Chapter II
REGISTRATION OF NATIONALITY OF AIRCRAFT
Section 1. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
Article 6.- Conditions for registration of nationality of aircraft for leased aircraft and temporary registration of nationality of aircraft
1. Aircraft under the ownership of foreign organizations or individuals that are leased without flight crews or leased-purchased by Vietnamese or individuals may be registered to bear Vietnamese nationality if they satisfy the conditions specified in Clause 2, Article 13 of the Civil Aviation Law of Vietnam. In case of lease-purchase or lease without flight crews for a term of 24 months or more, the involved aircraft shall be registered to bear Vietnamese nationality at least six months before it is put to operation in Vietnam.
2. Aircraft at the stage of manufacture, assembly or testing in Vietnam may be temporarily registered to bear Vietnamese nationality.
Article 7.- Dossiers of application for aircraft nationality registration
1. A dossier of application for aircraft nationality registration for aircraft specified in Clauses 4 and 5, Article 13 of the Civil Aviation Law of Vietnam comprises:
a/ An application for aircraft nationality registration that contains the following information: full name, address and telephone number of the registration applicant or the registrant; type of aircraft, aircraft serial number, maximum takeoff weight, name of the manufacturer, year of manufacture; type, quantity and identification marks of aircraft engines sought to be registered;
b/ Papers evidencing the legal status of the registration applicant or the registrant;
c/ Lawful documents of title of the aircraft;
d/ Certificate of non-registration issued by the manufacturer's country or certificate of deregistration issued by the country of registration.
e/ Documents on technical conditions of the aircraft, including: valid certificate of export airworthiness for aircraft manufactured overseas, type certificate issued or recognized by the Aviation Administration of Vietnam, and the manufacturer's valid written certification of satisfaction of design and manufacture conditions;
f/ Contract on aircraft purchase, lease or lease-purchase (if any);
g/ Receipt or paper certifying the payment of fee.
2. A dossier of application for temporary registration of aircraft nationality as defined in Clause 3, Article 13 of the Civil Aviation Law of Vietnam comprises:
a/ An application for aircraft nationality temporary registration that contains the following information: full name, address and telephone number of the registration applicant or the registrant; type of aircraft, aircraft serial number, maximum takeoff weight, name of the manufacturer, year of manufacture; type, quantity and identification marks of aircraft engines; reason for application for temporary registration; and proposed registration duration;
b/ Papers evidencing the legal status of the registration applicant or the registrant;
c/ Lawful documents of title of the aircraft;
d/ The Aviation Administration of Vietnam's certification that the aircraft is at the stage of manufacture, assembly or testing in Vietnam;
e/ Aircraft design dossier.
Article 8.- Registration of aircraft nationality
1. When the requirements specified at Points a, b and c, Clause 3, Article 5 of this Decree are met, the Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall enter information on the registration of aircraft nationality in the Aircraft Register of Vietnam and issue registration certificates of aircraft nationality or temporary registration certificates of aircraft nationality, made according to a set form (not printed herein).
2. A temporary registration certificate of aircraft nationality is valid for no more than 12 months and may be renewed once for no more than 12 months.
Article 9.- Deregistration of aircraft nationality
1. The Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall deregister aircraft nationality in the cases specified in Article 14 of the Civil Aviation Law of Vietnam.
2. The Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall effect temporary deregistration of aircraft nationality in the following cases:
a/ The temporary registration duration expires without any extension or the extended duration expires;
b/ The aircraft is no longer at the stage of manufacture, assembly or testing in Vietnam;
c/ Upon the request of the aircraft registrant.
3. Aircraft registrants shall promptly notify the Aviation Administration of Vietnam of cases that may lead to deregistration of aircraft nationality or temporary deregistration of aircraft nationality.
4. In case of deregistration upon the request of the aircraft registrant, the deregistration applicant shall send a dossier of application for deregistration to the Aviation Administration of Vietnam. Such a dossier comprises:
a/ An application that contains the following information: full name, address and telephone number of the deregistration applicant; type of aircraft, aircraft serial number, maximum takeoff weight, name of the manufacturer, nationality and registration mark; type, quantity and identification marks of aircraft engines; reason for application for deregistration; and serial number of the issued registration certificate;
b/ Issued registration certificate of aircraft nationality or temporary registration certificate of aircraft nationality;
c/ Documents proving the reason for deregistration.
5. After checking and assessing the dossier, the Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall enter those information in the Aircraft Register of Vietnam, issue a deregistration certificate of aircraft nationality, made according to a set form (not printed herein). The Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall withdraw the issued registration certificates of aircraft nationality or temporary registration certificates of aircraft nationality, except when those certificates are lost or destroyed together with the aircraft.
Section 2. NATIONALITY MARKS AND REGISTRATION MARKS
Article 10.- General requirements for the painting and affixture of nationality marks or registration marks
1. When in operation, aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality must be painted or affixed with nationality mark and registration mark.
2. Aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality must not be painted or affixed with any mark that has content or presentation similar to or possibly causing confusion with that of aircraft bearing another nationality.
3. The Aviation Administration of Vietnam shall notify the International Civil Aviation Organization of the nationality mark and registration mark of aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality.
Article 11.- Marks
1. The nationality mark or registration mark of aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality is a combination of letter and numeral characters. The nationality mark is placed before the registration mark and separated from the latter by a hyphen "-".
2. The nationality mark of aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality consists of two upper-case Roman letters "VN". The Vietnam Airlines may use the national flag of Vietnam as the symbol accompanying the nationality mark.
3. The registration mark of aircraft bearing Vietnamese nationality consists of one of the following upper-case Roman letters followed by three Arabic numerals:
a/ "A" for aircraft with turbofan/turbojet engines;
b/ "B" for aircraft with turbo propeller engines;
c/ "C" for aircraft with pistol engines;
d/ "D" for aircraft with other aircraft.
Article 12.- Positions for painting or affixture and size of marks
1. The nationality mark and registration mark painted on or affixed to aircraft must be durable, clear and prominent in terms of position and presentation.
2. Requirements on the font and size of characters of the nationality mark and registration mark are as follows:
a/ Letters and numerals must be without ornamentation;
b/ Characters (except for hyphen) in the same group of marks must be of the same height;
c/ The width of a character (except for numeral 1) must be equal to two thirds of its height. The width of numeral 1 must be equal to one sixth of the height of each character.
d/ The lines of each character must be solid and of a color in contrast with the background of the mark position. The thickness of the lines is one sixth of the height of each character;
e/ The space between characters must be at least equal to one quarter of the width of each character.
3. The position and height of characters to be painted on or affixed to heavier-than-air aircraft are as follows:
a/ On wings: A mark shall be painted on or affixed to the lower surface of the left wing and possibly the whole lower surface of both wings in case the mark characters are required to extend across both wings. The mark shall be located equidistant from the leading and trailing edges of the wings with its top directed toward the leading edge of the wing. The height of the mark must be at least 50 cm.
b/ On the fuselage (other similar structure) and on the vertical tail surfaces: The mark must be at least 30 cm in height and be painted on or affixed to either of the following positions:
- Both sides of the fuselage in between the wings and the horizontal tail surface.
- The upper part of both sides, for single-vertical tail aircraft. The upper part of the outboard sides of the outer surfaces, for multi-vertical tail aircraft.
4. The marking of aircraft other than those specified in Clause 3 of this Article shall be decided by aircraft registrants in compliance with the provisions of Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article and approved by the Aviation Administration of Vietnam.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 70/2007/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)