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1. Each Contracting Party may allow any carrier established in the territory of another Contracting Party to carry out any transport of goods or passengers:
a. between any point in its territory and any point outside that territory,
b. in transit through its territory, and
c. within its territory (cabotage), subject to permits, except if otherwise agreed upon by the Joint Committee, to be issued by the competent authorities or other empowered organizations of each Contracting Party.
2. In any case no permits shall be required for the following types of transport or for unladen journeys made in conjunction with such transport:
- carriage of mail as a public service;
- carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown;
- the carriage of goods in motor vehicles, the permissible laden weight of which, including that of trailers, does not exceed 6 tons or the permissible payload of which, including that of trailers, does not exceed 3,5 tons;
- carriage of medical goods and equipment or other goods necessary in case of emergency, in particular for natural disasters.