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 1644 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION—WASHINGTON. JUNE 15, 1897. Amrronn 18. ’ ARTICLE 18. _ L<>.·:i¤1¤¤¤q to pun- Les hautes parties comtractantes The high contracting parties '°h°°“"t°rf°m“g’°t°' s’engagent at prendre,ou a proposer engage to adopt, or to propose to at leurs legislatures respeetives, their respective legislatures, the les mesures necessaires pour punir necessary measures for punishing Pemploi frauduleux, pour l’atfran— the fraudulent use, for the prepay- chissement de correspondances, de ment of postal articles, of countertimbresposte contreiaits ou ayant feit postagestamps, or postagedéjaservi. Elles s’engagent égale- stamps which have already been ment at prendre, ou a proposer a used. They likewise engage to leurs legislatures respectives, les adopt, or to propose to their remesures necessaires pour interdire spective legislatures, the necessary et reprimer les operations fraudu- measures for prohibiting and supleuses de fabrication, vente, colpor- pressing the fraudulent manufac- . tage ou distribution de vignettes et ture, sale, otlering for sale, or distimbres en usage dans le service tribution of embossed and adhedes postes,contrefaits ou imites de sive stamps in use in the postal telle maniere qu’ils pourraientetre service, counterfeited or imitated confondus avec les vignettes et in such a manner as to be mistaktimbres emis par 1’Ad ministration able for the embossed and adhesive d’un des pays adherents. stamps issued by the Administration of any one of the contracting countries. mm- Antrremu 19. Anrrcmc 19. §nI;:_°i‘l ¤¤¤¤g¤· Le service des lettres et boites The services concerning letters m avec valenr déclarée, et ceux des and boxes with declared value, and mandats de poste, des colis pos- those of money-orders, postal partaux, de valeurs a recouvrer, des eels, collection of bills and drafts, livrets d’identité, des abonnements books of identity, subscriptions to aux journaux, etc., font Pobjet newspapers, etc., form the subject d’arrangements particuliers entre of special arrangements between les divers pays ou groupes de pays the various countries or groups of de l’Union. countries of the Union. _ “°‘2°‘ ARTICLE 20. Auriorm 20. R°8“*°“°¤°· 1-Les Administrations postales 1.-—The Postal Administrations des divers rays qui composent of the various countries composing l’Union sont competentes pour the Union are competent to estabarreter d’uu commun accord, dans lish by mutual agreement, in Regun Reglement d’exécution, toutes ulations of execution, all the measles mesures d’ordre et de détail ures of order and detail which are qui sont jugees néeessaires. judged necessary. SP¤¢*·¤¤°¤*¤¤**¤¤¤' 2-Les diiierentes Administra- 2.-The several Administrations tions peuvent, en outre, prendre may, moreover, make among thementre elles les arrangements ne- selves the necessary arrangements cessaires an sujet des questions on the subject of questions which qui ne concernent pas l’ensemble do not concern the Union generde l’Union,pourvu que ces arrange- ally, provided that those arrangements ne derogent pas a la pre- ments are not eontraryto the pres- Lawn up sente Convention. ent Convention. P°°3-—I1 est toutefois permis aux 3.-The Administrations inter- Administrations interessees de ested are, however, permitted to s’entendre mutuellement pour l’a- conclude mutual agreements for doption de taxes reduites dans un the adoption of ower rates of rayon de 30 kilometres. postage within a radius of 30 kilometers. Ae-21- Aizrictu 21. ARTICLE 21. L*“""*"‘"°" °' °”°°*‘ 1-La présente Convention ne 1.-The present Convention inporte point alteration a la Iégisla- volves no alteration in the legisla-