h) The claim for payment referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article shall be made within three years from the date when the surety was notified that the relevant SADC Transit Document had not been discharged or had been discharged conditionally, or that the certificate of discharge had been obtained erroneously or fraudulently. However, the period of three years referred to in this Article includes a period of legal proceedings. Any claim for payment under the provisions of this Article shall be made within one year from the date when the decision of the court becomes enforceable. i) The Member States shall, where feasible, use the services available in other Member States in all transit traffic operations provided such services are competitive and efficient than those offered by other parties. ARTICLE 11 OTHER PROVISIONS 1. The Member States undertake to establish or facilitate the establishment of bonded, transit or Customs areas or bonded warehouses for the temporary storage of transit goods where the direct trans-shipment of goods from one means of transport to another is not possible. The management and operation of such bonded, transit or Customs areas and such bonded warehouses shall be in accordance with the Customs rules and regulations of the Member States concerned. 2. The Member States undertake to permit and facilitate the establishment of cargo, clearing and forwarding offices in their territories by persons, organisations or associations of other Member States or their authorised agents , for the purpose of facilitating transit traffic in accordance with their national laws and regulations. 3. Each means of transport engaged in international transit traffic operations under cover of an SRCTD or any other transit document approved by the CMT shall have affixed to its front and