OREANDA-NEWS. July 13, 2009. Arif Mammadov, the director of the State Civil Aviation Administration, has participated in 31st session of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in Strasbourg.

SCAA reports that within the session Mammadov met the president of the International Civil Aviation Organization and ECAC high-ranking representatives.

On the basis of authority he was given by the Azerbaijani President Mammadov signed the Agreement on Aspects of Aviation Services between Azerbaijan and the EU that is continuation of the EU-Azerbaijan civil aviation co-operation agreement from 14 November 2004.

Besides, the European Aviation Security Agency (EASA) and 11 countries, including Azerbaijan, signed the Working Arrangement. First time this arrangement on behalf of Azerbaijan was signed by national airline AzAL on 6 December 2006. As ECAC’s associated body Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) was liquidated on 30 June 2009, the SCAA signed the Working Arrangement with EASA.