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 AIR NAVIGATION-NORWAY. Each of the parties to this arrangement may reserve to its own air- craft air commerce 88 defined in the last paragraph of this article. Nevertheless the aircraft of each party may proceed from an,. aero- drome in the territory of the other party which they are entItled to use to any other such aerodrome either for the purpose of land.i .ng the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers or of tak4tg on boara the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers, provided that such car- goes are covered by through bills of lading, and such passen~ers hold through tickets, issued respectively for a journey whose starting place and destination are not both points between which air commerce has been duly 80 reserved, and such aircraft, while proceeding as afore- said, from one aerodrome to another, shall, notwithstanding that both such aerodromes are points between which air commerce has been dub' 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 J>e understood to mean:-(a) navigation of aircraft in territory of either party in further- ance 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. ARTICLE 6 Each of the Parties to this arrangement reserves the right to forbid flights over certain areas of its territory which are or may hereafter be designated as prohibited areas. 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 Any aircraft which finds itself over a prohibited area shall, as soon as it IS aware of the fact, give the signal of distress prescribed in thd Rules of the Air in force in the territory flown over and shall land 88 soon as possible at an aerodrome situated in such territory outside of but as near as possible to such prohibited area. ARTICLE 8 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. 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. The members of the crew who llerform, in an aircraft, duties for which a special permit is required m the territory in which such air- craft is registered, shall be provided with all documents and in particu- lar with the certificates and licenses prescribed by the regulations in force in such territory. The other members of the crew shall carry documents showing their duties in the aircraft, their profession, identity and nationality. The certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licenses issued or rendered valid by one of the parties to this arrange- ment in respect of an aircraft registered in its territory or of the crew of such aircraft shall have the same validity in the territory of the other party as the corresponding documents issued or rendeied valid by the latter. 1815