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- Computer reservation systems (hereinafter CRS) vendors operating in the Territory of one Contracting Party shall be entitled to bring in, maintain and make freely available their CRS to travel agencies or travel companies whose principal business is the distribution of travel-related products in the Territory of the other Contracting Party, provided the CRS complies with any relevant regulatory requirements of the other Contracting Party.
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- The Contracting Parties shall annul any existing requirement, which could restrict free access by one Contracting Party's CRS to the other Contracting Party's market or otherwise limit competition. The Contracting Parties shall refrain from adopting such requirements in the future.
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- Neither Contracting Party shall, in its Territory, impose or permit to be imposed on the CRS vendors of the other Contracting Party requirements with respect to CRS displays different from those imposed on its own CRS vendors or any other CRS operating on its market. Neither Contracting Party shall prevent the conclusion of agreements between CRS vendors, their providers and their subscribers related to the exchange of travel services information and which are facilitating the display of comprehensive and unbiased information to consumers or the fulfilment of regulatory requirements on neutral displays.
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- Owners and operators of CRS of one Contracting Party that comply with the relevant regulatory requirements of the other Contracting Party, if any, shall have the same opportunity to own CRS within the Territory of the other Contracting Party as do the owners and operators of any other CRS operating in the market of that Contracting Party.
