Transitional. arrangements (1) Notwithstanding Article 1(1) of the Main Agreement, (a) During the first and the second transitional periods Community air carriers and air carriers licensed by Croatia shall be permitted to exercise unlimited traffic rights between any point in Croatia and any point in an EC Member State. (b) During the second transitional period: (i) Community air carriers and air carriers licensed by Croatia shall be permitted to exercise the traffic rights provided for in paragraph (1) (a); (ii) Community air carriers shall be permitted to exercise unlimited traffic rights between points in Croatia and other Associated Parties and shall be permitted to change, at any point, from one aircraft to one other aircraft provided that the flight is a part of a service that serves a point in an EC Member State; (iii) air carriers licensed by Croatia shall be permitted to exercise unlimited traffic rights between points in different EC Member States and shall be permitted to change, at any point, from one aircraft to one other aircraft provided that the flight is a part of a service that serves a point in Croatia. (c) Until the end of the second transitional period Community air carriers shall not be majority owned or effectively controlled by Croatia or its nationals and air carriers licensed by Croatia shall not be majority owned or effectively controlled by EC Member States or their nationals. (2) For the purpose of this Article, "Community air carrier" shall mean an air carrier licensed by an EC Member State, Norway or Iceland. (3) Articles 7 and 8 of the Main Agreement shall not apply until the end of the second transitional period, without prejudice to the obligation of Croatia and of the Community to grant operating licences in accordance with the acts specified in Annex I, respectively, to carriers which are majority owned or effectively controlled by the EC Member States or their nationals and to carriers which are majority owned or effectively controlled by Croatia or its nationals from the end of the first transitional period.
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Samples: Multilateral Agreement, Multilateral Agreement, Multilateral Agreement
