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1. Each of the Contracting Parties can allow any carrier established in the territory of the other Contracting Party to carry out any transport of goods or passengers:
a. between any point in its territory and any point outside that territory, and
b. in transit through its territory, 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:
- transport on own account;
- carriage of mail as a public service;
- carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown;
- 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.
3. A carrier may not undertake cabotage, unless specially authorized thereto by the competent authorities or other empowered organizations of the Contracting Party where the transport will be performed.