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1. The provisions of this Agreement apply to the carriage of goods and passengers by road for hire or reward or on own account between the Contracting Parties, in transit through their territories, to or from third countries and to the carriage of goods and passengers within the territory of a Contracting Party, called hereafter cabotage, effectuated by carriers with vehicles as defined in Article 2.
2. The Contracting Parties shall ensure the rights and obligations arising from agreements concluded between the European Community and the Baltic States.
Each of the Contracting Parties which is a member state of the European Communities will apply this Agreement in accordance with its obligations under the treaties establishing the European Communities, as amended or supplemented.
3. Each Contracting Party which is a party to the treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union will apply this Agreement in accordance with the obligations under this treaty, as amended or supplemented.