- (1)
- Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate in writing to the other Contracting Party one or more airlines for the purpose of operating the agreed services on the specified routes and to withdraw or alter such designations.
- (2)
- On receipt of such a designation the other Contracting Party shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article, without delay grant to the airline or airlines designated the appropriate operating authorisations.
- (3)
- The aeronautical authorities of one Contracting Party may require an airline designated by the other Contracting Party to satisfy them that it is duly licensed by the aeronautical authorities of the other Contracting Party and 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 authorities and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
- (4)
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- (a) The Government of Hong Kong shall have the right to refuse to grant the operating authorisations referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, or to impose such conditions as it may deem necessary on the exercise by a designated airline of the rights specified in Article 3(2) of this Agreement, in any case where it is not satisfied that substantial ownership and effective control of that airline are vested in the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands or its nationals or in both.
- (b)The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall have the right to refuse to grant the operating authorisations referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, or to impose such conditions as it may deem necessary on the exercise by a designated airline of the rights specified in Article 3(2) of this Agreement, in any case where it is not satisfied that that airline is incorporated and has its principal place usiness in Hong Kong.
- (5)
- When an airline has been so designated and authorised it may begin to operate the agreed services, provided that a tariff established in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of this Agreement is in force in respect of that service.
