GEN 1.2. ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF AIRCRAFT

1. GENERAL

1.1 Any flight on which an aircraft crosses the state border of Georgia and that of another State is deemed to be an international flight.

1.2 International flights of foreign aircraft in the airspace of Georgia shall be carried out on the basis of and in accordance with:

1. International treaties on air sen/ice to which Georgia is a party;
2. Special permits for operating single flights issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of Georgia;
3. Special permits for operating single flights obtained through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

1.3 All aircraft-using airspace of Georgia should have an insurance to the third-party not being transported in the aircraft.

1.4 Flights of foreign civil aircraft in the airspace of Georgia are carried out on international airways and to airports open for international flights.

1.5 When it is necessary to cany out a flight to a domestic airport not open for international flights, an aircraft should make the first landing and the latest departure at the territory of Georgia from an airport open for international flights.

1.6 The flights mentioned in para. 1.5 should be carried out with Georgian escort crew, (navigator) on board of any aircraft, excluding the CIS country aircraft.

2. SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

2.1 General

2.1.1 Operators of Scheduled flights to be operated to the airports of Georgia should submit their flight schedule to the Civil Aviation Administration of Georgia according to the attached Form R in four copies and RPL in three copies and the appropriate documents on the right of the specific commercial activities not later than 15 days before the commencing of such flights.

2.1.2 The same procedure is applied if it is necessary to cancel or to make changes in the already approved flight schedule.

2.1.3 Single change of flight schedule should be made on the preliminary request of an airiine which should be addressed in Georgian, in English or Russian to the of Civil Aviation Administration of Georgia not later than five working days before the commencing of the flights via the following communication channels:

Postal address:

Civil Aviation Administration 12, Kazbegi Avenue, Tbilisi, 380060, Georgia
Telefax: +995 32 997480
SITA: TBSAAXH
AFTN: UGGUDDXX
E-mail: inspect@access.sanet.ge

and

SAKAERONAVIGATSIA
Air Traffic Service/ACC
380058, Tbilisi/Lochini Airport, Georgia
AFTN: UGGGZRZX
Telefax: +99532947326

2.1.4 No prior permission is required for scheduled flights carried out in the airspace of Georgia without landing at airports of Georgia.

2.2 Documentary requirements for clearance of aircraft

2.2.1 It is necessary that the below mentioned aircraft documents are submitted by airiine operators for clearance on entry and departure of their aircraft to and from Georgia. All documents listed below must follow the ICAO standard format as set forth in the relevant Appendixes to Annex 9 and they are acceptable when furnished in English or Russian and completed in legible handwriting.

2.2.2 Aircraft documents required (arrival/departure)

Note: if no passengers are embarking (disembarking) and no articles are loaded (unloaded), no aircraft documents except copies of the General Declaration need to be submitted to the above mentioned authorities.

AIRLINE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT SCHEDULE IN THE AIRSPACE OF GEORGIA from ______ 20 till ______ 20

3 NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

3.1 Procedures

3.1.1 No prior permission is required for non-scheduled flights carried out in the airspace of Georgia without landing at airports of Georgia.

3.1.2 If an operator intends to perform ïîï -scheduled flight into the airports of Georgia, it is necessary for operator to apply to the Civil Aviation Administration of Georgia for permission not later then five working days before the commencing of the flight. Applications are accepted daily except Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays from 0500 till 1300 UTC. The application should be put in order as showed in para. 4.1.4 and submitted to the addresses mentioned in para. 2.1.3.

3.1.3 The Civil Aviation Administration of Georgia issues a single number of the permission on each request which is valid during 24 hours since the date mentioned in the application. Operators should insert the number of permission in the Item 18 of FPL.

