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 2108 Prohibitions. Articles specified. Letters, etc. PARCEL POST CONVENTION-SWEDEN. ARTICLE 4. Prohibitions. June 28, 1932. July 11, 1982. 1. The following articles are prohibited transmission by parcel post: (a) A letter or a communication having the nature of an actual and personal correspondence. Nevertheless, it is permitted to enclose in a parcel an open invoice, confined to the particulars which COll- stitute an invoice, and also a simple copy of the address of the parcel, that of the sender being added. With different ad- (b) An enclosure which bears an address other than that of the dress. addressee of the parcel or that of a person living with him. Live animals. ( c) Any live animals (except leeches). th!r1ziOn not BU- (d) Any article of whICh the admisSIOn is not authorized by the Explosives. Action to be taken. Customs or other laws or regulations in force in either country. (e) Any explosive or inflammable article, and, in general, any article of which the conveyance is dangerous. 2. When a parcel contravening any of these prohibitions is handed over by one Administration to the other, the latter shall proceed in accordance with its laws and its inland regulations. ar!st~fbe¥=!:t~ 3. The two Postal Administrations shall furnish each other with a list of prohibited articles; but they will not thereby undertake any responsifii1ity whatever towards the police, the Customs Authorities, or the senders of the parcels. ARTICLE 5. Customs duties. C'!l'JtOmB Dut1a. Parcels subject to. The parcels shall be subject in the country of destination to all customs duties and all customs regulations in force in that country for the protection of its customs revenue, and the customs duties properly chargeable thereon shall be collected on delivery, in accord- ance with the customs regulations of the country of destination. ARTICLE 6. Exchange of parcels. Method of Erochom,ge of Parcels. Sealedsa.cks. 1. The parcels shall be exchanged, in sacks duly fastened and sealed, by the offices appointed by agreement between the two Ad- ministrations, and shall be dispatched to the country of destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides. Insured parcels. 2. Insured :parcels shall be enclosed in separate sacks from those in which ordmary parcels are contained and the labels of sacks containing insured parcels shall be marked with such distinctive symbols as may from time to time be agreed upon. ARTICLE 7. Billing of parcels. Billing of Parrcels. Separate entries, pre- 1. The insured parcels and the ordinary parcels are entered in pared in duplicate. separate parcel bills. The parcel bills are v.repared in duplicate. The original is sent in the regular mails, whIle the duplicate is in- serted in one of the parcel sacks. The sack containing the parcel bill is designated by the letter " F ", traced in a conspicuous manner on the label.