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1.Signed on April 27, 2004; Entered into force on April 27, 2004.
 
APPENDIX 2 TO ANNEX 9 TO MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT NAT-I-845 BETW-
EEN THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN AND THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND
CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES QUALITY CON-
TROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE QC/QA REVIEW SERVICES OF INSTRUMENT FLIG-
HT PROCEDURES

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), through its designated
representative, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), may
provide specialists to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA
), the designated representative of the Taipei Economic and Cul-
tural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), to pe-
rform Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) review services.

ARTICLE II-DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
A.AIT's designated representative, the FAA, may perform QC/QA
review services for the following instrument flight procedures
at Chiang Kai Shek (CKS) Airport, Taiwan, in order to perform
flight inspection of the same:
4 Arrivals
Billy 1 RNAV arrival
Bravo 1 RNAV arrival
Lavos 1 RNAV arrival
Sepia 1 RNAV arrival
2 Departures
Ajent 2 RNAV Departure
Nepas 2 RNAV Departure
B.The QC/QA review services shall be performed by AIT's designa-
ted representative, the FAA, at the National Flight Procedures
Offices (AVN-100) located at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA and is estimated to
require approximately 72 hours.
1.Upon the satisfactory completion of the QC/QA review, AIT's
designated representative, the FAA, shall conduct a flight
inspection pursuant to Annex 8 to the Agreement, No written
report of the QC/QA review shall be provided.
2.In the event of an unsatisfactory QC/QA review of an instru-
ment flight procedure, AIT's designated representative, the
FAA, shall notify the CAA, the designated representative of
TECRO, with an explanation of the discrepancies that must be
corrected to meet flight inspection requirements. AIT's des-
ignated representative, the FAA, shall not conduct a flight
inspection of the instrument flight procedure until the dis-
crepancies are corrected by the CAA, the designated represe-
ntative of TECRO.
C.Should additional services be required, the date, duration,
and estimated cost of such services shall be agreed to by the
parties in a written amendment to this Appendix or in a separ-
ate Appendix.

ARTICLE III - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AIT's designated representative, the FAA, requires QC/QA review
services provided under this Appendix shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions:
A.TECRO's designated representative, the CAA, shall provide the
information and data described in Attachment 1 and all other
information and data AIT's designated representative, the FAA
, may request in support of the services provided under this
Appendix or future Appendices. All information and data shall
be provided in the English language, with TECRO's designated
representative, the CAA, bearing the cost of any translation
of the materials into English.
B.The instrument flight procedures submitted for the QC/QA revi-
ew services by AIT's designated representative, the FAA, shall
conform to the U.S. Standard For Terminal Instrument Procedur-
es (TERPs) and associated orders.
C.TECRO's designated representative, the CAA, shall be solely
responsible for complying with any environmental requirements
under the laws and regulations of Taiwan that are applicable
to the instrument flight procedure services provided by AIT's
designated representative, the FAA, under this Annex and its
appendices.
D.TECRO's designated representative, the CAA, shall, at its own
expense, be responsible for:
1.Taking all actions necessary to adopt the instrument flight
procedures reviewed by AIT's designated representative, the
FAA, under this Appendix and its appendices, including acti-
ons regulating the airspace affected by an instrument flight
procedures;
2.Flight checking the instrument flight procedure before appr-
oving its operational use;
3.Providing notice through appropriate publications and other
means to aircraft operators, airmen, the public, and, if re-
quired, to ICAO of the adoption of any instrument flight pr-
ocedure reviewed by AIT's designated representative, the FAA
, under this Appendix and future Appendices;
4.Providing any engineering, survey, or other assistance requ-
ired to support the instrument flight procedures services by
AIT's designated representative, the FAA; and
5.Publishing air navigation charts and other appropriate mate-
rials showing the instrument flight procedures adopted by
the CAA.
6.The CAA, designated representative of TECRO, shall provide
AIT's designated representative, the FAA, with a point of
contact (POC) with authority to verify data or answer proce-
dural questions.

ARTICLE IV - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
A.The estimated cost for 72 hours of QC/QA review services is
seven thousand five hundred U.S. dollars (US $7,500.00).
B.AIT will require that TECRO, on behalf of its designated repr-
esentative, the CAA, reimburse the FAA for all the costs incu-
rred in providing the QC/QA review services under this append-
ix and an administrative overhead charge.
C.All bills shall contain a reference to the Appendix number NAT
-I-845-9-2 and billing number NB4529TW8 (which are the numbers
assigned by AIT's designated representative, the FAA, to iden-
tify this Appendix and which shall be referred to in all rela-
ted correspondence), and shall be supported with a summary of
charges. All bills shall be forwarded by AIT to TECRO at the
following address:

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office
4201 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016-2137

D.Reimbursements shall be forwarded to AIT at the following add-
ress:
American Institute in Taiwan
ATTN: Deputy Managing Director
1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1700
Arlington, VA 22209

ARTICLE V-ENTRY INTO FORCE AND TERMINATION
This Appendix shall enter into force on the date of the last si-
gnature and shall remain in force until the services described
herein are completed, unless this Appendix is terminated in acc-
ordance with Article X of the Agreement.

ARTICLE VI-AUTHORITY
AIT and TECRO agree to the provisions of this Appendix as indic-
ated by the signature of their duly authorized representatives.


AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE
UNITED STATES

BY: Barbara J. Schrage BY: Michael Tsai
TITLE: Deputy Managing TITLE:Deputy
Director Representative
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DATE: 1/6/2004 DATE:4/27/2004



ATTACHMENT 1
TO
APPENDIX 2
TO
NAT-I-845-9

The following information is required by the CAA, the designated
representative for TECRO, for the QC/QA review services of the
instrument flight procedures identified in ARTICLE I.A. of Appe-
ndix 2 to NAT-I-845-9.

Obstacle and Terrain Data
1.Technical data and charts in a condition and form suitable for
accurately determining the location and elevation of natural
and man-made obstacles and terrain features.
2.The following detailed aeronautical charts of the areas to be
covered by the instrument flight procedure:
a.Charts to a scale of 1:24,000 to 1:25,000 if available, if
not, charts to a scale of 1:50,000 or available charts of
similar scale, shall be provided for the area within approx-
imately ten (10) nautical mile radius of the airport, helip-
ort, and all other air navigation facilities incorporated in
the instrument flight procedure design, Additionally, when
the FAA is performing QC/QA review services of a new Instru-
ment Flight Procedure (IFP), not previously flight inspected
by the FAA, a depiction of the new IFP must be drawn on this
chart.
b.Charts to a scale of approximately 1:250,000 and 1:500,000
for the area within approximately fifty (50) nautical mile
radius of the airport, heliport, and all other air navigati-
on facilities incorporated in the instrument flight procedu-
re design, and
c.Airport Diagram Charts to include obstacles.
Aeronautical Information Publication Data
Reproduced pages from the Comprehensive Aeronautical Inform-
ation Publication, shall included the following information:
1.Location of the primary and secondary altimeter reference
source (International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
identifier or latitude and longitude in WGS-84 or equival-
ent datum) used in the instrument flight procedure.
2.Location of available terminal weather reporting stations,
ICAO identifier of latitude and longitude in WGS-84 or eq-
uivalent datum and the hours of operation.
3.The ICAO identifier for the controlling air traffic facil-
ity for the instrument flight procedure and the point of
contact for the facility.

Navigational Aid Data
1.Using the format set forth in Figure 1 to this Annex, for each
instrument landing system (ILS), microwave landing system (MLS
), transponder landing system (TLS), global navigation satell-
ite system (GNSS) precision/non-precision approach system, and
any other terminal approach systems (i.e. very high frequency
omni-directional range (VOR), non-directional beacons (NDB),
etc), for which the FAA will perform instrument flight proced-
ures services, the latitude and longitude coordinates to the
nearest 1/100th of a second and in WGS-84 or equivalent datum
of the following navigation aid components:
a.The localizer/azimuth antenna;
b.The glideslope/elevation antenna;
c.The on airport DME antenna;
d.The marker beacon antennas; and
e.The compass locator antennas.
2.Using the format set forth in Figure 1 to this Annex, for each
ILS, MLS, TLS, VOR, NDB, or any other terminal approach system
for which the FAA will perform instrument flight procedures
services, the following navigational aid component data are
required:
a.The distance form all navigational aid component antennas to
the runway centerline or extended runway centerline as meas-
ured along a line extending from the centerline at a ninety
degree (90 O) angle to the component.
b.For all navigational aid component antennas located on the
runway centerline or extended runway centerline, the distan-
ces from these antennas to the approach and stop ends of the
runway.
c.For all navigational aid component antennas that are offset
from the runway centerline or extended runway centerline,
the distance, as measured along a line parallel to the cent-
erline or extended centerline, from the antenna to a point
located at a ninety degree (90O) angle from the runway thre-
shold and stop end.
d.The mean sea level to the nearest foot at:
i.The base of each antenna of the ILS, MLS, or TLS; VOR, NDB
, and
ii.The point along the runway centerline at the aiming point
.
e.The distance from the aiming point to the localizer antenna
as measured along the runway centerline and extended runway
centerline.
f.The magnetic compass heading from the front course runway
threshold at the centerline to each navigational aid compon-
ent antennas.
g.The monitoring source, category, and hours of monitoring for
each navigational aid.
3.Latitude and longitude coordinates to the nearest 1/100th of a
second and in WGS-84 or equivalent datum of all en route navi-
gation facilities, including associated components, incorpora-
ted in the instrument flight procedures design as appropriate.
a.The magnetic variation of airport or Heliport/Vertiport and
ground based facilities:
b.Type of surveys (WGS-84 or equivalent data)
c.Type of lighting (RWY, ALS, VGSI)
d.Any restricted, warning, or no-fly areas

Airport Data
1.Airport layout plans;
2.Using the format set forth in Figure 1 to this Annex, for
each ILS, MLS, TLS, VOR, NDB, GNSS precision/non-precision ap-
proach system, for which the FAA will perform QC/QA review se-
rvices, the following runway data is required.
a.Latitude and longitude coordinates to the nearest 1/100th of
a second and in WGS-84 or equivalent datum of (a) the runway
thresholds at the centerline, (b) runway stop ends at the
centerline, (c) any displaced thresholds, and (d) the point
at which a line from the glideslope/elevation antenna inter-
sects the runway centerline at a ninety degree (90 O) angle
(the aiming point);
b.Runway length to the nearest foot and any displaced distanc-
es to the nearest foot;
c.Runway front and back course magnetic compass headings to
the nearest 1/100th of a second.
d.Mean sea level elevation to the nearest foot at the runway
threshold, runway stop end, and any displaced thresholds;
and
e.Runway aircraft category and wheel height group.