Facilities Annex Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden met betrekking tot Aruba en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika inzake douanevoorinspectie
a) The Minister of Aruba in charge of Transportation or his designee shall provide United States Federal Inspection Services (FIS) inspection facilities and inspectional configurations as published in the 1992 edition of "Guidelines for Federal Inspection Facilities at Airports" (Appendix A-SK #2- Preclearance FIS Facility). Preclearance inspectional services will commence upon the operationally acceptable completion of all facility modifications, as required by previously negotiated specifications and agreements.
b) Regarding the Preclearance Area as defined in Article I (d) of the Agreement,
(i) In the commercial environment, the Preclearance Area consists of the queuing area used exclusively for preclearance purposes clearly demarcated in front of the primary inspection area; U.S. inspection agencies' primary and secondary examination/inspection areas: the departure lounges for flights bound for the territory of the United States; connecting corridors, baggage make-up areas and tarmac areas designated for aircraft which will carry precleared passengers, crew and baggage; aircraft destined for the territory of the United States that are to be precleared; processing and/or waiting areas or areas containing kiosks or other equipment associated with U.S. expedited/trusted traveler membership programs (such as International Expedited Traveler (IET), NEXUS Air, US PASS), if applicable; and all designated conveyances for precleared passengers or crew used for the transportation of passengers or crew between sterile areas of terminals or from the terminal to the departing aircraft (e.g. buses).
(ii) When travelers cannot board a departing aircraft by means of a connecting corridor or designated conveyance, the Preclearance Area shall also include a clearly demarcated area leading to that aircraft for the period of time during which boarding takes place.
(iii) With respect to the preclearance of private aircraft, the area consists of: the private aircraft processing facility, to include primary and secondary examination areas and any passenger waiting lounge; tarmac areas designated for private aircraft which will carry precleared passengers, crew and baggage; and any private aircraft that is destined for the territory of the United States and is waiting to be precleared or has been precleared.
c) Prior to commencement of preclearance operations, the Minister of Aruba in charge of Transportation or his designee shall:
(i) Provide for such passenger comforts as a central climatic control device that includes air conditioning.
(ii) Provide suitable seating accommodations in the sterile hold room that will be conducive to passenger comforts.
(iii) Provide for adequate janitorial services in the preclearance area, as well as perform any necessary repairs or maintenance.
(iv) Provide hooded baggage conveyor systems that will insure adequate security as directed by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security for the transport of the precleared baggage to a segregated baggage make-up area.
(v) Provide baggage make-up areas that will be secured with nine gauge chain link fence 8 feet high, topped with 3 strands of wire. The gates used to secure these enclosures shall be equipped with adequate locking mechanisms.
(vi) Ensure that preclearance air passengers are not allowed to commingle with other arriving or departing passengers.
(vii) Provide shower facilities with hot and cold running water, adequate office space for inspectors, storage space and adequate secure contiguous parking.
(viii) Ensure that, during the hours of operation of the U.S. inspection agencies, a continuous armed law enforcement presence exists in the Preclearance Area(s).
d) Subject to availability of funds, the Government of the United States of America shall commence preclearance for private aircraft within a reasonable time after a suitable preclearance facility in accordance with CBP's Airport Technical Design Standards for that service is made available.
- Regeling
- Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden met betrekking tot Aruba en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika inzake douanevoorinspectie
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 07-01-2009
- BWB-id
- BWBV0001956
- Versie
- 2009-01-07_0