TITLE I

ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

Article 2

Grant of rights

1. Each Party shall permit the air carriers of the other Party to operate on the routes specified hereunder:

(a) for air carriers of Qatar:

any points in Qatar – any intermediate points – any points in the Union – any points beyond;

(b) for air carriers of the Union:

any points in the Union – any intermediate points – any points in Qatar – any points beyond.

For the purpose of the application of the route schedule above:

— "any points" means one or more points;

— "any points in the Union" means one or more points within the same EU Member State or in different EU Member States, either separately or in combination, in any particular order.

2. Each Party grants to the other Party the following rights for the conduct of international air transport activities by the air carriers of the other Party on a non-discriminatory basis:

(a) the right to fly across its territory without landing;

(b) the right to make stops in its territory for non-traffic purposes;

(c) the right to perform scheduled and non-scheduled international air transport activities for passenger, combination and all-cargo services:

(i) for air carriers of Qatar the right to provide international air transport services between any points in Qatar and any points in the Union with:

(A)

third and fourth freedom traffic rights without limitation on routes, capacity and/or frequencies; and

(B)

fifth freedom traffic rights for all-cargo services between the Union and beyond points listed in Annex 2, section 1, provided that the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights does not exceed seven weekly frequencies per EU Member State;

(ii) for air carriers of the Union the right to provide international air transport services between any points in the Union and any points in Qatar with:

(A)

third and fourth freedom traffic rights without limitation on routes, capacity and/or frequencies; and

(B)

fifth freedom traffic rights for all-cargo services between Qatar and beyond points listed in Annex 2, section 2, provided that the exercise of fifth freedom traffic rights does not exceed seven weekly frequencies per EU Member State.

The exercise of these traffic rights shall be subject to the transitional provisions contained in Annex 1 to this Agreement.

For the avoidance of doubt, for those EU Member States that, in their current bilateral air services agreements and arrangements with Qatar, have seven or fewer weekly frequencies with fifth freedom traffic rights for all-cargo services, the total number of weekly frequencies available to carriers of both Parties at the end of the transitional period will be seven.

(d) the rights otherwise specified in this Agreement.

3. Air carriers of each Party may on any or all flights and at their option on the routes specified in paragraph 1:

(a) operate flights in either or both directions;

(b) combine different flight numbers within one aircraft operation;

(c) serve intermediate and beyond points, and points in the territories of the Parties in any combination and in any order in accordance with paragraph 2;

(d) omit stops at any point or points;

(e) transfer traffic from any of its aircraft to any of its other aircraft at any point (change of gauge);

(f) make stopovers at any points whether within or outside the territory of either Party;

(g) carry transit traffic through the territory of the other Party;

(h) combine traffic on the same aircraft regardless of where such traffic originates; and

(i) serve more than one point, within the same EU Member State, or within Qatar, on the same service (co-terminalisation).