Art. 6 Verdrag inzake luchtdiensten tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Sint Maarten, en de Republiek Finland — Exemption from Taxes, Customs Duties and other Charges

1. Aircraft operating on international air services by a designated airline of one Contracting Party, as well as their regular equipment, spare parts, supplies of fuel and lubricants, and aircraft stores (including food, beverages and tobacco) on board such aircraft shall be exempt from all taxes, customs duties, inspection fees and other similar charges on arriving in the territory of the other Contracting Party, provided such equipment, spare parts, supplies and stores remain on board the aircraft up to such time as they are re-exported or are used or consumed by such aircraft on flights over that territory. 2. There shall also be exempt from the taxes, duties, fees and charges referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, with the exception of charges based on the cost of the service provided: aircraft stores taken on board in the territory of one Contracting Party, within reasonable limits, for use on an outbound aircraft engaged in an international air service of a designated airline of the other Contracting Party; spare parts, including engines, introduced into the territory of one Contracting Party for the maintenance or repair of aircraft engaged in an international air service of a designated airline of the other Contracting Party; fuel, lubricants and consumable technical supplies introduced into or supplied in the territory of one Contracting Party for use in an international air service by a designated airline of the other Contracting Party, even when these supplies are to be used on the part of the journey performed over the territory of the first mentioned Contracting Party, in which territory they are taken on board; airline documents, such as tickets and air waybills, as well as publicity and promotional material within reasonable limits, intended for use by a designated airline of one Contracting Party and introduced into the territory of the other Contracting Party. 3. Materials referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article may be required to be kept under customs supervision or control. 4. The regular airborne equipment, as well as the materials, supplies and spare parts normally retained on board aircraft operated by a designated airline of one Contracting Party, may be unloaded in the territory of the other Contracting Party only with the approval of the customs authorities of that Contracting Party. In such case, they may be placed under the supervision of the said customs authorities up to such time as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations. 5. Baggage and cargo in direct transit across the territory of a Contracting Party shall be exempt from taxes, customs duties, fees and other similar charges not based on the cost of services on arrival or departure. 6. The exemptions provided for by this Article shall also be available where the designated airlines of one Contracting Party have contracted with another airline, which similarly enjoys such exemptions from the other Contracting Party, for the loan or transfer in the territory of the other Contracting Party of the items specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. 7. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Finland from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its territory for use in an aircraft of a designated airline of Sint Maarten that operates between a point in the territory of Finland and another point in the territory of Finland or in the territory of another European Union Member State.

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