Ukraine and European union open skies
Keywords:
Open Skies, Chicago Convention, freedoms of the air, aviation space, aviation law, ICAO, Euro CommissionAbstract
This article contains the detailed analysis of current issues and prospects of Ukraine’s entry into EU Open Skies agreement. Today, there exist two different meanings of «open sky» term. First was set by the Chicago Convention in 1944 and means the mode of use of air space in the international aviation business. The second meaning is the regime established by the 1992 agreement as one of the confidence measures of international security, as well as an element of verification of agreements on arms control. In addition, this agreement provided the distribution of «Open Skies» as instrument for monitoring and protecting of the environment.
In this paper, an «open skies» will be analyzed only as the former.
Ukraine started preparation to sign the treaty in December 2007 and since then held five rounds of negotiations. Euro Commission still observes no progress in negotiations with Ukraine on “Open Skies”, as it was said by EC VP Transport Siim
Kallas in September 2012.
He made note that currently the most controversial issue is the certification of Ukrainian-produced aircrafts. Euro Commission VP also mentioned that it is planned to conclude agreements on unified aviation space with Ukraine up to 2015.
References
Brian F. Havel. Beyond Open Skies: A New Regime for International Aviation. – Kluwer Law International, – 30 April 2009.
Klaus Arnhold, Der Vertrag über den Offenen Himmel [The Open Skies Treaty], Studie-21, Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik, –Berlin, – June 2002.
