4 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-WASHINGTON. JUNE 15, 1897. 1643 l’Office de l’Union qui sert tions notified by the Office of dhntermediaire. the Union which serves as inter- , mediary. Toutefois, les frais du transport Nevertheless, the charges for the _M¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤ for merimaritime total, dans l’Union et entire maritime con veyance,within °"°° °°"°y°”°°‘ hors l’Union, ne peuvent pas ex- and without the Union, may not céder 20 francs par kilogramme de exceed 20 francs per kilogram of lettres et de cartes postales et 1 letters and post cards and 1 franc franc par kilogramme d’autres ob- per kilogram of other articles; if Jets; le cas échéant, ces frais sont necessary, these charges are dirépartis, au prorata des distances, vided, pro rata for the distances, entre les Offices intervenant dans between the Offices participating le transport maritime. in the maritime conveyance. Les frais de transit, territorial The transit charges, territorial chjr°°js”’**””*°¤° °‘ ou maritime, en dehors des limi- or maritime, outside as well as g ` tes de l’Union comme dans le res- within thelimitsof theUnion on the. sort de 1’Union, des correspon articles of correspondenceto which dances auxquelles s’applique le the present Article applies, are present article, sont constatés dans ascertained in the same manner as la meme forme que les frais de tran- the transit charges relative to artisit atlerents aux correspondances cles of correspondence exchanged échangées entre pays de l’Union. between countries of the Union. 3.-Les frais de transit des cor- 3.-The transit charges on arti- fo;>1=:=z¤,;g¤ *¤‘*·i¤l°¤ respondances at destination des cles of correspondence destined ns¤,‘:]L¤:¤°;•;;d£: pays en dehors de l’Uniou postale for countries outside the Union are °'°· sont a la charge de l’OiHce du pays payable by the Office of the cound’origine, qui tixe les taxes d’ailran- try of origin, which fixes the postchissement dans son service des- agerates ofprepaymentin its servdites correspondances, sans que ice on said articles; these rates, ces taxes puissent etre inférieures however, may not be lower than . au tarif normal de l’Union. the normal Union rates. 4.-Les frais de transit des cor- 4.-The transit charges on arti- emicles from mmrespondances origiuaires des pays cles of correspondence originating U"""' °°“"°"°°‘ en dehors de l’Union ne sont pas at in countries outside the Union are la charge de l’Oi‘lice du pays de not payable by the Office of the destination. Cet Office distribue country of destination. That sans taxe les correspondances qui Office delivers without charge the lui sont livrées comme complete- articles which it has received fully ment adranchies; il taxe les cor- prepaid; on the unpaid articles it respondances non atfranchies an levies a charge equal to double double du tariffd’aiiranchisse1nent the prepaid rate applicable in its applicable dans son propre service own service to similar articles desaux envois similaires a destination tined for the country where said du pays d’oi1 proviennent lesdites articles originate; and on insuiiicorrespondences, et les correspon- ciently prepaid articles it levies a dances insuthsamment aifranchies charge equal to double the amount au double de Pinsuflisance, sans of the insufficiency; the charge, que la taxe puisse depasser celle howevenmaynotexceedthatwhich qui est pergne sur les correspon- is levied on unpaid articles of the dances non atfranchics de memes same nature, weight and origin. nature, poids et origiue. 5.-Les correspondances expé- 5.—Articles dispatched from one lT;=5¤¤!;1_g;—S¤i{>0¤i¥ij{ diees d’un pays de l’Union dans un country of the Union to a country `,?,`Q.;1,,.,,,.;y,,k,,, cg,,,,. pays en dehors de l’Union et vice outside the Union and vice-versa, ****5- versa, par Fintermediaire d’un Of- through the intermediary of an rice de l’Union, peuvcnt etre trans- Office of the Union, may be transmises, de part et d’autre, en dé- mitted. in both directions, in closed péches closes, si ce mode de trans- mails, if that mode of transmission mission est admis d’un commun is agreed to by the Otfices of origin accord par les offices d’origine et and destination of the mails, with de destination des depeches, avec the assent of the intermediary Yagrément del’Otliceintermediaire. Office.
