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3756 Charges. Certificates of air- rorthiness, etc. Post,,pp . 3758, 3761. Laws and regula- ons. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. permission to the airline or airlines concerned, subject to the terms of Article VI. The designated company or companies may be required by the con- tracting party which grants the right to fulfill the conditions prescribed in the laws and regulations which normally govern the authorization of international air transport service before being permitted to engage in the operations contemplated by this agreement. It is understood, furthermore, that in areas of hostilities or of military occupation, or in areas affected thereby, the inauguration of such services will be subject to the approval of the appropriate military authorities. ARTICLE III In order to prevent discriminatory practices and to assure equality of treatment, both contracting parties agree that: (a) Each of the contracting parties may impose or permit to be imposed just and reasonable charges for the use of public airports and other facilities under its control. Each of the contracting parties agrees, however, that these charges shall not be higher than would be paid for the use of such airports and facilities by its national aircraft engaged in similar international services. (b) The fuel, lubricating oils, and spare parts brought into the territory of one of the contracting parties by the other contracting party or its nationals for the exclusive use of the aircraft of the air- lines of said contracting party shall receive, with respect to customs duties, inspection fees or other national duties or charges by the con- tracting party in whose territory they have entered, the same treat- ment as that applicable to the national airlines engaged in international transport and to the airlines of the most-favored-nation. (c) The fuel, lubricating oils, spare parts, regular equipment, and aircraft stores retained on board civil aircraft of the airlines of one contracting party authorized to operate the routes and services de- scribed in the annexes shall be, upon arriving in or leaving the territory of the other contracting party, exempt from customs, inspection fees, or similar duties or charges, even though such supplies be used or con- sumed by such aircraft on flights in that territory. ARTICLE IV Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licenses issued or rendered valid by one contracting party and still in force shall be recognized as valid by the other contracting party for the purpose of operating the routes and services described in the Annexes. Each contracting party reserves the right, however, to refuse to recog- nize, for the purpose of flight above its own territory, certificates of competency and licenses granted to its own nationals by another State. ARTICLE V (a) The laws and regulations of one contracting party relating to the admission to or to departure from its territory of aircraft engaged in international air navigation, or to the operation and navigation of such aircraft while within its territory, shall be applied to the aircraft of