2. Agenda Item 5 -1. 2 Rio Conference AGENDA ITEM 5:Legal Aspects â Background: Basic legal elements â Draft Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States Relating to GNSS Services â Recommendations of LTEP

3. Agenda Item 5 -1. 3 Rio Conference Background: Basic legal elements regarding GNSS ë Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944) ë Conclusions of 28th and 29th Sessions of ICAO Legal Committee ë ICAO Council Statement of Policy (1994)

4. Agenda Item 5 -1. 4 Rio Conference ë Exchange of Letters: ICAO - United States (1994) ë Exchange of Letters: ICAO - Russian Federation (1996) ë Panel of Legal and Technical Experts (LTEP) Background: Basic legal elements regarding GNSS

5. Panel of Legal and Technical Experts (LTEP) ë Established by ICAO Council ë Mandate ë Status of work ë Results of work â Draft Charter on Rights and Obligations of States â 16 Recommendations

6. Agenda Item 5 -1. 6 Rio Conference Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States(1) ë Reasons for a Charter ë Safety of International Civil Aviation ë Universal Accessibility of GNSS Services ë Continuity of Services ë Availability of Services

7. Agenda Item 5 -1. 7 Rio Conference Charter on the Rights and Obligations of States(2) ë Integrity, Accuracy and Reliability of Services ë Sovereignty of States ë Compatibility with Global Planning and Implementation

8. Agenda Item 5 -1. 8 Rio Conference Legal aspects of matters relevant to GNSS Services 5.2Certification 5.3Liability 5.4Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery 5.5GNSS Future Operating Structures

9. Agenda Item 5 -1. 9 Rio Conference Recommendations of LTEP (1998) 5.2Certification â Problems of Certification relating to GNSS â ICAO SARPs â Who shall certify

10. Agenda Item 5 -1. 10 Rio Conference Recommendations of LTEP (1998) 5.3Liability â Concepts for consideration in relation to Liability â Signal Recording â Items for further study

11. Agenda Item 5 -1. 11 Rio Conference Recommendations of LTEP (1998) 5.4Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery(1) â International Service for public use â Guarantees for accessibility, continuity and quality of services â Cooperation on cost-recovery

12. Agenda Item 5 -1. 12 Rio Conference Recommendations of LTEP (1998) 5.4Administration, Financing and Cost-Recovery(2) â Reasonable allocation of costs in any cost-recovery schemes â Possible methods for aviation user charges

13. Agenda Item 5 -1. 13 Rio Conference Recommendations of LTEP (1998) 5.5Future Operating Structures â For long-term GNSS â Evolutionary progression from existing systems toward integrated GNSS â Sufficient level of control â Possible fields of international action

14. Agenda Item 5 -1. 14 Rio Conference Conclusions ë Further work on legal issues ë Objectives: â to develop and build confidence â to support implementation of GNSS as part of CNS/ATM ë Action of the Conference