For the purposes of Articles 8(2) and 10(2), coordinators shall consider slots allocated for the period from 23 January 2020 until 29 February 2020 as having been operated by the air carrier to which they had initially been allocated, in so far as it concerns air services between airports in the European Union and airports either in the People's Republic of China or in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Za potrebe članka 8. stavka 2. i članka 10. stavka 2. koordinatori smatraju da je zračni prijevoznik kojem su slotovi prvotno dodijeljeni za razdoblje od 23. siječnja 2020. do 29. veljače 2020. iskoristio te slotove ako je riječ o letovima između zračnih luka u Europskoj uniji i zračnih luka u Narodnoj Republici Kini ili Posebnom Upravnom Području Narodne Republike Kine Hong Kongu.