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

3 Freedom of transit for postal parcels to be         Article 6
  forwarded by land and sea routes shall be           Charges
  limited to the territory of the countries           1 The charges for the various international
  taking part in this service.                            postal and special services shall be set by
4 Freedom of transit for air parcels shall be             the postal administrations in accordance

  guaranteed throughout the territory of the              with the principles set out in the Convention

  Union. However, member countries which                  and the Regulations. They shall in principle

  do not operate the postal parcels service               be related to the costs of providing these

  shall not be required to forward air parcels            services.

  by surface.                                         2 The administration of origin shall fix the
                                                          postage charges for the conveyance of
5 If a member country fails to observe the
                                                          letter-and parcel-post items. The postage
  provisions regarding freedom of transit,
                                                          charges shall cover delivery of the items to
  other member countries may discontinue
                                                          the place of address provided that this
  their postal service with that country.
                                                          delivery service is operated in the country
Article 5
                                                          of destination for the items in question.
Ownership of postal items. Withdrawal from
                                                      3 The charges collected, including those laid
the post. Alteration or correction of address.
                                                          down for guideline purposes in the Acts,
Redirection. Return to sender of undeliverable
                                                          shall be at least equal to those collected on
items
                                                          internal service items presenting the same
1 A postal item shall remain the property of
                                                          characteristics (category, quantity, handling
  the sender until it is delivered to the rightful
                                                          time, etc.).
  owner, except when the item has been
                                                      4 Postal administrations shall be authorized
  seized in pursuance of the legislation of the
                                                          to exceed any guideline charges appearing
  country of origin or destination and, in case
                                                          in the Acts.
  of application of article 15.2.1.1 or 15.3, in      5 Above the minimum level of charges laid
  accordance with the legislation of the                  down in 3, postal administrations may allow
  country of transit.                                     reduced charges based on their internal
2 The sender of a postal item may have it                 legislation for letter-post items and parcels
  withdrawn from the post or have its address             posted in their country. They may, for
  altered or corrected. The charges and other             instance, give preferential rates to major
  conditions are laid down in the Regulations.            users of the Post.
3 Member countries shall provide for the              6 No postal charge of any kind may be
  redirection of postal items, if an addressee            collected from customers other than those
  has changed his address, and for the return             provided for in the Acts.
  to sender of undeliverable items. The               7 Except where otherwise provided in the
  charges and other conditions are laid down              Acts, each postal administration shall retain
  in the Regulations.                                     the charges which it has collected.

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