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Article 3. Grant of rights
1. Each Contracting Party grants the other Contracting Party the rights specified in the present Agreement for the purpose of establishing its international scheduled air services on the routes specified in the annex.
2. Subject to the provisions of the present Agreement, the airline designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy the following rights:
- (a) To fly without landing across the territory of the other Contracting Party;
- (b) While operating on the specified routes, to make stops in the said territory for non-traffic purposes; and
- (c) While operating an agreed service on a specified route, to make stops in the territory of the other Contracting Party at the points specified for that route in the annex to the present Agreement for the purpose of putting down and taking on board international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail.
3. Nothing in paragraph 2 of this article shall be deemed to confer on the airline of one Contracting Party the right of taking up, in the territory of the other Contracting Party, passengers, cargo and mail for remuneration or hire and destined for another point in the territory of that other Contracting Party.
Article 4. Designation of airlines
1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in writing to the other Contracting Party one airline for the purpose of operating the agreed services on the routes specified in the annex.
2. On receipt of the designation, the other Contracting Party shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this article, without delay, grant the airline designated the appropriate operating authorization.
3. The Aeronautical Authorities of one Contracting Party may require the airline designated by the other Contracting Party to satisfy them that it is qualified to fulfil the conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations normally and reasonably applied to the operation of international commercial air services by such authorities in conformity with the provisions of the Convention.
4. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to refuse to accept the designation of an airline and to withhold or revoke the permission to an airline of the authorization specified in paragraph 2 of this article or to impose such conditions as it may deem necessary on the exercise by a designated airline of the rights in article 3 of this Agreement, in any case where it is not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control of that airline and of aircraft utilized in the operation of the specified route are vested in the Contracting Party designating the airline or in its nationals. Each Contracting Party undertakes to supply all documents relating to this matter which may be requested by the other Contracting Party.
5. When an airline has been so designated and authorized it may begin at any time to operate the agreed services, provided that a tariff established in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of this Agreement is in force in respect of these services.
Article 5. Revocation or suspension of operating authorizations
1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to revoke an operating authorization or to suspend the exercise of the rights specified in article 3 of thisVol. 1332. 1-22356