3.2 Documentary requirements for clearance of aircraft.

3.2.1 Same requirements as for SCHEDULED FLIGHTS.

4 FLIGHTS OF STATE AIRCRAFT

4.1 Procedures

4.1.2 Random flights of foreign aircraft connected with conveyance of heads of Foreign States and Governments and delegations headed by them, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of Defence, as well as random flights of military and State foreign aircraft are conducted on the basis of permissions received through diplomatic channels from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. Permission for a single flight conducted in accordance with this para should be requested via diplomatic channels to the addresses mentioned in para 2.1.3 not later than 5 working days before the commencing of the flight, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

4.1.3 The application should be put in order as showed in para. 4.1.4.

4.1.4 An application for use of airspace of Georgia shall contain the following information:

1. Name of an airline (three-letter ICAO designator), state of aircraft registration and address;
2. Type and modification of an aircraft, its revenue capacity and maximum take-off weight (MTOW);
3. Registration marks of a main and an alternate aircraft, owner of an aircraft (operator or leaseholder);
4. Surname, name of a pilot-in-command of an aircraft, amount of crew members and their nationality;
5. Purpose of flight, probable organizations (persons) in Georgia interested in the forthcoming flight;
6. Category of flights (governmental, special, charter, technical or other); for governmental flights the rank and the name of a head of the delegation shall be stated. '
7. Flight number, radiotelephone or radiotelegraphy aircraft call signs;
8. Aircraft load (number of passengers, weight of cargo and its nature);
9. Date of flight and flight schedule (in UTC) with indication of points of commercial and technical landings, as well as the amount of aviation fuel for fueling in the airports of Georgia;
10. The airways, points and estimated time of entry into/leaving the airspace of Georgia;
11. The name of an insurance Company, its address and the number of the insurance policy and the amount of the liability insurance to the third-party not being transported in the aircraft.
12. Payment for services and State charges indicating the payer's bank and numbers of bank account.

GEN 1.3 - ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW

1. GENERAL

Foreign aircraft, their crew and passengers arriving to or departing from Georgia, as well as their belongings imported in or exported from Georgia by air are subject to relevant passport, customs, monetary, health, agricultural quarantine and other requirements for entry and departure, as well as ,for importation and exportation of goods (property) and transit through the territory of Georgia.

2. CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Aircraft entering Georgia are subject to customs examination.

2.2 Baggage, cabin-carried articles, currency and valuables of passengers and crews carried across the frontier of Georgia are the subjects to a customs clearance.

2.3 Passengers carried across the frontier of Georgia whose cabin-carried articles and baggage are not exempted from customs examination - shall complete a customs declaration.

2.4 Cabin-carried articles and baggage to be in possession of passengers, with the exception of articles prohibited from being taken in or out of Georgia, shall be cleared in quantities needed for personal needs, in accordance with the rules of Customs Control over cabin-carried articles and baggage in possession of persons carried across the frontier of Georgia.

2.5 Customs examination of cabin-carried articles and baggage in possession of passengers is carried out in the presence of the passengers in clearance rooms, storage and directly in transportation facilities.

2.6 Foreign passengers are prohibited to carry, while on flight in the airspace of Georgia, as cargo and/or baggage:

• military supplies or military equipment;
• explosives, toxic agents, radioactive materials, narcotics, as well as articles of contraband;
• animals suffering, or suspected of suffering, of infectious diseases, as well as produce and/or raw material of animal origin and forage that may be carriers of infectious diseases;
• quarantinable materials, soil living plants with soil from countries whose territory is not free from quarantine pests and
• diseases, as well as quarantinable materials, soil or living plants with soil infected by quarantine pests and/or diseases.

2.7 Sporting guns and ammunition for these, as well as fire-arms and ammunition for these and hunters' knives, with the consent of the carrier, may be carried as registered baggage, provided these have been placed in baggage-cargo compartments of the aircraft inaccessible to passengers. At that, sporting guns and/or hand fire arms shall be unloaded and ammunition for these appropriately packed separately.

