Artikel 9

1. The States Parties shall, when possible, and in conformity with their national law, reduce or remove regulatory barriers to the use of telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief, including to the provision of telecommunication assistance.
2. Regulatory barriers may include, but are not limited to:
a) regulations restricting the import or export of telecommunication equipment;
b) regulations restricting the use of telecommunication equipment or of radio-frequency spectrum;
c) regulations restricting the movement of personnel who operate telecommunication equipment or who are essential to its effective use;
d) regulations restricting the transit of telecommunication resources into, out of and through the territory of a State Party; and
e) delays in the administration of such regulations.
3. Reduction of regulatory barriers may take the form of, but shall not be limited to:
a) revising regulations;
b) exempting specified telecommunication resources from the application of those regulations during the use of such resources for disaster mitigation and relief;
c) pre-clearance of telecommunication resources for use in disaster mitigation and relief, in compliance with those regulations;
d) recognition of foreign type-approval of telecommunication equipment and/or operating licenses;
e) expedited review of telecommunication resources for use in disaster mitigation and relief, in compliance with those regulations; and
f) temporary waiver of those regulations for the use of telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief.
4. Each State Party shall, at the request of any other State Party, and to the extent permitted by its national law, facilitate the transit into, out of and through its territory of personnel, equipment, materials and information involved in the use of telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief.
5. Each State Party shall notify the operational coordinator and the other States Parties, directly or through the operational coordinator, of:
a) measures taken, pursuant to this Convention, for reducing or removing such regulatory barriers;
b) procedures available, pursuant to this Convention, to States Parties, other States, non-State entities and/or intergovernmental organizations for the exemption of specified telecommunication resources used for disaster mitigation and relief from the application of such regulations, pre-clearance or expedited review of such resources in compliance with applicable regulations, acceptance of foreign type-approval of such resources, or temporary waiver of regulations otherwise applicable to such resources; and
c) the terms, conditions and restrictions, if any, associated with the use of such procedures.
6. The operational coordinator shall regularly and expeditiously make available to the States Parties, to other States, to non-State entities and to intergovernmental organizations an up-to-date listing of such measures, their scope, and the terms, conditions and restrictions, if any, associated with their use.
7. Nothing in this Article shall permit the violation or abrogation of obligations and responsibilities imposed by national law, international law, or multilateral or bilateral agreements, including obligations and responsibilities concerning customs and export controls.