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A. The Competent Authorities shall conduct joint operational assessments of the civil aviation security infrastructure, programs, procedures, and processes established and implemented at the Preclearance Airport for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the mutually agreed standards as related to passenger and accessible property Screening operations in accordance with this Agreement and related annex or appendix referred to in Article III.A.
B. The Competent Authorities shall conduct periodic joint operational assessments of the Screening standards implemented at the Preclearance Airport to ensure that the standards and their implementation and performance are comparable to those implemented and performed at commercial airports in the United States.
C. The Competent Authorities shall coordinate on development of a mutually acceptable schedule of such joint operational assessments of the Preclearance Airport. Each joint operational assessment shall be scheduled at least sixty (60) days in advance of conducting such assessment.