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 1930 POSTAL CONVENTION-AMERICAS AND SPAIN. NOV. 10, 1931. Extension of doIIJ850 tic postal sen-ices. .. Postage paid" setV- ice. Official Janguap. descubriere, procedera de acuerdo con las disposiciones de su legisla- ci6n intenor, infonnando a la Administraci6n del pais de origen del tratc dado al enno. ARTICULO 12 &rvicios especiales Las Altas partes contratantes se obligan, sobre la base de acuerdos especiales 0 por co- rrespondencis, a hacer extensivos a los demas pafses de Is Uni6n Postal ce las Americas y Espana todos los servicios postales que realicen 0 puedan, en ]0 futuro, establecer en el interior de sus respectivos pa!ses. . A.RTfcULO 13 Di.sposiciones rorias Los pafses contratantes ten- dran la facultad de adoptar el "porte pagado" para el envfo de diarios 0 publicaciones peri6dicas abiertos 0 en paquetes, incluso los de propaganda 0 recIamo pu- ramente comerciales, siempre que, para estos ultimos, no se aplique una tarifa reducida. ARTfcULO 14 I dioma oficial Se adopta el espanol como idioma oficia! para los asuntos relativos al servicio de Correos. No obstante, los paises cuyo idioma no fuera este podran usar el propio. ARTICULO 15 Proteccwn e intercambio de jun- cionarios postales Protection of transit Las autoridades postales de los pouches, etc. pafses contratantes estaran obli- gadas a prestar, cuando les sea solicitada, la cooperaci6n que necesiten los funcionarios encar- gados del transporte de valijas y correspondencia en transito por dichos paises, y asimismo a aque- llos otros que una Administraci6n acuerde enviar a cualquiera de discovered will proceed in accord- ance with the J?rovisions of its domestic legislatlon, advising the Administration of the country of origin as to the disposal made of the article. ARTICLE 12 Special services The high contracting parties obligate tIiemselves, on the basis of special agreements or by cor- respondence, to extend to the other countries of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain all the posta! services which they carry on or may in the future establish in the interior of their respective countries. ARTICLE 13 Various provisions The contracting countries will have the option of adopting the Hpost~e paid" service for the transIDlSSion of newspapers or periodical publications, open or m bundles, including those for propaganda or purely commercial advertising, provided that a re- duced tariff is not applied to the latter. ARTICLE 14 Ojficiallanguage Spanish is adopted as the offi- cial language for matters relative to the :postal service j nevertheless, countries whose language is not this may use their own. ARTICLE 15 Protection and exchange oj postal functionaries The postal authorities of the contracting countries will be ob- liged to lend, when it is requested of them, the cooperation required by the postal employees charged with the transportation of pouches and correspondence in transit through the said countries, and likewise by such other func- tionaries as one Administration