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

 promote the implementation of UPU quality            3.1 in the case of closed mails, by the
 of service improvement programmes and the             administration of the country of origin of
 introduction of cost accounting systems in            the mails, including when these mails
 developing countries. The Postal Operations           transit via one or more intermediate
 Council shall adopt, in 2006 at the latest,           administrations
 procedures for financing these projects.             3.2 in the case of priority items and airmail
Article 32                                             items in transit d couvert, including
Transit charges                                        missent items, by the administration
1 Closed mails and d couvert transit items             which forwards the items to another
 exchanged between two administrations or              administration.
 between two offices of the same country by       4 These same regulations shall be applicable
 means of the services of one or more other           to items exempted from land and sea transit
 administrations (third party services) shall         charges if they are conveyed by air.
 be subject to the payment of transit                 5 Each administration of destination which
 charges. The latter shall constitute                 provides air conveyance of international
 remuneration for the services rendered in            mail within its country shall be entitled to
 respect of land transit, sea transit and air         reimbursement of the additional costs
 transit.                                             incurred for such conveyance provided that
 Chapter 2                                            the weighted average distance of the
 Other provisions                                     sectors flown exceeds 300 kilometres.
Article 33                                            The Postal Operations Council may replace
Basic rates and provisions concerning air             the weighted average distance by other
conveyance dues                                       relevant criteria. Unless agreement has
1 The basic rate applicable to the settlement         been reached that no charge should be
 of accounts between administrations in               made, the dues shall be uniform for all
 respect of air conveyance shall be approved          priority mails and airmails originating
 by the Postal Operations Council. It shall be        abroad whether or not this mail is
 calculated by the International Bureau               reforwarded by air.
 according to the formula s pecified in the       6 However, where the terminal dues levied by
 Letter Post Regulations.                             the administration of destination are based
2 The calculation of air conveyance dues on           specifically on costs or on domestic rates,
 closed dispatches, priority items, airmail           no additional reimbursement for internal air
 items and air parcels sent in transit d              conveyance shall be made.
 couvert, as well as the relevant methods of      7 The administration of destination shall
 accounting, are described in the Letter Post         exclude, for the purpose of calculating the
 and Parcel Post Regulations.                         weighted average distance, the weight of all
3 The air conveyance dues for the whole               mails   for   which    the   terminal   dues
 distance flown shall be borne:                       calculation has been based specifically on

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