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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 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, unless otherwise agreed by the Joint Committee, to permits to be issued by the competent authorities or other authorized agencies of each Contracting Party.
2. No permits shall be required for the following types of transport or for unladen journeys made in conjunction with such transport:
a. carriage of mail as a public service;
b. carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown;
c. carriage of goods in motor vehicles, the permissible laden weight of which, including trailers, does not exceed six tons or the permissible payload of which, including trailers, does not exceed 3.5 tons;
d. carriage of medical goods and equipment or other goods necessary in case of emergency, in particular in the event of natural disasters;
e. transport on own account;
f. transport to and from intermodal terminals.
3. A carrier may not undertake cabotage, unless specially authorized thereto by the competent authorities or other authorized agencies of each Contracting Party.