- on a journey starting at a place in the country of registration of the bus and ending at a destination in the territory of the other Contracting Party, provided that the bus returns empty to the country of registration.

Special permits for bus services mentioned in Article 3 of this Agreement shall be issued on the basis of applications submitted by carriers to the competent auhority of the Contracting Party in whose country the bus has been registered.

Carriers are required to pay road taxes levied on road use, when performing transport on the territory of the other Contracting Party, except when transporting to and from ports situated in the Republic of Croatia.

Any High Contracting Party may at the time of signature or ratification or at any time thereafter communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration stating the extent to which it undertakes that the provisions of the present Protocol shall apply to such of the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible as are named therein.

The joint committee shall meet alternately on the territory of either Contracting Party upon request of the competent authority of any of the Contracting Parties.

Permits are not required for empty buses passing in transit throught the territory of the other Contracting ParFor shuttle services, for entry of an empty bus belonging to the carrier of one Contracting Party into the terntory of the other Contracting Party, and for operating all other types of non-regular services between the two countries, it is necessary to obtain permit from the competent authority of the other Contracting Party.

Applications shall be submitted directly to the competent authority of the other Contracting Party not later than fifteen days prior to the planned beginning of such services.

3 Any High Contracting Party availing itself of this right of derogation shall keep the Secretary General of the Council of Europe fully informed of the measures which it has taken and the reasons therefor.

2 In the affirmative case the Committee of Ministers shall prescribe a period during which the High Contracting Party concerned must take the measures required by the decision of the Committee of Ministers.

3. the term " cabotage " means the operation of transport services within the territory of a Contracting Party by a carrier established in the other Contracting Party;

2. the term " vehicle means a motor vehicle or a combination of vehicles of which at least the motor vehicle is registered in either Contracting Party and which is used and equiped exclusively for the carriage of goods or the carriage of passengers by bus;

On receipt of a request from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe any High Contracting Party shall furnish an explanation of the manner in which its internal law ensures the effective implementation of any of the provisions of the Convention.

Carriers and vehicle crews are required to comply with all laws and regulations applicable on the territory of the other Contracting Party during the time the transport is performed on that Party ' s territory.

Any High Contracting Party which has communicated a declaration in virtue of the preceding paragraph may from time to time communicate a further declaration modifying the terms of any former declaration or terminating the application of the provisions of this Protocol in respect of any territory.

The term " closed-door tours (tourist journeysJ shall mean an international carriage of passengers starting and ending in the territory of the Contracting Party where the vehicle is registered and, at that, the same group of passengers is carried by the same vehicle along the entire itinerary and is returned to the departure point, without setting down or taking up passengers on the way.

1. An operator domiciled in the territory of a Contracting Party shall not undertake the transport of passengers or goods between two points in the territory of the other Contracting Party, unless a special license is granted by the competent authorities of the other Contracting Party.

For all matters, which are not regulated by the provisions of this Agreement or those of international conventions to which the two countries are parties, operators and drivers of vehicles of one Contracting Party are bound to respect the legal provisions and regulations of the other Contracting Party, when they are driving in the territory of the latter.

1. If an operator of one Contracting Party, when in the territory of the other infringes any provision of this Agreement, the competent authority of the Contracting Party in whose territory the infringement was committed, may, without prejudice to any lawful sanction applicable in its own territory, inform the other Contracting Party of the circumstances of the infringement.

Thereafter, the Agreement shall be tacitly extended from year to year unless one of the Contracting Parties has, six months prior to the date of extension, informed the other Contracting Party through diplomatic channels of its intention to terminate the Agreement.

a) to issue a warning to the operator concerned with a notification that any subsequent infringement may lead to a refusal of entry of his vehicles in the territory of the Contracting Party where the infringement occurred, for such a period as may be specified by the competent authority of this Contracting Party, or

The term " egular transit services " shall mean regular services starting in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, crossing the territory of the other Contracting Party without setting down or taking up passengers, and ending in the territory of a third country.

The term " transit service shall mean the transport of passengers and goods across the territory of one Contracting Party, between the departure and destination points that are situated outside the territory of that Contracting Party.

b) to notify the operator that the entry of his vehicles in the territory of the other Contracting Party has been prohibited temporarily or definitely.

3. In case the weight and/or the dimensions of the vehicle used for transport exceed the maximum weight and/or dimensions permitted in the territory of the Contracting Party, where the transport operation is to take place, the operator has to obtain previously a special authorization from the competent authority of that Contracting Party, in which case a normal license is not necessary.

2. Operators of either of the Contracting Parties shall be bound to comply with the laws and regulations of the other Contracting Party, as regards the weight and the dimensions of vehicles on entering the territory of that Party.

1. Independently of the revision procedure provided for in article 13, any Contracting Party may propose one or more amendments to the Annexes to this Agreement.

1. Any contracting Party may denounce this Agreement by so notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations

1. Passenger and commercial motor vehicles which are registered in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, and temporarily imported into the territory of the other Contracting Party, shall be exempted on a reciprocal basis from all taxes, fees, and other charges levied on the circulation or possession of vehicles in that territory.

1. Each Contracting Party shall retain the right to regulate or prohibit, for reasons other than safety during carriage, the entry of dangerous goods into its territory

1. Each Contracting Party may, at the time of signing, ratifying, or acceding to, this Agreement, declare that it does not consider itself bound by article 11. Other Contracting Parties shall not be bound by article 11 in respect of any Contracting Party which has entered such a reservation