Regulations on Issuance of airport/aerodrome registration certificates in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024

Regulations on Issuance of airport/aerodrome registration certificates in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024 (Internet image)

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On February 23, 2024, the Government issued Decree 20/2024/ND-CP amending Decree 05/2021/ND-CP on management and operation of airports and aerodromes and Decree 64/2022/ND-CP on amendments to some Articles of Decrees on business operations in civil aviation industry in Vietnam.

Regulations on issuance of airport/aerodrome registration certificates in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024

Specifically, Decree 20/2024/ND-CP amends the content specified in Article 52 of Decree 05/2021/ND-CP related to the issuance of airport/aerodrome registration certificates in Vietnam.

The regulations on issuance of airport/aerodrome registration certificates in Vietnam as of April 10, 2024 are as follows:

(1) The proprietor of an airport or aerodrome or the organization designated to manage such airport or aerodrome shall submit 01 application for issuance of the airport/aerodrome registration certificate to the CAAV, whether in person or by post or online or by another appropriate method. The application includes:

(i) The application form defined in Form No. 01 in the Appendix of Decree 20/2024/ND-CP;

(ii) A copy or electronic copy of the establishment decision of the proprietor or the organization designated to manage the airport or aerodrome (if the enterprise registration certificate is unavailable);

(iii) A copy or electronic copy of the decision on investment guidelines or decision on investment in the airport/aerodrome in the case of construction, renovation, upgrading or expansion of the airport/aerodrome;

(iv) A copy or electronic copy of the written confirmation of the completion of commissioning procedures regarding the airport/aerodrome infrastructure pursuant to regulations on construction investment in the case of construction, renovation, upgrading or expansion of the airport/aerodrome.

(2) If the airport/aerodrome is under construction, the proprietor or the organization designated to manage such airport/aerodrome under construction shall submit 01 application for issuance of the certificate of temporary registration of the airport/aerodrome to the CAAV, whether in person or by post or online or by another appropriate method. The application includes the documents defined in Points (i), (ii), and (iii) of Clause (1).

(3) Within 10 days from the receipt of the valid application pursuant to regulations, the CAAV shall appraise the following contents from the documents:

- The adherence of the construction of the airport/aerodrome to the approved comprehensive planning for development of the national airport and aerodrome system;

- The compliance of the construction and technical commissioning of the airport/aerodrome infrastructure with the technical regulations and standards as regulated and in line with the operational capacity;

- The abidance of the construction plan of the airport/aerodrome infrastructure with the technical standards as regulated for the temporary registration of airports and aerodromes under construction and in line with the operational capacity.

(4) Within 03 working days from the date of appraisal, the airports authority shall issue the issue the airport/aerodrome registration certificate as defined in Form No. 02 in the Appendix hereof and send it to the proprietor or the organization designated to manage the airport or aerodrome, whether in person or by post or online or by another appropriate method; send the result of issuance of the airport/aerodrome registration certificate to the CAAV in order for it to register the airport/aerodrome in the airport and aerodrome register book.

In case of rejection of the application, the airports authority shall provide a written explanation therefor.

(5) An airport or aerodrome for which a certificate of temporary registration has been issued shall be subject to registration pursuant to this Decree within 60 days upon the completion of its construction.

(6) An airport/aerodrome registration certificate, when lost or damaged, can be re-issued upon request. The holder of the airport/aerodrome registration certificate shall submit Form No. 01 in the Appendix of Decree 20/2024/ND-CP to the airports authority, whether in person, by post or online or by another appropriate method to apply for re-issuance.

Within 03 working days from the receipt of the form as regulated, the airports authority shall consider re-issuing the airport/aerodrome registration certificate and send it to the applicant, whether in person, by post or online or by another appropriate method. In case of rejection of the application, the airports authority shall provide a written explanation therefor.

(7) An airport/aerodrome registration certificate shall be revoked in the holder of the certificate no longer satisfies the conditions for issuance of the airport/aerodrome registration certificate.

More details can be found in Decree 20/2024/ND-CP effective from April 10, 2024.

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