**1.** Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party the following rights for the purpose of operating international air services by the airline designated by the other Contracting Party:
to fly across its territory without landing;
to make stops in said territory for non-traffic purposes.
**2.** Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party the rights specified in this Agreement for the purpose of establishing scheduled international air services on the routes specified in the appropriate Section of the Schedule annexed to this Agreement. Such services and routes are hereafter called “the agreed services" and “the specified routes" respectively.
While operating agreed services on a specified route the airlines designated by each Contracting Party shall enjoy in addition to the rights specified in paragraph 1 of this Article the right to make stops in the territory of the other Contracting Party at the points specified for that route in the Schedule of this Agreement for the purpose of taking on board and discharging passengers and cargo including mail, in combination or separately.
**3.** Nothing contained in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be deemed to confer on the airline of one Contracting Party the privilege of taking on board, in the territory of the other Contracting Party, passengers and cargo including mail carried for hire or reward and destined for another point in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
**4.** If because of armed conflict, political disturbances or developments or special and unusual circumstances a designated airline of one Contracting Party is unable to operate a service on its normal routing, the other Contracting Party shall use its best efforts to facilitate the continued operation of such service through appropriate temporary rearrangement of routes.
Ingevolge artikel 1, derde lid, van de Overeenkomst tussen de Europese Gemeenschap en de regering van Nepal inzake bepaalde aspecten van luchtdiensten van 23 januari 2009 (Pb. EU L 41 van 12 februari 2009, blz. 5-11) wordt vanaf 1 mei 2009, wanneer in de Engelse tekst van het bilaterale Verdrag, met Bijlage, wordt verwezen naar „air carriers or airlines” van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dit begrepen als een verwijzing naar de door het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden aangewezen „air carriers or airlines” (Trb. 2012/188).
Artikel 3
Grant of Rights
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Koninkrijk Nepal inzake luchtdiensten· Arbitrage
Deze tekst geldt sinds 15 maart 1999