GEN 1.6 Summary of national regulations and international agreements/conventions

1 General

Following is a list of civil aviation legislation, air navigation regulations and other relevant regulations in force in Georgia affecting air navigation. It is essential that persons engaged in air operations be acquainted with relevant regulations. Copies of the documents may be obtained from the CAA website (www.gcaa.ge).

1.1 Aviation Act
  • Georgian Air Code;
  • The Law of Georgia "On the Management and Regulation of the Field of Transport".
1.2 Civil Air Navigation Regulations
  • Georgian CAA Order No 113 "Rules of the Air in Georgian Airspace";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 660 "The Structure and design of Airspace of Georgia";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 325 "Rules of Meteorological Provision of Georgian Civil Aviation";
  • Ministerial Order No 1-1/583 "The Statute of the Legal Entity of Public Law - Civil Aviation Agency";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 595 "Rules of the Radio Communication and Phraseology in Aviation";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 471 "Rules of the Aeronautical Information and Data Origination";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 24 "Rules of the Aeronautical Information Service";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 22 "Rules of the Flight procedure Design";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 3 "Rules of the Aeronautical Charts";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 47 "Rules of the Aeronautical Telecommunication";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 72 "Rules of the Flight Check of Navigation AIDs".
1.3 Air Traffic Regulations
  • Georgian CAA Order No 52 "Manual of Air traffic Services in Georgian Airspace";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 514 "Manual on Flexible Use of Airspace";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 59 "Aerodrome Flight Information Service Manual".
1.4 Safety Regulations
  • Georgian CAA Order No 166 "Manual on Inspection and Supervision of Aviation-related Activities";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 17 "Occurrence Reporting Rule";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 206 "The General Rule of Safety Management System";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 208 "The Rule of Runway Safety Team";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 185 "Rules of the Oversight of Changes in ANSP";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 87 "Technical Norms of Design and Operation of Civil Aerodromes/Heliports".
1.5 Certification Rules
  • Georgian CAA Order No 150 "Aviation Personnel Certification Rules";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 221 "Civil Aviation Training Organization Certification Rules";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 202 "Aviation Personnel Medical Certification Rules";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 119 "The Rules of Certification of Air traffic Services and Facilities";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 267 "The Aerodrome Certification Rules";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 81 "Certification of Refueling Organization";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 262 "Rules of the Certification of Aviation Technical Maintenance Organization";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 264 "Rules of the Certification of the Air Cargo Terminals and Forms of Certificates";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 208 "Rules of the Issuance of Aircraft Radio Station Certificate";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 209 "Rule of the Issuance of Aircraft Airworthiness and Noise Certificates".
1.6 International agreements/conventions
  • Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, December 07, 1944);
  • Protocol on the Authentic Trilingual Text of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (The Chicago Convention 1968);
  • Protocol relating to an amendment to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Article 83 bis (The Montreal, October 06, 1980);
  • Protocol relating to an amendment to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Article 3 bis (The Montreal, May 10, 1984);
  • International Air Services Transit Agreement (December 07, 1944);
  • Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (The Tokyo Convention 1963);
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (October 14, 1971);
  • Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (January 26, 1973);
  • Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (The Montreal 1988);
  • Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (The Montreal 1991);
  • Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (The Montreal, May 28, 1999);
  • Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Georgia
  • Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town, November 16, 2001);
  • EUROCONTROL International Convention relating to Co-operation for the safety of Air navigation (December 13,1960);
  • Amended EUROCONTROL Convention and Multilateral Agreement relating to Route Charges (February 12, 1981);
  • Protocol consolidating the EUROCONTROL Convention - the "Revised Convention" (June 27, 1997);
  • Protocol on the Accession of the European Community to the EUROCONTROL Convention (October 8, 2002).
1.7 Miscellaneous
  • Regulation on the Application of Charges for the Services Rendered in the Airspace and Airports of Georgia;
  • Georgian CAA Order No 16 "The Rules on Provision of Assistance to Disabled Persons and Persons with Reduced Mobility when Travelling by Air";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 122 "The Rules on Compensation and Assistance to Passengers in the Event of Denied Boarding and of Cancellation or Long Delay of Flights";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 196 "The Rules and Procedures of the Issuance of Aerial Works and/or Non-Regular International Air Transportation Permissions";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 23 "The Rule on Designation of Air-Carriers Registered in Georgia to carry out Regular International Air Transportation, Approval of Flight Schedules for designated Air-Carriers and Approval of Air-Carriers Designations Carried by Foreign Countries";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 263 "Dangerous Goods Transportation Rules by Air";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 95 "Insurance Requirements of the OL Holders";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 96 "Air Carrier Liability in case of passenger death/injury, delay of passenger or baggage and loose, damage or destroy of the baggage";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 428 "Rules of the Interception of Aircraft";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 336 "Rules of the Search and Rescue";
  • Georgian CAA Order No 205 "The Rule on State Registration of Civil Aircraft of Georgia";
  • Georgian Government Decree No 53 "The Aviation Technical Maintenance Rule".