Article
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On every railway line carrying a considerable volume of international goods traffic, which crosses the frontier between two adjoining countries, the competent authorities of those countries shall jointly examine the possibility of designating by agreement a station close to the frontier, at which the examinations required under the legislation of the two countries in respect of the entry and exit of all or part of the goods traffic might be effectively carried out.
2
Where two adjoining countries designate several stations of this kind along their common frontier, the number of such stations on either side of the frontier shall, so far as possible, be equal.
3
At all points where the establishment of such stations for two-way traffic examinations is found to be impracticable, the Contracting Parties shall jointly examine the possibility of making suitable arrangements for the examination of traffic in one direction to be carried out at the station on one side of the frontier and the examination of traffic in the other direction at the station on the other side of the frontier, this provision to be limited where necessary to goods carried by certain fast international trains.