REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANILA
Manila,13 July 2011 No. 11-2004The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and, with reference to the Embassy’s Note No. MAN/AR 2011-08 dated 02 March 2011 on the Embassy’s proposal to replace Article III. a) of the Annex to the Air Transport Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of the Netherlands with a text reading as follows:
“Points not covered under the Routes under Annex 1 and Annex II respectively, as amended, may be served on flights operating to or through the territory of the other Contracting Party. However, local traffic rights between such points and the territory of the other Contracting Party shall be the subject of prior consultations”,
has the honor to convey to the Embassy that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines has no objection to the proposal.
The Department wishes to inform the Embassy that its Note and this Note in reply shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to enter into force on the date of this Note in reply.
The Department of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration.
