In the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland under item 1982 a new Regulation of the Council of Ministers of November 6, 2020 has been published. It prolongs the international flight ban till November 24, 2020. The Regulation enters into force on November 11, 2020.
The flight ban refers to international flights of civil aircraft to airports entered to the civil airports register and airfields on the airfield list of the Republic of Poland from the following airports:
1) Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2) Montenegro;
3) Georgia;
4) the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;
5) the Argentine Republic;
6) the Republic of Armenia;
7) the Republic of Costa Rica;
8) the Republic of Lebanon;
9) the Republic of North Macedonia;
10) the United States of America, except for airports located in the States of Illinois and New York.
The above-mentioned ban does not refer to aircraft performing international flights:
1) at the order or with a permit of the Prime Minister;
2) with a permit of the President of the Civil Aviation Authority;
3) mentioned in Art. 76 item 1 of the Act of July 3, 2002 – Aviation Law;
4) performed for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and for the needs of foreign armed forces performing tasks on the territory of the Republic of Poland as defined in the Act of September 23, 1999 on the rules of the stay of foreign armed forces on the territory of the Republic of Poland and the rules of their movement through that territory (the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland of 2018, item 2110);
5) chartered before the entrance into force of the Regulation at the order of a tour operator or an entity acting at its order;
6) from airports located in states which notified to Poland the introduction of solutions guaranteeing that only passengers with a negative SARS-CoV-2 test are allowed on board of aircraft.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs publishes in their Official Journal an announcement with a list of states which notified to the Republic of Poland the introduction of solutions mentioned in paragraph 6 above.
At present, the announcement of October 29, 2020, published in the Official Journal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, includes the State of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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