Artikel 2

1. Whenever a station is designated in accordance with article 1, a zone shall be set up within which officials and agents of the competent administrations of the country adjoining the territory on which the station is established (hereinafter referred to as the “adjoining country”) shall be entitled to examine passengers crossing the frontier in either direction, their baggage and also parcels carried by international passenger trains.
2. As a general rule this zone shall comprise:
(a) a specified area of the station;
(b) passenger trains and the section of the track on which they stand throughout the whole period of the examination;
(c) such parts of platforms and tracks as may be agreed in each case by the competent administrations of the countries concerned; and
(d) passenger trains between the station and the frontier of the adjoining country.