What do the aviation security control badges and permits in Vietnam include?

What do the aviation security control badges and permits in Vietnam include? (Internet image)

1. What do the aviation security control badges and permits in Vietnam include?

Specifically, in Clause 1, Article 9 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT, aviation security control badges and permits include:

- Airport/aerodrome security control badges/permits with long-term and short-term use issued to people and vehicles allowed to enter and operate within airport/aerodrome restricted areas;

- Internal security control badges/permits with long-term and short-term use, which allow entry into and operation within exclusive restricted areas of enterprises;

- Crew identification badges, which allow entry into and operation within restricted areas pertaining to tasks of the crew.

2. The power to issue aviation security control badges and permits in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 10 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 41/2020/TT-BGTVT), the power to issue aviation security control badges and permits is as follows:

- The CAAV shall issue airport/aerodrome security control badges with long-term use at airports and aerodromes under the management of at least 02 airports authorities to eligible applicants.

- Airports authorities shall issue airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits to eligible applicants as follows:

+ Issue airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits with long-term use at one or multiple airports/aerodromes under their management to the applicants specified in Clauses 1 and 7 Article 14 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT, except for the case specified in Clause 3 of Article 10 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT.

+Issue airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits with short-term use at 01 airport/aerodrome under their management to the applicants specified in Clauses 6 and 8 Article 14 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT, except for the case specified in Clause 3 of Article 10 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT.

- Airport/aerodrome enterprises shall issue airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits with long-term and short-term use at airports/aerodromes under their management to eligible applicants as follows:

+ Officials, staff and vehicles of the airport/aerodrome enterprises, airport/aerodrome operators, aviation security service providers;

+ People and vehicles hired by the airport/aerodrome enterprises, airport/aerodrome operators or aviation security service providers to carry out survey and construction, repair and maintenance of their equipment and facilities.

- Vietnamese and foreign airlines shall issue crew identification badges to crews for their performance of tasks during flights.

- Enterprises in charge of exclusive use restricted areas shall issue internal security control badges and permits accepted within their exclusive restricted areas.

3. Effective period and designs of aviation security control badges and permits in Vietnam

According to Article 11 of Circular 13/2019/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 41/2020/TT-BGTVT), the effective period and designs of aviation security control badges and permits are as follows:

- An aviation security control badge/permit with long-term use shall be valid for up to 02 years from the effective date of the badge/permit.

- The effective period of an aviation security control badge with short-term use shall be based on the request of the applicant and result of application appraisal, including the badge used once within 01 day (24 hours) from the effective date of the badge and the badge used multiple times for a period not exceeding 30 days from the effective date of the badge.

- The effective period of an aviation security control permit with short-term use shall be based on the request of the applicant and result of application appraisal, including the permit used once within 01 day (24 hours) from the effective date of the permit and the permit used multiple times for a period not exceeding 30 days from the effective date of the permit.

- A crew identification badge of the Vietnamese airline, and internal security control badge/permit with long-term use shall be valid for up to 02 years from the issuance date; the effective period of an internal security control badge/permit with short-term use is the same as that of the airport/aerodrome security control badge/permit with short-term use specified in Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article.

- Designs of airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits are provided in the Appendix XXVII hereof.

- Vietnamese airlines shall issue designs of crew identification badges; enterprises in charge of exclusive use restricted areas shall issue designs of internal security control badges and permits

These designs must not be identical with those of airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits and must be notified to the airports authorities and aviation security control forces in areas where the airlines and enterprises are operating.

- Foreign airlines must notify the design of the crew identification badge to the airports authorities and aviation security control forces in areas where the airlines are operating.

- Applicants eligible to be issued with airport/aerodrome security control badges and permits shall bear the costs of issuing badges and permits as prescribed by law.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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