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 2122 Reetrieted areas. AIR NAVIGATION-GERMANY. be subject to the general legislation in force in that territory, as well as the regulations in force therein relating to air traffic in general, to the transport of passengers and goods and to 'public safety and order in so far as these regulations apply to all foreign aircraft, their crews and passengers. Each of the Parties to this arrangement shall permit the import or export of all merchandise which may be legally imported or exported and also the carriage of passengers, subject to any customs, immigra- tion and quarantine restrictions, into or from their res{>ective terri- tories in the aircraft of the other Party, and such aircraft, their passengers and cargoes, shall enjoy the same privileges as and shall not be subjected to any other or higher duties or cha~es than those which the aircraft of the country, imposing such duties or charges, engaged in international commerce, and their cargoes and passengers, or the aircraft of any foreign country likewise engaged, and their caI"goes and passengers, enjoy or are subjected to. Each of the Parties to this arrangement may reserve to its own aircraft air commerce between any two points neither of which is in a foreign country. Nevertheless the aIrcraft of either Party may proceed from any aerodrome in the territory of the other Party which they are entitled to use to any other such aerodrome either for the purpose of landing the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers or of taking on board. the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers, provided that such cargoes are covered by through bills of lading, and such passen~ers hold through tickets, issued respectively for a journey whose starting place and destination both are not pobts between which air commerce has been duly so reserved, and such aircraft, while procee~ as aforesaid, from one aerodrome to another, shall, not- withstanding that such aerodromes are pints between which air commerce has been duly reserved, enjoy all the privileges of this arrangement. ARTICLE 6 Each of the Parties to this arrangement shall have the right to prohibit air traffic over certain areas of its territory, provided that no distinction in this matter is made between its aircraft engflged in international commerce and the aircraft of tbe other Party likewise engaged. The areas above which air traffic is thus prohibited by either Party must be notified to the other Party. Each of the Parties reserves the right under exceptional circum- stances in time of peace and with immediate effect temporarily to limit or prohibit air traffic above its territory on condition that in this respect no distinction is made between the aircraft of the other Party and the aircraft of any foreign country. ARTICLE 7 Proaedure of alreraft An. f h'hfind .t H hib' ted hall on entertDI restricted • Y&rcra t w IC S~se ov-:rafro" .I area s . ,a~ soon area aceldentally. as It IS aware of the fact, give the SIgna of distress prescnbed III the Rules of the Air in force in the territory flown over and shall land as soon as possible at an aerodrome situated in such territory outside of but as near as possible to such prohibited areas. ARTICLE 8 m!:~tinCUve, etc., All aircraft shall carry clear and visible nationality and registration . marks whereby they may be recognized during flight. In addition, they must bear the name and address of the owner. Certlfteatee required. All aircraft shall be provided with certificates of registration and of airworthiness and with all the other documents prescribed for air traffic in the territory in which they are registered.