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 2112 PARCEL POST CONVENTION-SWEDEN JUM 28, 1932, • July 11, 1932, counting with the day following that on which the application is made, which payment shall be made on account of the Adminis- tration of destination, if that Administration is responsible for the loss, rifling, or damage, and has been duly notified. Deferred payment. 11. However, the Administration of orIgin may, in the cases indi- cated in the foregoing section, exceptionally defer payment of in- demnity for a longer period than that stipulated if, at the expiration of that period, it has not been able to deteIT"dne the disposition made of the article in question or the responsibility incurred. country'f of Origin, 12. Except in cases where payment is exceptionally deferred as may pay, 1 country 0 'dd'thf . . th t f...th designation delays nine proVI em· e oregomg section, e coun ry 0 orlwn IS au or- months. lzed to pay indemnity on behalf of the country of destmation if that country has, after being duly informed of the application for in- demni~, let nine months pass without settlin~ the matter. Country responsible. 13. The obli~ation of paying the indemnIty shall rest with the country to whIch the mailing office is subordinate. That country can make a claim on the country responsible, that is to say, against the Administration on the territory or in the service of which the loss, rifling, or damage took place. tr:=~nt to coun- h14. The country respo~ibre fdor ~heblossd'rifling, or damahge and on w. ose account payment IS ma e IS oun to repay to t e country makin~ payment on its behalf, without delay and within not more than rune months after receiving notice of payment, the amount of indemnity paid. gO~eTarmstroBot (talk)ment on 15. Reimbursements for indemnity from one country to the other . shall be made on the gold basis. Means to be used. 16. RepayIllents are to be made free of cost to the creditor country by means of either a money order or a draft or in money valid in the creditor country, or by such other means as may be mutually agreed upon by correspondence. ~nslbility Of~r 17. Until the contrary is proved, responsibility for an insured ~i sho~co parcel rests with the country which, having received the parcel with- sition. out making any observation and being furnished all necessary par- ticulars for inquiry, is unable to show its proper disposition. If lost In transit. If the loss, abstraction, or damage has occurred in the course of conveyance without its being possible to ascertain in which service the irregularity took place, the Postal Administrations concerned bear the loss in equal shares. TarmstroBot (talk)l~hlrrosso~r: .18. ResponsibilIty f~r. loss, rifling, or damage of an. insured pa~cel covered by receiving discovered by the receIVIng office of exchange at the time of openmg offioe. the receptacles and duly notified to the dispatching Office of ex- change by bulletin of verification, shall fall upon the Administration to which the dispatching office of exchange is subordinate unless it be proved that the loss, rifling, or damage occurred in the service of the receiving Administration. Respon. 'li bi lity for 19. The responsibility of properly enclosing, &acking, and sealin~ proper packing, etc.. d I h d d msure parce s rests upon te sen er, an t e postal service 0 Transit parcels. Right of transit guar- anteed. neither country will assume liability for loss, rifling, or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting. ARTICLE 13. T'l'OJn;.Sit Pa'l'ce18. 1. Each Administration guarantees the right of transit over its territory, to or from any country with which it has parcel post com- munication, of parcels originatm~ in or addressed for delivery in the territory of the other contractmg Administration.