NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89-497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— ‘. . . the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence. . . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof." For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, (the Contracting Parties), Having regard to our civil air transport relations, which are conducted on the basis of comity and reciprocity; Reaffirming, that our obligation to protect, in our mutual relationship, the security of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference is an integral part of our civil air transport relations in accordance with our rights and obligations under international law; Noting, that each Contracting Party has the right to withhold, revoke, limit or impose conditions on the operating authorization or technical permission of an airline or airlines designated by the other Contracting Party as it deems appropriate to ensure the security of civil aviation; Agree as follows: ARTICLE I The Contracting Parties shall provide upon request all necessary assistance to each other to prevent acts of unlawful seizure of aircraft and other unlawful acts against the safety of passengers, crew, aircraft, airports and air navigation facilities and any other threat to aviation security. ARTICLE II The Contracting Parties shall act in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at the Hague on 16 December 1970 and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971.1 ARTICLE III The Contracting Parties shall, in their mutual relations, act in conformity with the aviation security provisions established by the International Civil Aviation Organization and designated as Annexes to the Convention on International 1 TIAS 6768, 7192, 7570; 20 UST 2941; 22 UST 1641; 24 UST 564. |
