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1. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to designate one airline to operate the agreed services. The Aeronautical Authorities of the Contracting Party making the designation shall notify in writing the Aeronautical Authorities of the other Contracting Party of this designation.
2. The Contracting Party which has been notified of the designation shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, and Articles 4 and 5 of this Agreement, grant without delay the necessary operating authorization to the airline designated by the other Contracting Party.
3. The Aeronautical Authorities of one Contracting Party may require the airline designated by the other Contracting Party to prove that it is capable of satisfying the conditions prescribed by the laws and regulations normally applied by the said authorities, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, to the operation of international air services.
4. Each Contracting Party shall have the right not to grant the operating authorization referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, or to impose such conditions as it may deem necessary for the exercise by the designated airline of the rights specified in Article 2 of the present Agreement, if the said Contracting Party has no proof that a preponderant part of the ownership and effective control of that airline are vested in the Contracting Party that designated the airline or in the nationals thereof.
5. The designated airlines shall, no later than thirty (30) days before the commencement of the operation of the agreed services, inform the Aeronautical Authorities of the two Contracting Parties of the nature of the transport, the types of aircraft to be used and the schedules envisaged. The same rules shall apply to any subsequent changes.