18.
Within sixty calendar days after the submission of an action plan and comments by the audited State on the interim safety oversight audit report, a final safety oversight audit report will be completed by ICAO and made available to State [abbreviated name]. In addition to the information contained in the interim safety oversight audit report, as detailed in Article 15 above, the final safety oversight audit report will include comments provided by the audited State, the corrective actions proposed by the State and ICAO’s comments on the corrective actions proposed by the State.

19.
The State has thirty calendar days, after receiving the final safety oversight audit report, to provide further information and comments as applicable, after which the report, in its entirety, will be made available to all Contracting States through the secure website of ICAO.

20.
Within six months after State [abbreviated name] has submitted an action plan, officials from the ICAO accredited Regional Office may conduct a preliminary review to determine the progress made by State [abbreviated name] towards the implementation of the action plan.

21.
The  obligations and responsibilities for notifying to ICAO any difference or non-compliance with Standards contained in any ICAO Annex shall rest with State [abbreviated name]. Differences which exist between the national regulations and practices of State [abbreviated name] and ICAO Standards, which have been identified during the course of the safety oversight audit, and which will continue to exist when the final safety oversight audit report is issued, shall be deemed to have been notified to ICAO by State [abbreviated name]. ICAO will incorporate these differences in the Supplements to the appropriate Annexes and in any other relevant ICAO safety-related publication.

22.
State [abbreviated name] undertakes to remedy the identified deficiencies, and also agrees to any other subsequent safety oversight audit follow-up in due course, to confirm that the recommendations made by ICAO to State [abbreviated name] have been implemented as provided for in the action plan. Such audit follow-ups will lead to the production of a safety oversight audit follow-up report providing an updated status on the safety oversight situation in State [abbreviated name]. The latter will be given forty-five calendar days to provide its comments on the safety oversight audit follow-up report, after which the report will be made available to other Contracting States.

23.
Notwithstanding the right of the State to appeal the audit findings and the audit process, any difference or dispute concerning the interpretation or the application of this Memorandum of Understanding will be resolved by negotiation between the parties concerned.

For the CAA of State [long name] For the International Civil Aviation Organization
Title Secretary General
Date Date
Appendix C

CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF A SAFETY OVERSIGHT SYSTEM
　
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