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1. Scheduled motor-bus services between the two countries or in transit through their territories shall be approved by common consent by the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties.
2. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall issue the licence for the part of the operation across their territory, on a basis of reciprocity, except in cases where the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties decide otherwise.
3. The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall draw up in joint consultation the conditions on which the licences shall be issued; they shall notably decide on the duration of the licences, and on the form in which they approve the frequency of the transport-operations, the time-table and the scale of fares to be applied.
4. Applications for licences must be accompanied by the necessary documentation (intended itinerary, time-table and scale of fares, annual operation programme, indication of the date envisaged for initiating the service).
In addition, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may ask for such other information as they deem useful.