The Ministry of Transport ("MOT") has recently issued the Decision on Revising the Administrative Provisions for Opening and Operating Navigation Equipment for Civil Aviation Use (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft for Comment") for public consultation by January 12, 2018.
According to the Draft for Comment, the first item under the Article 8 is revised to read "1. Tables (stations) of equipment shall be set up and installed in accordance with applicable provisions of the State and the civil aviation administration and also pass the acceptance inspections;"; the Article 10 is revised to read "the local administration shall preliminarily examine application materials submitted by an applicant and put forward its examination opinions, within 20 working days upon acceptance of the application, and then submit its opinions for the preliminary examination together with the application materials to the Civil Aviation Administration of China ("CAAC") for further review"; and the Article 23 is revised to read "any aviation equipment that has been opened as licensed and under normal operation shall not be turned off without approval". In addition, provisions removed, as stated in the Draft for Comment, include the fourth item under the original Article 8, the third and fourth items under the original Article 9, and the original Article 16 through Article 18.