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 PARCEL POST CONVENTION-CUBA. JULY 24, 1930. 2847 (b) All parcels of which the addressee refuses to take delivery or bYacoeptan08 declines to make formal entry when requested by the custolIl8 officer . in cases where the appraised value exceeds the value shown in the declaration of entry, and where evidence of fraudulent intent is shown. The particulars of the diSJ?osition of each parcel shall be commu- Disposition. nicated by one Postal Admirustration to the other. 2. Parcels which it has not been possible to deliver and which are Per~hable articles . I .. . h b ld. di not deliverable. hab e to detenoratlOn or corruptIon may, owever, e so unme - ately, without previous notice or legal formality, for the benefit of the party entitled thereto, the particulars of the sale being reported by one Administration to the other. The proceeds of the sale shall be devoted to paying the charges on the parcel; the remainder, if any, shall be sent to the office of origin to be paid to the sender. If for any reason a sale is impossible, the spoiled or worthless articles shall be destroyed by the 'postal or customs officials and appropriate report made to the adminIstration of origin. 3. With the reservation that the formalities prescribed for ad- 0817:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC)TarmstroBot (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC): ministrative reasons by the Administrations concerned be complied with, the customs dutIes on parcels which have to be sent back to the country of origin or redirected to a third country shall be canceled both in the United States and in Cuba. 4. Parcels missent to either country shall be immediately re- Missent articles. . turned to the dispatching office of exchange. Attention shall be called to the error by means of a Bulletin of Verification. 5. Parcels which are abandoned by the senders will not be re- Abandoned articles. turned to origin, but will be disposed of in accordance with the regulations of the country of destination. 6. Each country may Impose reasonable storage charges in case Storage charges. the addressee fails to accept delivery of any parcels within such reasonable time as is prescribed by the country of destination. Any such charges shall be canceled in the event of the return of the parcel to the count::.y of origin. ARTICLE VII Each C01Jlltry shall retain to its own use the whole of the postage, e~etention of tees, registry fees, or other charges it collects on larcels exchanged with the other, but it is agreed that the country 0 origin shall allow to the country of destination thirty (30) cents a parcel on the total excess number of such parcel post packages dispatched over Mutual payments. the number of such parcel post packa~s received, settlement to be made in the General Postal Account between the two countries. The creditor country shall prepare an account at the end of each Accounting. quarter of the amount due to it in respect of the parcels received in excess of those dispatched. ARTICLE VIII 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the tapethod of transpor- mails exchanged direct between the United States and Cuba to be JOn. dispatched to destination by the" country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides; but must be forwarded, at the option of the dispatching office, either in receptacles prepared expressly for the purpose or in ordinary mail sacks, securely sealed with a lead seal or otherwise, as may be mutually provided by regulations hereunder. 2. Each country shall promptly return empty to the dispatching ~turn of empt~ office, by mail, all such sacks or receptacles. . 57894 °--31-PT 2--77