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Facilitation Programme: Mandate ICAO Assembly Council Elects Council Instructs Council Air Transport Committee Divisions Secretariat Panels TAG/MRTD

Aviation Security and Facilitation Secretary General Air Navigation Bureau ANB Air Transport Bureau ATB Administration Bureau ADB Legal Bureau LEB Technical Co-operation Bureau TCB Economic and Statistics Branch (E&S) Aviation Security and Facilitation Branch (S&F) Aviation Security Section (AVSEC) Facilitation Section ( FAL)

What is FAL programme about? What is “facilitation”? What does ICAO do?

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : MRTD Visas Passports Crew & Other ID ID Cards

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Border Control Data Base Cleared

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Passenger, Baggage and Cargo Flow Rationalization Passenger Path Baggage Path Security Control

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Efficient Management of control procedures

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Illegal Migration

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Cargo

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Health Issues SARS Detection Technology

What is “facilitation”? Facilitation issues : Alien Species Brown tree snake

What is “facilitation”? A better question would be… “facilitation of what?” Facilitation of Control Procedures “Efficient execution of control procedures, to expedite clearance and prevent unnecessary delays”

What is the FAL Programme about? Primarily, facilitation of border controls. Strategy in 3 parts: Standardize travel documents Improve border clearance Tackle security problems

What does ICAO do? Facilitation Section Manage Annex 9 – Facilitation Publish specifications on Machine Readable Travel Documents (Doc 9303). Follow up on implementation of Annex 9. Notification of compliance, differences and comments on SARPs

What does ICAO do? Producing specs for MRTDs We design your travel documents Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents (TAG/MRTD) Doc 9303 – Machine Readable Passports – Part 1 Visas – Part 2 Official Travel Documents – Part 3

What do Civil Aviation Authorities do ? Mandate for FAL programme in the Chicago Convention. Implementing tasks to be performed or managed.

Obligations of Aviation Community Art. 10 - Landing at customs airport Art. 13 - Entry and clearance regulations Art. 29 - Documents carried in aircraft Art. 35 - Cargo restrictions

Obligations of Aviation Community Art. 14 - Prevention of spread of disease Art. 22 - Facilitation of formalities Art. 23 - Customs and immigration procedures Art. 24 - Customs duty

Obligations of States (cont’d) Art. 37(j) -Adoption of international standard and procedures - customs and immigration Art.38 - Departures from international standards and procedures

Facilitation and AVSEC AVSEC a control process to be facilitated

Facilitation and AVSEC Same principles as applied to border controls