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. · ovember 16,1926. PARCEL POST CONVENTION—NETHERLANDS. 2487 _ 2. A fee may be charged, at the option of the country of origin, m§{g,';°·"" ’°’ *‘”°" on a request for information as to the disposal of an ordinary parcel and also of a re istered or insured parcel made after it has been posted if the sencgr has not already paid the special fee to obtain an advice of delivery. _ 3. When an advice of delivery! is desired, the sender or odice of M°'“°g °"°q“°““* origin shall write or stamp on t e parcel in a conspicuous manner, the words " Return receipt requested ", "Advice of delivery re- quested ", or, boldly, the letters "A. R." XII. zmzemay. M°··=¤·°*- 1. Except in cases of loss or damage through force majeure (causes ‘"°""`*“°" '° ““°°’· beyond control) as that term is defined by the legal decisions or rulings of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurs, when a re istered or insured {parcel has been lost, rided, or damaged, the sender or other right ul claimant, is entitled to an indemnity corresponding to the actual amount of loss, riding, or damage based on the actual value at the time and place of mailing of the lost, rided, or dam ed article, unless the loss, riding, or damage has arisen from theudault or negligence of the sender or the addressee or of the representative of either or from the nature of the article, provided that the indemnity shall not exceed the sum for L“"“““°°· which the required registration or insurance fee was paid in the country of origin. . . In t e absence of special agreement to the contrary between the “,;§§,'°f,§"§§‘,{n‘}§‘§,‘ZZ countries involved (which agreement may be made through cor- ¤¤*'°Y¤°*°¤°· respondence) no indemnity will be paid b either country for the loss, riding or damage of transit registeredy or insured parcels, that is registered or insured parcels originating in one of the two contract- ing countries or a third country addressed for delivery in some other covr *¤y not a party to this Convention. scither administration is bound to pay indemnity in case of ,°,{‘,‘§“ "’ ‘°’°° ’““” loss or damage due to force majeure under any particular definitions of that term unless the other administration will assume liability reciprocally under the same definitions of the term, although either country may at its option and without recourse to the other country, pay indemnity for losses or damages occurring through force majeure under any definition of that term. 3. No application for indemnity will be entertained unless a claim C*°"“ ‘° "° “‘°d· or an initial inquiry, oral or written, shall be dled by claimant or his representative within a ear commencing with the day following the posting of the registered or insured parcel. 4. No compensation shall be given for loss, injury, or damage N¤c¤¤¤1>¤¤S¤¢i¤¤f<>r consequential upon, i. e., indirectly arising from, the loss, nondelivery, i°°"°°t l°”’ °°°° misde ivery, damage, or delay of any registered or insured parcel transmitted under this convention. . 5. No indemnity will be paid for registered or insured parcels t Qiggngot °¤¤i¤°¤ which contain matter of no intrinsic value nor for perishable matter ° ° y' or matter prohibited transmission in the parcel-post mails exchanged between the contracting administrations, or which did not conform to the stipulations of this Convention, or which were not posted in the manner prescribed, but the country responsible for the loss, ndmg or damage may pay indemnity in respect of such parcels with- out recourse to the other administration. r ` · A _ _ 6. Either of the Administrations may at its option reimburse; the ,,01Q°§g”Qf’§§§f"Q§“f°S, gf Hghtful claimant inthe event of loss, irre arable dama of entire ¤¤¤>¤*=· contents,,or riding of entire contents for tide amount ofggostage or slpecial charges borne by an insured or a registered parcel, if claimed. he insurance and registration fees are not in any case returned.

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