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- Aircraft operating on International Air Services by the Designated Airline(s) of either Contracting Party, as well as their regular equipment, spare parts (including engines), supplies or fuels and lubricants, other consumable technical supplies and Stores carried on board such aircraft shall be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity and in accordance with applicable law, from all customs duties, inspection fees and other similar duties or charges, on arrival in the Territory of the other Contracting Party, provided such equipment, supplies and Stores remain on board the aircraft up to such time as they are re-exported, or are used on the part of the journey performed over that Territory.
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- There shall also be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity, following the procedures established in the customs legislation in force of each Contracting Party, from all customs duties, inspection fees and other similar duties or charges, with the exception of charges corresponding to the service performed:
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- a)Stores taken on board in the Territory of one Contracting Party, within limits fixed by the competent authorities of that Contracting Party, and for use on board outbound aircraft engaged in International Air Service by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party;
- b)Spare parts (including engines) and regular equipment introduced into the Territory of either Contracting Party for the maintenance or repair of aircraft used on International Air Service by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party;
- c)Fuels, lubricants and other technical supplies destined to supply outbound aircraft operated on International Air Service by the Designated Airline(s) of the other Contracting Party, even when these supplies are to be used on the part of the journey performed over the Territory of the Contracting Party in which they are taken aboard;
- d)Airline documentation (such as Airline tickets and air waybills) as well as publicity material distributed without charge by that Designated Airline(s), which bears insignia of a Designated Airline of one Contracting Party introduced in the Territory of the other Contracting Party.
- All items referred to above may be required to be kept under customs supervision and control. The provisions of this paragraph cannot be interpreted in such a way that a Contracting Party can be made subject to the obligation to refund customs duties which already have been levied on the items referred to above.
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- The regular equipment, spare parts, Stores as well as the material and supplies of fuels, lubricants and other consumable technical supplies retained on board the aircraft of the Designated Airline(s) of either Contracting Party, may be unloaded in the Territory of the other Contracting Party only with the approval of the customs authorities of that Contracting Party, who may require that these materials be placed under their supervision or control up to such time as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs legislation in force of the Contracting Party.
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- Passengers, baggage, cargo and mail in direct transit across the Territory of one Contracting Party and not leaving the area of the airport reserved for such purpose shall only be subject to a simplified control, except in respect of security measures against violence and air piracy. In this regard, baggage, cargo and mail in direct transit shall be exempt, on the basis of reciprocity and in accordance with applicable law, from all customs duties, inspection fees and other similar duties or charges.
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- The exemptions provided by this Article shall also be available in situations where a Designated Airline of either Contracting Party have entered into arrangements with another Airline, which similarly enjoys such exemptions from the other Contracting Party, for the loan or transfer in the Territory of the other Contracting Party of the items specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.
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- Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Kingdom of the Netherlands from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in the Territory of the European part of the Netherlands for use in an aircraft of a Designated Airline of the United Mexican States that operates between a point in the Territory of the European part of the Netherlands and another point in the Territory of the European part or the Netherlands or in the Territory of another EU Member State.
