**1.** Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party, except as otherwise specified in the Annex to this Agreement, the following rights for the conduct of International Air Services by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party on the Routes Specified in the Annex to this Agreement.
the right to fly across the Territory of the other Contracting Party without landing;
the right to make Stops for non-commercial traffic purposes in the Territory of the other Contracting Party;
while operating an Agreed Service on a Specified Route, the right to make stops in the Territory of the other Contracting Party for the purposes of taking up and discharging international traffic in passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, separately or in combination.
**2.** Nothing in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to grant the right for one Contracting Party’s Airline(s) to participate in air transportation between points in the Territory of the other Contracting Party (cabotage).
**3.** The exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights shall be subject to approval between the Aeronautical Authorities of both Contracting Parties, and may be agreed upon in an arrangement.
**4.** Irrespective of the Route Schedule, Airport Slots shall have to be requested and allocated prior to the actual operation of flights to and from the Slot Coordinated Airports.
CHAPTER II
Artikel 2
Grant of rights
Onderdeel van Verdrag inzake luchtdiensten tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Democratische Socialistische Republiek Sri Lanka· Arbitrage
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