**1.** Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate, in writing through diplomatic channels, one or more airlines to operate the agreed services on each of the specified routes and to withdraw or alter such designations.
**2.** On receipt of such designation and of an application from a designated airline, in the form and manner prescribed for operating authorisation and technical permission, the aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party shall grant the appropriate operating authorisation and technical permission with minimum procedural delay, provided that:
the airline is established in and has a valid Air Operator’s Certificate in the other Contracting Party; or, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, is established in and has a valid Air Operator’s Certificate in a Caribbean Community Member State; and
effective regulatory control of the airline is exercised and maintained by the other Contracting Party; or, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, by a Caribbean Community Member State, in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, which is responsible for issuing its Air Operator’s Certificate and the relevant aeronautical authority is clearly identified in the designation; and
the airline is owned directly or through majority ownership by either Contracting Party or its nationals; or, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago, by any Caribbean Community Member State or nationals of such States in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph and shall at all times be effectively controlled by such States or its nationals; and
the airline is able to satisfy the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Party receiving the designation 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 such aeronautical authorities in conformity with the Convention; and
the Contracting Party designating the airline is in compliance with Article 8 (Aviation Safety) and Article 9 (Aviation Security) of this Agreement.
**3.** Each Contracting Party shall have the right to refuse to grant the operating authorisation and technical permission referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in any case where the provisions of this Article have not been met.
**4.** In the event that an airline has its principal place of business in a Contracting Party, the other Contracting Party may waive the condition set out in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 2.
**5.** On receipt of the operating authorisation and technical permission, a designated airline may at any time begin to operate the agreed services for which it is so designated, provided that the designated airline complies with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Artikel 3
Designation and Authorisation
Onderdeel van Verdrag inzake luchtvervoer tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, ten behoeve van Curaçao, en de Republiek Trinidad en Tobago· Arbitrage
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 september 2024