Recommendations of LTEP (1998)Recommendations of LTEP (1998)

5.2 Certification Problems of Certification

relating to GNSS ICAO SARPs Who shall certify

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Recommendations of LTEP (1998)Recommendations of LTEP (1998)

5.3 LiabilityConcepts for consideration

in relation to LiabilitySignal RecordingItems for further study

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Recommendations of LTEP (1998)Recommendations of LTEP (1998)

5.4 Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery(1)

International Service for public use

Guarantees for accessibility, continuity and quality of services

Cooperation on cost-recovery

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Recommendations of LTEP (1998)Recommendations of LTEP (1998)

5.4 Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery(2)

Reasonable allocation of costs in any cost-recovery schemes

Possible methods for aviation user charges

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Recommendations of LTEP (1998)Recommendations of LTEP (1998)

5.5 Future Operating StructuresFor long-term GNSSEvolutionary progression from

existing systems toward integrated GNSS

Sufficient level of controlPossible fields of international

action

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ConclusionsConclusions

Further work on legal issues Objectives:

to develop and build confidence to support implementation of

GNSS as part of CNS/ATM Action of the Conference