RECORD OF STATEMENTS MADE ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNATURE OF THE  
ASEAN-EU COMPREHENSIVE AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT  
On 2 June 2021, the delegations of the European Union (EU) and its Member States and the  
Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have concluded  
negotiations on the ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement between the  
Governments of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European  
Union and its Member States (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"). On the occasion of the  
signature of the Agreement, the following statements have been made:  
STATEMENT BY THE MEMBER STATES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN  
NATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES  
The ASEAN Member States, the EU, and its Member States will take all necessary steps in  
accordance with their respective applicable laws and regulations to bring the Agreement into force  
in accordance with Article 33 of the Agreement as expediently as possible. In the case of Malaysia,  
it will take all necessary steps in accordance with its respective applicable laws and regulations,  
taking into account Article N of the Agreement.  
The ASEAN Member States, the EU and its Member States express their intention to maintain close  
discussions and coordination, through the framework of the Joint Committee provided for under  
Article 23 of the Agreement, on responses to unexpected crisis events, such as the COVID-19  
pandemic, with the objective of mitigating, to the extent possible, any disruptive effects to air  
services.  
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STATEMENT BY THE MEMBER STATES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN  
NATIONS EXCEPT MALAYSIA AND THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION  
The competent aeronautical authorities of the ASEAN Member States and the EU Member States  
intend, to the extent permitted by their respective applicable laws and regulations, to extend  
favourable consideration to applications for air services and operating authorisations by each other's  
air carriers on terms equivalent to those of the Agreement, on the basis of comity and reciprocity, as  
from the date of signature of the Agreement and until its entry into force.  
STATEMENT BY MALAYSIA  
Malaysia may notify the Parties to the Agreement that its competent aeronautical authorities intend,  
to the extent permitted by its applicable laws and regulations, to extend favourable consideration to  
applications for air services and operating authorisations by air carriers of the EU on terms  
equivalent to those of the Agreement, on the basis of comity and reciprocity, as from the date  
specified in that notification and until the entry into force of the Agreement.  
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised to that effect, have signed this  
Record of Statements.  
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