`[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 248-249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31517]


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POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20


International Return Receipt

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United 
States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]), and 
Notice 123, Price List, to reflect changes to international Return 
Receipt as established by the Governors of the United States Postal 
Service.

DATES: Effective: January 1, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Kennedy at 202-268-6592 or Kathy 
Frigo at 202-268-4178.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2024, the Postal Service 
filed a notice in PRC Docket No. MC2025-58, which the PRC favorably 
reviewed on December 2, 2024, in Order No. 8179, regarding the 
termination of international Return Receipt as an extra service for 
Priority Mail International and First-Class Package International 
Service, effective January 1, 2025, although international Return 
Receipt will continue to be eligible when combined with registered 
letters and flats sent as First-Class Mail International.
    The Postal Service hereby adopts the described changes to Mailing 
Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail 
Manual (IMM), which is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to 
reflect these changes.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20

    Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.

    Accordingly, the Postal Service amends Mailing Standards of the 
United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM), 
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations as follows 
(see 39 CFR 20.1):

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PART 20--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 20 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-
1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-
3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.


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2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, 
International Mail Manual (IMM) as follows:


1   International Mail Services

* * * * *


140   International Mail Categories


141   Definitions

* * * * *


141.4   Priority Mail International

    [Revise the last sentence of the first paragraph to read as follows 
(removing ``and return receipt service'':]
    * * *At the sender`s option, extra services, such as additional 
merchandise insurance coverage, may be added on a country-specific 
basis.
* * * * *


141.6   First-Class Package International Service

    [Revise the last sentence of the text to read as follows (removing 
``and return receipt'':]
    * * *At the sender's option, extra services, such as Registered 
Mail, may be added on a country-specific basis.
* * * * *


2   Conditions for Mailing

* * * * *


230   Priority Mail International

* * * * *


232   Eligibility

* * * * *


232.9   Extra Services

* * * * *
    [Remove 232.92 in its entirety and renumber current 232.93 as 
232.92.]
* * * * *


250   First-Class Package International Service

* * * * *


252   Eligibility

* * * * *


252.5   Extra Services

* * * * *
    [Remove 252.53 in its entirety and renumber current 252.54 as 
252.53.]
* * * * *


3   Extra Services

* * * * *


320   Insurance

* * * * *


322   Priority Mail Express International Service

* * * * *
    [Remove 322.4 in its entirety.]
* * * * *


323   Priority Mail International Insurance

* * * * *
    [Remove 323.4 in its entirety and renumber current 323.5 through 
323.7 as 323.4 through 323.6.]
* * * * *


330   Registered Mail

* * * * *


334   Processing Requests

* * * * *


334.5   Return Receipt

    [Revise the text to read as follows:]
    Return receipts can be purchased for First-Class Mail International 
items with international Registered Mail service to most countries. 
(See 330 and 340 and Individual Country Listings.)
* * * * *


340   Return Receipt


341   Description

    [Revise the first sentence of the text to read as follows:]
    PS Form 2865, Return Receipt for International Mail (Avis de 
Reception), is a pink card that is attached to a First-Class Mail 
International item when used in conjunction with international 
Registered Mail service at the time of mailing and that is removed and 
signed at the point of delivery and returned to the sender.* * *


342   Availability

    [Revise the text to read as follows:]
    Return receipt service can be purchased only at the time of mailing 
and is available only for a First-Class Mail International item when 
used in conjunction with international Registered Mail service. Some 
countries do not admit return receipts. See Individual Country 
Listings.
* * * * *


344   Processing Requests


344.1   Form

* * * * *


344.12   Accepting Clerk's Responsibility

    The accepting clerk must:
    [Revise item a. to read as follows (removing ``insured or'':]
    a. Record the return receipt fee on the registered mailing receipt.
* * * * *


7   Treatment of Inbound Mail

* * * * *


750   Extra Services

* * * * *


753   Return Receipt


753.1   Completion of Return Receipt Form

    [Revise the first sentence of the text to read as follows (removing 
``or insured'':]
    Inbound registered mail for which the sender requests advice or 
confirmation of delivery will be endorsed with the words ``AVIS DE 
RECEPTION'' or with the letters ``A.R.,'' and be accompanied by a light 
red or pink card similar to PS Form 2865, Return Receipt for 
International Mail.* * *
* * * * *

Individual Country Listings

* * * * *

Extra Services

* * * * *

Return Receipt (340)

    [For every country that permits return receipt service (which is 
every country except Denmark, Iraq, and North Korea, which indicate 
that return receipt service is ``NOT Available,'' and also Montenegro, 
which as shown below is being revised to read ``NOT Available''), 
revise the text to read as follows:]
    Fee: Refer to Notice 123, Price List, for the applicable price. 
Available for First-Class Mail International Registered Mail only.
* * * * *

Montenegro

* * * * *

Extra Services

* * * * *

Return Receipt (340)

    NOT Available
* * * * *

Colleen Hibbert-Kapler,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-31517 Filed 12-31-24; 4:15 pm]
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