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2724 l.epcI'gp, - FUcb& ns&rloUoDs. BaUut. AIR NAVIGATION-GERMANY. Party in whose territory they are made be the same for the aircraft of both Parties. ARTICLE 18 All aircraft entering or leaving the territory of either of the Parties to this a~ment shall land at or depart from an aerodrome open to· public air traffic and classed as a customs aerodrome at which facilities exist for enforcement of immigration regulations and clear- ance of aircraft, and no intermediary landing shall be effected between the frontier and the aerodrome. In special cases the competent authorities may allow aircr~ft t? lan~ at or depart from ~~h.er aero- dromes, at which customs, ummgratlon and clearance facilitIes have been arranged. The prohibition of any intermediary landing applies also in such cases. In the event of a forced landing outside the aerodromes, referred to in the first paragraph of this article, the pilot of the aircraft, its crew and the passengers shall conform to the customs and immigra- tion regulations in force in the territory in which the landing has been made. Aircraft of each PartT to this arrangement are accorded the ~ht to enter the territory 0 the other Party subject to compliance WIth quarantine regulations in force therein. The Parties to this arrangement shall exchange lists of the aero- dromes in their territories designated by them as ports of entry and departure. ARTICLE 1. Each of the Parties to this arran~ement reserves the right to require that all aircraft crossing the frontlers of its territory shall do so be- tween certain ~ints. Subject to the notification of any such require- ments by one Party to the other Party, and to the right to prohibit air traffic over certain areas as stipulated in Article 7, the frontiers of the territories of the Parties to this arrangement may be crossed at any point. ARTICLE 15 As ballast, only fine sand or water may be dropped from an aircraft. ARTICLE 16 &o~-:\~:: No article or substance, other than ballast, may be unloaded or . otherwise discharged in the course of flight unless special J.>Crmission for such purpose shall have been given by the authorities of the territory in which such unloading or discharge takes place. RtII*7. ARTICLE 17 Whenever questions of nationality arise in carrying out the present arrangement, it is ~eed that every aircraft shall be deemed to possess the nationality of the Party in whose territory it is duly registered. ARTICLE 18 u!"zcbaD&e or J'eIUla. The Parties to this arrangement shall communicate to each other the . r~ations relative to air traffic in force in their respective terntones.