“ If neither the sender nor the administration of posting agrees to pay these rates within a time limit set by the administration of destination, the latter may either return the items to the administration of posting and shall be entitled to claim reimbursement of the redirection costs, or handle them in accordance with its own legislation.
4 A member country shall not be bound to forward or deliver to the addressees letter-post items which senders post or cause to be posted in large quantities in a country other than the country where they reside, without receiving appropriate remuneration. ”

“ This provision shall also apply when postal administrations do not accept liability for insured items carried on board the ships or aircraft used by them.
5 If the loss, theft or damage occurs in the territory or service of an intermediate administration which does not provide the insured items service, the administration of origin shall bear the loss not covered by the intermediate administration. The same rule shall apply if the amount of the damage is higher than the maximum insured value adopted by the intermediate administration. ”

“ They shall be payable, subject to the exception provided for under 1.4, to the administrations of the countries which are crossed or whose services take part in the land or sea conveyance of the mails.
1.3 When the administration of the country which is crossed does not take part in the land or sea conveyance of the mails, the applicable transit charges shall be payable to the administration of destination if it bears the costs related to such transit. ”

“ Every postal administration shall be free to choose the system that it applies to its outward traffic.
2 The first system shall be based on the speed of treatment of the items. The latter shall therefore be divided into:
2.1 priority items, ie items conveyed by the quickest route (air or surface) with priority; weight limits: 2 kilograms in general, 5 kilograms for items containing books and pamphlets (optional service) , 7 kilograms for literature for the blind;
2.2 non-priority items, ie items for which the sender has chosen a lower rate, implying a longer delivery time ”

“ However, member countries which are not parties to the Postal Parcels Agreement shall not be required to forward air parcels by surface.
5 If a member country fails to observe the provisions regarding freedom of transit, other member countries may discontinue their postal service with that country.
Article 2
Ownership of postal items
1 A postal item shall remain the property of the sender until it is delivered to the rightful owner, except when the item has been seized in pursuance of the legislation of the country of destination. ”

“ However, the packing must have been recognized as being sufficient to guarantee the contents effectively against accidental risks of theft or damage.
2.2.1 The indemnity for a rifled or damaged registered item shall correspond, in principle, to the actual value of the theft or damage. It may, however, in no case exceed the amounts fixed under 2.1.1 and 2.1.2. Consequential losses or loss of profits shall not be taken into account.
3 Recorded delivery items
3.1 If a recorded delivery item is lost, the sender shall be entitled to refund of the charges paid. ”

“ At least half of the member countries represented at Congress shall be present at the time of voting.
2 To become effective, proposals relating to the Detailed Regulations which have been referred by Congress to the Postal Operations Council for a decision or which have been introduced between Congresses must be approved by a majority of the members of the Postal Operations Council. ”

“ Such items shall be called "aerogrammes".
6 Mail consisting of letter-post items posted in bulk by the same sender and received in the same dispatch or in separate dispatches, in accordance with the conditions specified in the Detailed Regulations, shall be called "bulk mail".
7 Special bags containing newspapers, periodicals, books and other printed papers for the same addressee at the same address shall, in both systems, be called "M bags"; weight limit: 30 kilograms. ”

“ Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire (Rep) , Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Portugal, Senegal, Syrian Arab Rep, Togo. ”