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 1810 Jurisdiction over air· craft. AIR NAVIGATION-NORWAY. consent of the other party given on the principle of reciprocity and at the request of the party whose nationality the air transport com- pany possesses. Each party to this arran~ement agrees that its consent for opera- tions over its territory by all' transport companies of the other party may not be refused on unreasonable or arbitrary grounds. The con- sent may be made subject to special regulations relating to aerial safety and public order. The parties to this arrangement agree that the period in which pilots may, while holding valId pilot licenses issued or rendered valid by either country, operate registered aircraft of that country in the other country for non-industrial or non-commercial purposes shall be limited to a period not exceeding six months from the time of entry for the :purpose of operating aircraft, unless prior to the expiration of this penod the pilots obtain from the Government of the country in which they are operating, pilot licenses authorizing them to operate aircraft for non-industrial or non-commercial purposes. ARTICLE 5 The aircraft of each of the Parties to this arrangement, their crews and passengers, shall, while within the territory of the other Party, be subject to the general legislation in force in that territory as well as the regulations ill 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 forelgn 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 respective 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 h~her duties or charges than those which the aircraft of the country nnposin~ such duties or charges, engaged in international commerce, and thelI' cargoes and passengers, or the aircraft of any foreign country likewise engaged, and their cargoes and passengers, enjoy or are subjected to. Each of the parties to this arrangement may reserve to its own aircraft air commerce as defined in the last paragraph of this article. Nevertheless the aircraft of each 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 passengers hold through tickets, issued respectively for a Journey whose starting place and destination are not bothl0ints between which air com- merce has been duly so reserved, an such aircraft, while proceeding as aforesaid, from one aerodrome to another, shall, notwithstanding that both such aerodromes are points between which air commerce has been duly reserved, enjoy all the privileges of this arrangement. The term "air commerce" as used in the preceding paragraph shall, with respect to the Parties to this arrangement, be understood to mean:-(a) navigation of aircraft in territory of either Party in furtherance of a business; (b) navigation of aircraft from one place in territory of either Party to another place in that territory in the conduct of a business; (c) the commercial transport of persons or goods between any two points in the territory of either Party.