Artikel 8

(1). Aircraft operated on international air services by a designated airline of either Contracting Party, their regular equipment, fuel, lubricants, spare parts including engines, and aircraft stores (including but not limited to such items as food, beverages and tobacco) which are on board such aircraft shall be relieved by the other Contracting Party on the basis of reciprocity from all customs duties, excise taxes and similar fees and charges not based on the cost of services provided on arrival, provided such equipment and supplies remain on board the aircraft.
(2). Regular equipment, spare parts, supplies of fuels and lubricants and aircraft stores as well as printed ticket stock, air waybills, any printed material which bears insignia of the company printed thereon and usual publicity material distributed without charge by that designated airline, introduced into the area of one Contracting Party by or on behalf of a designated airline of the other Contracting Party or taken on board the aircraft operated by such designated airline and intended solely for use on board aircraft in the operating of international services shall be relieved by the other Contracting Party on the basis of reciprocity from all customs duties, excise taxes and similar fees and charges not based on the cost of services provided on arrival, even when these supplies are to be used on the parts of the journey performed over the area of the Contracting Party in which they are taken on board. This provision shall not be interpreted in such a way that a Contracting Party may be made subject to the obligation to refund customs duties which have been levied on the items referred to above.
(3). The items referred to in paragraph (1) and (2) of this Article may be required to be kept under the supervision or control of the appropriate authorities.
(4). Regular airborne equipment, spare parts, supplies of fuels and lubricants and aircraft stores on board the aircraft of a designated airline of either Contracting Party may be unloaded in the area of the other Contracting Party only with the approval of the customs authorities of that Party who may require that these materials be placed under their supervision up to such time as they are reexported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations.