Artikel 9

1. Each Party shall, on the basis of reciprocity, exempt a Designated Airline of the other Party to the fullest extent possible under its national law from import restrictions, customs duties, excise taxes, inspection fees and other national duties and charges, not based on the cost of services provided on arrival, on aircraft, fuel, lubricating oils, consumable technical supplies, spare parts including engines, regular aircraft equipment, aircraft stores and other items, such as printed ticket stock, air waybills, any printed material which bears the insignia of the company printed thereon and usual publicity material distributed free of charge by that Designated Airline intended for use or used solely in connection with the operation or servicing of aircraft of the Designated Airline of such other Party operating the Agreed Services.
2. With regard to regular equipment, spare parts, supplies of fuels and lubricants and aircraft stores introduced into the Territory of one Party by or on behalf of a Designated Airline of the other Party or taken on board the aircraft operated by such Airline and intended solely for use on board aircraft while operating international services, no duties and charges, including customs duties and inspection fees imposed in the Territory of the first Party, shall be applied, even when these supplies are to be used on the parts of the journey performed over the Territory of the Party in which they are taken on board. The items referred to above may be required to be kept under customs supervision and control. The provisions of this paragraph cannot be interpreted in such a way that a Party can be made subject to the obligation to refund customs duties which already have been levied on the items specified in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. The exemptions granted by this Article shall apply to the items referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article:
a) introduced into the Territory of the Party by or on behalf of the Designated Airline of the other Party;
b) retained on board aircraft of the Designated Airline of one Party upon arrival in or leaving the Territory of the other Party; or
c) taken on board aircraft of the Designated Airline of one Party in the Territory of the other Party and intended for use in operating the Agreed Services,
whether or not such items are used or consumed wholly within the Territory of the Party granting the exemption, provided that the ownership of such items is not transferred in the Territory of the said Party.
4. Regular airborne equipment, spare parts, supplies fuels and lubricants and aircraft stores retained on board the aircraft of either Party may be unloaded in the Territory of the other Party only with the approval of the customs authorities of that Party, who may require that items be placed under their supervision up to such time as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance with customs regulations.
5. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent either Party from imposing, on a non-discriminatory basis, taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its Territory for use in an aircraft of a Designated Airline of the other Party that operates between a point or points in the Territory of the first Party and another point in the Territory of that Party or a point in the Territory of another European Union Member State or a Member State of the European Economic Area or a Member State to the European Free Trade Association.