**1.** Each Contracting Party may designate in writing to the other Contracting Party one or more airlines for the purpose of operating the agreed services on the specified routes and to withdraw or alter such designations.
**2.** On receipt of such a designation the other Contracting Party shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, without delay grant to the airline or airlines designated the appropriate operating authorisations.
**3.** The aeronautical authority of one Contracting Party may require an airline designated by the other Contracting Party to satisfy that authority that it is qualified to fulfil the conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations normally and reasonably applied to the operation of international air services by that authority in conformity with the provisions of the Chicago Convention.
**4.** Each Contracting Party may refuse to grant the operating authorisations referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, or impose such conditions as it may deem necessary on the exercise by a designated airline of the rights specified in Article 3, paragraph 2, of this Agreement, in any case where the said Contracting Party is not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control of that airline are vested in the Contracting Party designating the airline or in its nationals.
**5.** When an airline has been so designated and authorised it may begin to operate the agreed services, provided that the airline complies with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
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Designation and Authorisation of Airlines
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 december 2000