2.8 Cameras and video cameras shall be kept in suitcases. Photographing from the board of an aircraft is prohibited.

2.9 Radio sets, including those of small dimensions, may be carried only if packed into baggage.

2.10 Jettisoning from aircraft any objects and the use of parachutes in the airspace of Georgia are permitted only in distress. A parachute may be carried on board of an aircraft only if an instruction to this effect is contained in the flight clearance documentation.

3. IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Entry into and departure from Georgia of passengers is cleared by border control points, provided they are in possession of relevant and valid entry/exit documents.

3.2 Arrived passengers can purchase visa at Tbilisi/Lochini Airport.

3.3 When entering or leaving Georgia, every passenger shall be in possession of a valid national passport with a valid Georgian visa or another permission to enter the Georgia, unless international treaties to which Georgia is a party stipulate otherwise.

3.4 If a foreign aircraft has carried to Georgia a passenger without regard to the procedures provided in paras 3.1 and 3.2, the operator of the aircraft shall remove this passenger from territory of Georgia. All costs for re-moving the passenger shall be borne by the operator who has flown this passenger to Georgia.

3.5 Transit of passengers through the territory of Georgia with one stopover shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of para 3.2.

3.6 Passengers carried through the territory of Georgia in transit are exempted from the need to hold visas for Georgia:

• If they are on a nonstop flight in transit across Georgian territory;
• When being citizens of a State with which Georgia has signed appropriate interstate agreements.

3.7 Disembarkation and/or embarkation of passengers at airport are carried out with the permission of the border control points.

3.8 Arrivals to Georgia and/or departures from Georgia of crew members of foreign aircraft are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of para 3.3, unless international agreements to which Georgia is a party stipulate otherwise.

4. PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Sanitary-quarantine measures in Georgia are taken in compliance with the regulations of the World Health Organization and the Main Department for Sanitary and Epidemiology within the Ministry of Health and Social Care of Georgia.

4.2 Every passenger arriving in Georgia from quarantine disease infected countries (cholera, plague, yellow fever) shall be furnished with international Certificate of Vaccination against these diseases.

4.3 Certificate of vaccination is deemed as valid if it is in a form and of a term of validity approved by the World Health Organization.

4.4 Any change of the form of Certificate or blankness of one of the necessary items may make the Certificate invalid.

4.5 With regard to passengers arriving from cholera, the following measures shall be taken:

• passengers who are not in possession of a valid international vaccination certificate shall be isolated,
• passengers who are in possession of a valid certificate shall be medically supervised.

The duration of isolation and supervision shall constitute five days from moment of leaving the cholera infected country.

4.6 If an aircraft has been announced by the public health authorities to be infected with cholera or if it has arrived from a cholera infected area and carries non-hermetically packed fish, crabs, shellfish, crawfish, fruit or vegetables eatable uncooked, or beverages, the public health authorities shall have the right to prohibit these from being unloaded or to seize these for disinfection or destruction.

4.7 If a crew member or passengers is/are observed during flight to have one or more of the following symptoms: sickness, diarrhea, rash, jaundice, bleeding (haemorrhage), swelling of the lymph nodes, rise in body temperature to 38 degrees Ñ or higher, the pilot-in-command of the aircraft shall report to ÀÒÑ and the medical authorities while still in flight or after landing. The same applies if dead rodents have been observed in the aircraft.

4.8 On arriving to the airport, the pilot-in-command (or his confidential agent) must complete and furnish the public section of the general declaration.

4.9 In case of a forced landing of an aircraft on an international flight at an airport that does not handle international traffic or a place other than an airport the pilot-in-command shall take measures preventing the crew and/or passengers from being in contact with the local population. The pilot-in- command shall immediately report the forced landing to the local authorities.

4.10 Passengers showing symptoms of acute diseases shall, on arriving to Georgia, be forwarded without delay to the nearest medical institution.

4.11 Passengers under medical supervision shall enjoy the freedom of movement, but shall notify the public health authorities of their moving on to other places.

4.12 A standard certificate shall be issued to the pilot-in command of an aircraft, attesting any medico-sanitary measures on board the aircraft.