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54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8, 1938 [282] (4) Moreover, the inspectors shall have the right to demand the production of the operators' certificates although no proof of pro- fessional qualifications may be demanded. [283] §2. (1) When a government or an administration has found it necessary to resort to the measures provided for in §1 above [No. 281], or when it has not been possible to produce the operators' certificates, the government or the administration to which the mobile station is subject must be so informed without delay. In addition, the proce- dure specified in article 13 should be followed should necessity arise. [284] (2) The representative of the government or of the admin- istration which has inspected the station must, before leaving the latter, communicate his findings to the commander or to the respon- sible person (see article 11) or to their substitute. [285] §3. As regards the technical and operating conditions which mobile stations holding a license must satisfy in the international radio-communication service, the contracting governments shall bind themselves not to impose upon foreign mobile stations which are temporarily located in their territorial waters, or which may stop temporarily in their territory, conditions more stringent than those which are provided for in the present Regulations. These provi- sions shall in no way affect the provisions which, coming within the scope of international agreements relative to maritime or air navigation, are not determined in the present Regulations. ARTICLE 13 Reporting of Violations [286] §1. Violations of the Convention or the Radio Regulations shall be reported by the stations detecting them to their administra- tion by means of statements conforming to the model shown in appendix 5. [287] §2. In case of serious violations committed by a station, the rep- resentations relating to them must be made to the administration of the country to which this station is subject by the administrations detecting them. [288] §3. If an administration has knowledge of a violation of the Convention or of the Regulations by a station which it has author- ized, it shall ascertain the facts, determine the responsibility, and take the necessary action. ARTICLE 14 Call Signals 1491 Reporting of viola- tions. Pod, p. 1599. [289] §1. (1) All stations open to the international service of public cal signal correspondence and all aircraft stations not open to the international service of public correspondence, as well as amateur stations, private experimental stations, and private radio stations, must have call signals from the international series assigned to each country in the following table. In this table, the first letter or the first two letters of the call signals show the nationality of the station.