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

      greater than the actual value of the               Article 24
      contents;                                          Payment of indemnity
    2.7 when the sender has made no inquiry              1 Subject to the right of recourse against the
      within six months from the day after that              administration         which   is   liable,   the
      on which the item was posted;                          obligation to pay the indemnity and to
    2.8 in the case of prisoner-of-war or                    refund the charges and fees shall rest either
      civilian internee parcels                              with the administration of origin or with the
    2.9 when the sender’s actions may be                     administration of destination.
      suspected of fraudulent intent, aimed at           2 The sender may waive his rights to the
      receiving compensation.                                indemnity in favour of the addressee.
3 Postal administrations shall accept no                     Conversely, the addressee may waive his
    liability for customs declarations in                    rights in favour of the sender. The sender or
    whatever form these are made or for                      the addressee may authorize a third party to
    decisions taken by the Customs on                        receive the indemnity if internal legislation
    examination of items submitted to customs                allows this.
    control.                                             Article 25
Article 23                                               Possible recovery of the indemnity from the
Sender’s liability                                       sender or the addressee
1 The sender of an item shall be liable for              1 If, after payment of the indemnity, a
    injuries caused to postal officials and for              registered item, a parcel or an insured item
    any damage caused to other postal items                  or   part   of   the    contents    previously
    and postal equipment, as a result of the                 considered as lost is found, the sender or
    dispatch of articles not acceptable for                  the addressee, as the case may be, shall be
    conveyance or the non-observance of the                  advised that the item is being held at his
    conditions of acceptance.                                disposal for a period of three months on
2 In the case of damage to other postal items,               repayment of the amount of the indemnity
    the sender shall be liable for each item                 paid. At the same time he shall be asked to
    damaged within the same limits as postal                 whom the item is to be delivered. In the
    administrations.                                         event of refusal or failure to reply within
3 The sender shall remain liable even if the                 the prescribed period, the same approach
    office of posting accepts such an item.                  shall be made to the addressee or the
4    However,      where       the   conditions    of        sender as the case may be, granting that
    acceptance have been observed by the                     person the same period to reply.
    sender, the sender shall not be liable, in so        2 If the sender and the addressee refuse to
    far as there has been fault or negligence in             take delivery of the item or do not reply
    handling      the   item    on    the   part   of        within the period provided for in paragraph
    administrations or carriers,                             1, it shall become the property of the
    after acceptance.                                        administration or, where appropriate,

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