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whether or not such items are used or consumed wholly or partly within the Territory of the Party granting the

exemption, provided such items are not alienated in the Territory of the said Party.

3. The regular airborne equipment, as well as the materials, supplies and stores normally retained on board the

aircraft used by the Designated Airline of either Party may be unloaded in the Territory of the other Party only with

the approval of the customs authorities of that other Party. In such case, such equipment and items shall enjoy the

exemptions provided for by paragraph (1) of this Article provided that they may be required to be placed under the

supervision of the said authorities up to such time as they are re-exported or otherwise disposed of in accordance

with customs regulations.

4. The exemptions provided for by this Article shall also be available in situations where the Designated

Airlines of either Party have entered into arrangements with another airline(s), for the loan or transfer in the

Territory of the other Party, of the regular equipment and the other items referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article,

provided that the other airline enjoys the same exemption(s) from that other Party.

5. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Portuguese Republic from imposing, on a non-discriminatory

basis, taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied in its Territory for use in an aircraft of a Designated

Airline of the UAE that operates between points in the Territory of the Portuguese Republic and another point in

that Territory or in the Territory of another Member State. In such case, the UAE would have a similar right to

reciprocate without discrimination the imposition of similar taxes, levies, duties, fees or charges on fuel supplied

in its Territory.

ARTICLE 7 – APPLICATION OF NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS

1. The laws, regulations and procedures of one Party relating to the admission to, sojourn in, or 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 aircraft operated by the airline(s) of the other Party without distinction as to

nationality as they are applied to its own, and shall be complied with by such aircraft upon entry into, departure from

and while within the Territory of that Party.

2. The laws, regulations and procedures of one Party as to the admission to, sojourn in, or departure from its

Territory of passengers, baggage, crew and cargo, transported on board the aircraft, such as regulations relating to

entry, clearance, immigration, passports, customs, health, quarantine and sanitary measures or in the case of mail,

postal laws and regulations shall be complied with by or on behalf of such passengers, baggage, crew and Cargo

upon entry into and departure from and while within the Territory of the first Party.

3. Neither Party may grant any preference to its own or any other airline(s) over the Designated Airline(s) of the

other Party in the application of the laws and regulations provided for in this Article.

ARTICLE 8 – TRAFFIC IN DIRECT TRANSIT

Passengers, baggage, cargo and mail in direct transit across the Territory of either Party and not leaving areas of

the airport reserved for such purpose shall, except in respect of security measures against violence, air piracy,

narcotics control be subject to no more than a simplified control. Such baggage and Cargo shall be exempt from

customs duties, excise taxes and other similar national and/or local fees and charges.

ARTICLE 9 – CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS AND COMPETENCY

1. Certificates of airworthiness, certificates of competency and licenses issued, or validated in accordance with

the laws and regulations of one Party including in the case of the Portuguese Republic, EU laws and regulations and

still in force, shall be recognized as valid by the other Party for the purpose of operating the Agreed Services provided

always that such certificates or licenses were issued, or rendered valid, pursuant to and in conformity with the

minimum standards established under the Convention.

2. Each Party, reserves the right, however, to refuse to recognize, for flights above its own Territory, certificates

of competency and licenses granted to its own nationals by the other Party.

3. If the privileges or conditions of the licenses or certificates issued or rendered valid by one Party permit a

difference from the standards established under the Convention, whether or not such difference has been filed with