7. Any action by one Party in accordance with paragraphs 2 or 6 of this Article shall be

discontinued once the basis for the taking of that action ceases to exist.

8. Where the Portuguese Republic has designated an Airline whose regulatory control is

exercised and maintained by another European Union Member State, the rights of the

other Party under this Article shall apply equally in respect of the adoption, exercise or

maintenance of safety standards by that other European Union Member State and in

respect of the operating authorization of that Airline.

ARTICLE 16

SECURITY

1. Consistent with their rights and obligations under international law, the Parties reaffirm

that their obligation to each other to protect the security of civil aviation against acts of

unlawful interference forms an integral part of this Agreement.

Without limiting the generality of their rights and obligations under international law, the

Parties shall in particular act in conformity with the provisions of:

a) the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board

Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963;

b) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at

The Hague on 16 December 1970;

c) the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil

Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971;

d) its Supplementary Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at

Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 24 February

1988; and

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