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

 30.                                                   and 1.904 SDR per kilogramme.
7 Any administration may waive wholly or in       4 For the period from the year 2006 to the
 part the payment provided for under 1.               year 2009, the rates to be applied may not
8 The administrations concerned may, by               be lower than 0.147 SDR per item and 1.491
 bilateral or multilateral agreement, apply           SDR per kilogramme. Provided that the
 other payment systems for the settlement of          increased rates do not exceed 100% of the
 terminal dues accounts.                              charge for a 20-gramme priority letter in
Article 29                                            the domestic service of the country
Terminal dues. Provisions applicable to               concerned, the minimum rates shall be
exchanges between countries in the target             increased to:
system                                                4.1 for the year 2006, 0.151 SDR per item
1 Payment for letter-post items, including             and 1.536 SDR per kilogramme;
 bulk mail but excluding M bags, shall be             4.2 for the year 2007, 0.154 SDR per item
 established on the basis of the application           and 1.566 SDR per kilogramme;
 of the rates per item and per kilogramme             4.3 for the year 2008, 0.158 SDR per item
 reflecting the handling costs in the country          and 1.598 SDR per kilogramme;
 of destination; these costs must be in               4.4 for the year 2009, 0.161 SDR per item
 relation with the domestic tariffs. The rates         and 1.630 SDR per kilogramme.
 shall be calculated in accordance with the       5 For M bags, the rate to be applied shall be
 conditions specified in the Letter Post              0.793 SDR per kilogramme.
 Regulations.                                         5.1   M   bags   weighing   less   than   5
2 The rates per item and per kilogramme shall          kilogrammes shall be considered as
 be calculated on the basis of a percentage            weighing 5 kilogrammes for terminal dues
 of the charge for a 20-gramme priority                payment purposes.
 letter in the domestic service, which shall      6 For registered items there shall be an
 be:                                                  additional payment of 0.5 SDR per item and
 2.1 for the year 2006:62%;                           for insured items there shall be an
 2.2 for the year 2007:64%;                           additional payment of 1 SDR per item.
 2.3 for the year 2008:66%;                       7 The provisions applicable between countries
 2.4 for the year 2009:68%.                           in the target system shall apply to any
3 The rates applied may not be higher than:           country in the transitional system which
 3.1 for the year 2006, 0.226 SDR per item            declares that it wishes to join the target
   and 1.768 SDR per kilogramme;                      system. The Postal Operations Council may
 3.2 for the year 2007, 0.231 SDR per item            fix transition measures in the Letter Post
   and 1.812 SDR per kilogramme;                      Regulations.
 3.3 for the year 2008, 0.237 SDR per item        8 No reservations may be made to this article,
   and 1.858 SDR per kilogramme;                      except within the framework of a bilateral
 3.4 for the year 2009, 0.243 SDR per item            agreement.

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