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

Article 38                                             Samoa,      Seychelles,     Sierra       Leone,
Entry into force and duration of the                   Singapore, Solomon Islands, Swaziland,
Convention                                             Tanzania (United Rep.), Trinidad and
1 This Convention shall come into force on 1           Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu and
  January 2006 and shall remain in operation           Zambia.
  until the entry into force of the Acts of the    2 Nor shall article 5.1 and 2 apply to Austria,
  next Congress.                                       Denmark and Iran (Islamic Rep.), whose
In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries of the        internal    legislation    does    not    allow
Governments of the member countries have               withdrawal from the Post or alteration of
signed this Convention in a single original            the address of correspondence, at the
which shall be deposited with the Director             request of the sender, from the time when
General of the International Bureau. A copy            the addressee has been informed of the
thereof shall be delivered to each party by the        arrival of an item addressed to him.
International Bureau of the Universal Postal       3 Article 5.1 shall not apply to Australia,
Union.                                                 Ghana and Zimbabwe.
Done at Bucharest, 5 October 2004.                 4 Article 5.2 shall not apply to Bahamas, Dem
      Final Protocol to the Universal                  People’s Rep. of Korea, Iraq and Myanmar,
      Postal Convention                                whose      legislation    does    not    permit
At the moment of proceeding to signature of            withdrawal from the post or alteration of
the Universal Postal Convention concluded              address of letter-post items at the sender’
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this day, the undersigned plenipotentiaries            request.
have agreed the following:                         5 Article 5.2 shall not apply to the United
Article I                                              States of America.
Ownership of postal items. Withdrawal from         6 Article 5.2 shall apply to Australia only in
the post. Alteration or correction of address          so far as that article is consistent with its
1 The provisions in article 5.1 and 2 shall not        domestic legislation.
  apply to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain,           7 Notwithstanding article 5.2, the Dem. Rep.
  Barbados,    Belize,    Botswana,     Brunei         of the Congo, El Salvador, Panama(Rep.),
  Darussalam, Canada, Hongkong, China,                 Philippines and Venezuela shall be
  Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Gambia, United                authorized not to return postal parcels after
  Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern                the addressee has requested their clearance
  Ireland, Overseas Dependent Territories of           by Customs, since this is incompatible with
  the United Kingdom, Grenada, Guyana,                 those countries’customs legislation.
  Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait,       Article II
  Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius,            Charges
  Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New           1 Notwithstanding article 6 the postal
  Guinea, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint           administrations of Australia, Canada and
  Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,             New Zealand shall be authorized to collect

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