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ARTICLE 4

(1) Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate through the

diplomatic channel to the other Contracting Party one or more airlines to operate

the agreed services on the routes specified in the Annex to the present Agreemento

(2) The substantial ownership and effective control of the airlines designated

by each Contracting Party shall remain vested in such Contracting Party or its

nationals.

(3) On receipt of such designation, the other Contracting Party shall, subject

to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Article, grant without delay to the

designated airlines of the first Contracting Party the appropriate operating

authorisation.

(4) The aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party may require the

airlines designated by the first Contracting Party to satisfy them that it is

qualified to fulfil the conditions prescribed under the laws and regulations

normally and reasonably applied to the operation of air services by the said

authorities.

(5) When an airline has been so designated and authorised it may operate the

agreed services, provided that a tariff established in accordance with the

provisions of Article 11 of the present Agreement is in force in respect of the

agreed services.

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