Media reported on plans to strip all authority MAK – Lenta.ru

The Russian government is discussing withdrawal from the CIS aviasoglasheny that lead to deprivation of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) of the remaining powers. Writes about this on Monday, July 18, “Kommersant” with reference to its sources.

According to the publication, in June, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich instructed to study the possibility of transferring the IAC CIS mandate to investigate air accidents Russian authorities. At the same time it is planned output RF from the agreements on civil aviation and the use of airspace by 1991, as well as on the conditions of the IAC in the territory of the Russian Federation of 1995.

As the source MAC deprivation initiative powers to investigate air accidents discussed on the sidelines “for some time”. In particular, the ability to transfer these functions to the Centre to ensure the investigation of accidents at the Ministry of Defense.

The objections concerning the release of aviasoglasheny possible, according to one of the “Kommersant” sources have already stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Smolensk Square say that such a step can be regarded as “RF lack of interest in regional cooperation in the field of civil aviation and the inability to influence regional processes in this area.” In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that before the Review MAC powers to investigate air accidents need to create a similar national framework, which would recognize other states.

In November 2015, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has deprived the MAC of the powers entrusted pass the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Industry and the Federal air Transport Agency functions of the certification of aircraft, engines and airfields. The Prime Minister emphasized that previously these functions were delegated to the IAC, “in fact, on a voluntary basis.” According to him, a number of powers were transferred to the MAC 25 years ago.

IAC was established on the basis of the signed in December 1991, the intergovernmental “Agreement on Civil Aviation and Use of Airspace”. Its members, except Russia, a number of countries in the post-Soviet space. In addition to certification, the MAC is authorized to conduct investigations of accidents and disasters on the territory of States parties to the agreement.