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1. Each Contracting Party shall allow a fair, equal, and nondiscriminatory opportunity for the designated airlines of both Contracting Parties to compete with the designated airlines of the other Contracting Party.
2. Neither Contracting Party shall unilaterally limit the volume of traffic, frequency or regularity of service, or the aircraft type or types operated by the designated airlines of the other Contracting Party, except as may be required for customs, technical, operational or environmental reasons under uniform conditions consistent with Article 15 of the Convention.
3. Neither Contracting Party shall impose on the other Contracting Party's designated airlines a first refusal requirement, uplift ratio, no-objection fee, or any other requirement with respect to the capacity, frequency or traffic which would be inconsistent with the purposes of this Agreement.
4. Neither Contracting Party shall require the filing of schedules, programs for charter flights, or operational plans by airlines of the other Contracting Party for approval, except as may be required on a non-discriminatory basis to enforce uniform conditions as foreseen by paragraph (2) of this Article or as may be specifically authorized in this Agreement. If a Contracting Party requires filings for information purposes, it shall minimize the administrative burdens of filing requirements and procedures on air transportation intermediaries and on designated airlines of the other Contracting Party.