Article 8

1. Within 10 calendar days from the day of reception of the application and documents indicated in Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of this Agreement, the Consular Missions mentioned under Article 5 of this Agreement, shall consider and take a decision on the application for the issuance of local border traffic permit.

2. That period may be extended up to a maximum of 60 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further consideration of the submitted application is needed.