The Contracting Parties shall, provided that they have sufficient stocks for their own needs, make medical, surgical and laboratory equipment available on free loan to such other Contracting Parties as may, in exceptional circumstances, have urgent need of it; such equipment shall, upon request, be sent to the Party concerned and shall subsequently be returned.
Pogodbenice pod pogojem, da imajo zadostne zaloge za svoje potrebe, dajo na voljo medicinsko, kirurško in laboratorijsko opremo za brezplačno izposojo tistim pogodbenicam, ki jo v izjemnih okoliščinah lahko nujno potrebujejo; ta oprema se na prošnjo pošlje tej pogodbenici in se pozneje vrne.