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- Intermediate and beyond points may be served in any order and/or may be omitted at the choice of the designated airline.
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- Each designated airline shall have the right to exercise full commingling*)"commingling": any combination of points without the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights. and own stop-over traffic**)"own stop-over traffic": traffic booked on a designated airline, making a deliberate interruption agreed to in advance by the same designated airline at a point between the place of departure and the place of destination. rights on all points in the route schedule.
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- Each designated airline shall have the right to exercise full fifth freedom traffic rights on the following points:
- Intermediate points:
- The designated airline of Macau: two points at its own choice (rover points).
- The designated airline of the Netherlands: two points at its own choice (rover points), except Japan.
- Beyond points:
- For the designated airline of Macau: two points at its own choice (rover points) in Europe.
- For the designated airline of the Netherlands: two points at its own choice (rover points) in Asia/Oceania, except Japan.
- However, the total number of intermediate and beyond points that can be served with fifth freedom rights by each designated airline at any time, cannot exceed two (2).
- Further points for fifth freedom traffic rights may be operated after previous written agreement between the aeronautical authorities of both Contracting Parties.
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- Each designated airline shall have the right to operate on the specified routes a maximum of seven weekly return services with any type of aircraft in any configuration in accordance with the following timeframe:
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- a)Each designated airline shall have the right to start operations with at least two weekly services.
- b)As from the start of actual operations of a designated airline, the entitlements of both designated airlines shall be increased with one extra weekly service per year above the minimum of two frequencies.
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- No points in the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan may be served as an intermediate or beyond point for the provision of air transportation.
