Determination of the Status of an Aircraft – Civil/State
At the fifth Meeting of its 203rd Session in November 2014, the Council agreed to add the item “Determination of the status of an aircraft – Civil/State” to the Work Programme of the Legal Committee. During the 36th Session of the Legal Committee, in response to working paper LC/36 WP/2-6 – State/Civil Aircraft Definition and Its Impact on Aviation, the Committee concluded that a questionnaire should be sent out inquiring about the practical problems States are facing due to the classification of “Civil/State aircraft”.
Consistent with the Committee’s recommendations, the questionnaire (State Letter LE 4/50 – 16/86) was distributed on 1 November 2016 and called on States to submit their responses by 1 February 2017. These responses will be analysed and reported to the 37th Session of the Legal Committee in September 2018.
