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[Title] Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement Amending the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Korea for Air Services

[Place] Tokyo
[Date] September 13, 1999
[Source] United Nations Treaty Collection
[Notes] Entry in to force: 13 September 1999, in accordance with the provisions of the said notes.
[Full text]

I

Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Tokyo

Tokyo, September 13, 1999

Excellency,

I have the honour to refer to the consultations held in Cheju from January 19 to January 21, 1999, in accordance with Articles 12 and 14 of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of Japan for Air Services, signed on May 16, 1967.

Pursuant to an agreement reached at the said consultations, I have the honour to propose, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Korea, that the Schedule of the said Agreement be replaced by the revised Schedule set out in the attachment to this Note, and that paragraph 1 of the Letters of May 16, 1967 relative to the said Agreement, which were exchanged between the two Governments, be revised as follows:

“1. The designated airlines of the Republic of Korea and the designated airlines of Japan may operate air services through any point or points in their respective countries by the same flight. However, for the designated airlines of the Republic of Korea, the total number of gateway points in the Republic of Korea shall not exceed seven (7) including Seoul and Pusan, and for the designated airlines of Japan, the total number of gateway points in Japan shall not exceed nineteen (19) including Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.”

If the above proposal is acceptable to the Government of Japan, I have further the honour to propose that this Note and Your Excellency's reply in that sense shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the two Governments on this matter, which will enter into force on the date of Your Excellency's reply.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

Enclosure: The revised Schedule

KIM SUK-KYU

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Japan

His Excellency Mr. Masahiko Koumura

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

SCHEDULE

1. Routes to be operated in both directions by the designated airline or airlines of Japan

(a) Points in Japan - Pusan - Seoul and points beyond

(b Points in Japan - Pusan - Cheju

(c) Points in Japan - Taegu and/or Kwangju and/or Chongju

(d) Points in Japan - a point in the Republic of Korea other than Seoul, Pusan, Cheju, Taegu, Kwangju and Chongju

Notes: (1) The designated airline or airlines of Japan may not operate to more than six (6) different points beyond on Route (a).

(2) The designated airline or airlines of Japan may operate to either both Pusan and Seoul or both Pusan and Cheju.

2. Routes to be operated in both directions by the designated airline or airlines of the Republic of Korea:

(a) Points in the Republic of Korea - Tokyo - Honolulu - Los Angeles

(b) Points in the Republic of Korea - Osaka - Taipei - Hong Kong - Ho Chi Minh City - Bangkok

(c) Points in the Republic of Korea - Fukuoka

(d) Points in the Republic of Korea - Nagoya

(e) Points in the Republic of Korea - Kumamoto and/or Kagoshima

(f) Points in the Republic of Korea - one point out of Niigata and Komatsu, and/or Aomori

(g) Points in the Republic of Korea - Sapporo

(h) Points in the Republic of Korea - Nagasaki

(i) Points in the Republic of Korea - Sendai

(j) Points in the Republic of Korea - Hiroshima

(k) Points in the Republic of Korea - Okayama

(l) Points in the Republic of Korea - Naha

(m) Points in the Republic of Korea - Oita

(n) Points in the Republic of Korea - Takamatsu

(o) Points in the Republic of Korea - Toyama

(p) Points in the Republic of Korea - Matsuyama

(q) Points in the Republic of Korea - Fukushima

Notes: (1) The designated airline or airlines of the Republic of Korea may not operate to Bangkok until the designated airline or airlines of Japan operate to a point beyond the Republic of Korea.

(2) On route (f), Aomori shall not be served on the same flight with Komatsu.

3. The agreed services provided by the designated airline or airlines of either Contracting Party shall begin at a point in the territory of that Contracting Party, but other points on any of the routes may at the option of the designated airline be omitted on any or all flights.

II

Tokyo, September 13, 1999

Excellency,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's Note of today's date, which reads as follows:

[See note I]

I have further the honour to inform Your Excellency, on behalf of the Government of Japan, that the Government of Japan accepts the above proposal of the Government of the Republic of Korea and to confirm that Your Excellency's Note and this reply are regarded as constituting an agreement between the two Governments on this matter, which enters into force on this date.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

MASAHIKO KOUMURA

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

His Excellency Mr. Kim Suk-kyu

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Japan

[Schedule as under note I]