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(1). The agreed services may be inaugurated immediately or at a later date at the option of the contracting party to whom the rights are granted, but not before (a) the contracting party to whom the rights have been granted has designated an air carrier or carriers for the specified route or routes, and (b) the contracting party granting the rights has given the appropriate operating permission to the air carrier or carriers concerned (which, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this article and of Article 7, it shall do without undue delay).
(2). The designated air carrier or carriers may be required to satisfy the aeronautical authorities of the contracting party granting the rights that it or they is or are qualified to fulfill the conditions prescribed by or under the laws and regulations normally applied by these authorities to the operations of commercial air carriers.
(3). In areas of military occupation, or in areas affected thereby, such inauguration will continue to be subject, where necessary, to the approval of the competent military authorities.