제16163호                             관                 보                     2006. 1. 3. (화요일)

    postal charges other than those provided for           Convention, the postal administration of
    in the Regulations, when such charges are              Afghanistan shall be authorized to limit the
    consistent with the legislation of their               maximum weight of inward and outward
    countries.                                             small packets to one kilogramme.
Article III                                            Article VI
Exception to the exemption of literature for           Advice of delivery
the blind from postal charges                          1 The postal administration of Canada shall
1 Notwithstanding article 7, the postal                    be authorized not to apply article 13.1.1, as
    administrations of Indonesia, Saint Vincent            regards parcels, given that it does not offer
    and the Grenadines and Turkey, which do                the advice of delivery service for parcels in
    not concede exemption from postal charges              its internal service.
    to literature for the blind in their internal      Article VII
    service, may collect the postage and               International business reply service (IBRS)
    charges for special services which may not,        1 Notwithstanding article 13.4.1, the postal
    however, exceed those in their internal                administration of Bulgaria (Rep.) shall
    service.
                                                           provide the international business reply
2 Notwithstanding article 7, the postal
                                                           service after negotiations with the postal
    administrations of Australia, Austria,
                                                           administration concerned.
    Canada, Germany, United Kingdom of Great
                                                       Article VIII
    Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan,
                                                       Prohibitions (letter post)
    Switzerland and United States of America
                                                       1 Exceptionally, the postal administrations of
    may collect the charges for special services
                                                           Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea and Lebanon
    which are applied to literature for the blind
                                                           shall not accept registered items containing
    in their internal service.
                                                           coins, bank notes, securities of any kind
Article IV
                                                           payable to bearer, travellers’cheques,
Basic services
                                                           platinum,     gold      or   silver   whether
1 Notwithstanding the provisions of article
                                                           manufactured or not, precious stones,
    12, Australia does not agree to the
                                                           jewels or other valuable articles. They shall
    extension of basic services to include postal
                                                           not be strictly bound by the provisions of
    parcels.
2 The provisions of article 12.2.4 shall not               the Letter Post Regulations with regard to

    apply to Great Britain, whose national                 their liability in cases of theft or damage, or

    legislation requires a lower weight limit.             where items containing articles made of

    Health and safety legislation in Great                 glass or fragile articles are concerned.
    Britain limits the weight of mail bags to 20       2 Exceptionally, the postal administrations of
    kilogrammes.                                           Bolivia, China (People’s Rep.), excluding
Article V                                                  Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
Small packets                                              Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
1    Notwithstanding        article   12   of   the        and Viet Nam shall not accept registered

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