APEC Action Plan to Liberalisation and Facilitation of Air Services Australia Richard Wood, Department of Transport and Regional Services

 To finalise the APEC Action Plan to Liberalisation and Facilitation of Air Services. Purpose TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

The Aviation Experts Group established a task force at TPT-WG 27 to develop a discussion paper on a road map for air transport Following TPT-WG 28 this road map was renamed an Action Plan. The Action Plan is intended to assist APEC economies to meet the Bogor Goals. Introduction TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

 assist economies implement the policies that allow them to undertake liberalising reform;  assist the APEC TPT-WG to develop plans and projects to aid them  complement the Roadmap that the APEC TPT WG and the 5 th Joint Ministerial Statement  integrate the Agreed Actions of the Ministerial Statement with the specific needs of the aviation industry in the APEC region. The APEC Action Plan is designed to…… TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

 outline the progress towards the liberalisation of air services made to date by economies;  Identify the remaining barriers to be overcome; and  Provide recommendations for future work that could be undertaken by the AEG. Any measures recommended in the Action Plan will be voluntarily undertaken at each economies own pace. The APEC Action Plan is designed to…. TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

 The main focus of the Action Plan is air services.  Safety and security are referred to under Action 5.  Comment and additional contributions to the Action Plan are sought in the areas of aviation safety and security from the Safety and Security Subgroups. Aviation Safety and Security TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

APEC members may wish to consider developing options to address issues such as:  Capacity building to improve transit of goods and passengers;  Enhancement of air traffic control capacity and management; and  The removal, simplification or standardization of regulatory requirements. Progress towards addressing the Eight Goals TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

 None of the Eight Options identified in 1998 have been fully addressed and all remain as barriers to liberalization and the facilitation of trade in APEC.  Liberalizing Ownership and Control designations was identified as a medium priority under the Eight Options.  Economies could consider unilateral measures to address this barrier Remaining Barriers to Liberalization TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

 Increasing cost of oil;  Skills shortages;  Environmental matters;  New technology;  security issues  Pandemic influenza;  Infrastructure congestion; and  capacity building  These issues must be taken into account when developing approaches Emerging Issues TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

The Joint Ministers Statement establishes a number of Agreed Actions for the TPT WG at paragraph 38. It is proposed that the Member Economies, through the AEG develop recommendations consistent with these. Taking into account the differing levels of air transport development among APEC economies, economies may wish to take account of their individual circumstances in the implementation of these recommendations. Recommendations TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

1.Continue liberalisation of transport services and increased industry participation in infrastructure provision  Select one or two Options as an annual priority;  Undertake the Eight Options survey in 2009;  Make air services arrangements more transparent;  Work towards an APEC open air freight market;  Implement responses to the Recommendations in the Liberalization of Air Services in the APEC Region, Report. Options for Further Progress Towards Liberalisation TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

2. Facilitating trade by  Addressing capacity building issues;  Promoting technological advances;  Working towards harmonization of regulatory practices and mutual recognition;  Promote safety and security measures;  Promote environmentally friendly and sustainable transport. Options for Further Progress Towards Liberalisation TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007

Thank you TPT-WG29, Chinese Taipei 29 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting, Chinese Taipei, 9-13 July 2007