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AIR NAVIGATION -SWEDEN. with or without intermediary landing, shall be subject to the prior consent of the other party given on the {>rinciple of reciprocity and at the request of the party whose natIonality the air transport company possesses. Each party to this arran~ement agrees that its consent for opera- tions over its territory by air 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 {>ublic 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 re~tered aircraft of that country in the other country for non-industnal 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 1789 The aircraft of each of the parties to this arrangement, their crews Jurisdiction over air- and passengers, shall, while within the territory of the other party, craft, ek' . be subject to the i;enerallegislation in force in that territory as well as the regulations m 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 lmported 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 pas- sengers and cargoes, shall enjoy the same privileges as and shall not be subjected to any other or higher duties or charges than those which the aircraft of the country, imposin~ such duties or charges, engaged in international commerce, and their 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 between any two points neither of which is in a foreign country. Nevertheless the 8.1rcraft 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 passengers hold through tickets, issued respectively for a journey whose starting place and destination both are not points between which air commerce has been duly so reserved, and such aircraft, while proceeding as aforesaid, from one aerodrome to another, shall, notwithstanding that such aerodromes are points between which air commerce has been duly reserved, enjoy all the privileges of this arrangement. ARTICLE 6 Each of the parties to this arrangement reserves the right to forbid Reser.vation of right fl· h . f. . hih h f to forbid flights over Ig ts over certam areas 0 Its terrItory w c are or may erea ter desiiD8ted areas. be designated as prohibited areas.