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(3) The tariffs referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article may be agreed by the designated airlines of the Contracting Parties seeking approval of the tariffs, which may consult other airlines operating over the whole or part of the same route before proposing such tariffs. However, a designated airline shall not be precluded from proposing, nor the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Parties from approving, any tariff if that airline shall have failed to obtain the agreement of the other designated airlines to such tariff, or because no other designated airline is operating on the same route. Reference in this and the preceding paragraph to "the same route" means the route operated, not the specified

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(4) Any proposed tariff for carriage between Hong Kong and Australia shall be filed with the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Parties by the designated airline or airlines seeking its approval in such form as the aeronautical authorities may separately require to disclose the particulars referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article. It shall be filed not less than 30 days (or such shorter period as the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Parties may agree) before the proposed effective date. The proposed tariff shall be treated as having been filed with the aeronautical authorities of a Contracting Party on the date on which it is received by those aeronautical authorities.

(5) Any proposed tariff for carriage between Hong Kong and Australia may be approved by the aeronautical authorities of a Contracting Party at any time and, provided it has been filed in accordance with paragraph (4) of this Article, shall be deemed to have been approved by the aeronautical authorities of that Contracting Party unless, within 21 days (or such shorter period as the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Parties may agree) after the date of filing, the

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