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 2180 Collect-oll·dellvery .- rice. PARCEL POST CONVENTION-FINLAND. :::::: is. ~::~: 2. TmMit parcela. Each Administration shall also prepare quarterly an account showing the sums due for parcels sent by the other Administration for onward transmission. 3. These accounts shall be submitted to the examination of the corresponding Administration, if possible in the course of the month which follows the quarter to which they relate. The totals should not be summarily altered but any errors which may be discovered must form the subject of statements of differences. 4. The compilation, transmission, verification and acceptance of the accounts must be effected as early as possible, and the payment resulting from the balance must be made at the latest before the end of the following quarter. 5. Payment of the ti8J.ances due on these accounts between the two Administrations shall be effected by means of drafts on New York or in any other manner which may be agreed upon mutually by cor- respondence between the two Administrations, the expense attendant on the payment being at the charge of the indebted Administration. B. Oollect-on-Delivery Service. ARTICLE 21L Stibject. m:ccePtaDcelltormail. 1. Parcels, having charges to be collected on delivery, shall be. accepted for mailing to any money order post office in the United States of America or in Finland. Parcela In transit. 2. C. O. D. parcels shall be accepted only when insured. 3. The provisions of the Articles 25-36 of this Convention do not cover transit C. O. D. parcels. ARTIOLE 26. Powtage omd F ~8. 1. Parcels bearing charges for collection on delivery shall be sub- ject to the p«>stage rates, fees, conditions of mailing, and other for- malities applicaI:;le to insured parcels without trade charges. The Administration of origin is entitled to collect from the sender of each parcel mailed collect-on-delivery, such cQllect-on-delivery fee, in addition to the required postage and other fees, as may be pre- scribed by its regulations. - . 2. The postage rates and fees shall belong entirely to the country collecting them. No special account of the&} fees is to be made be- tween the two Admjnjstrations except as stated in Article 23. ARTICLE 27. Amount of O. O. D. ' Marimnm fee, etc. 1. The maximum amount to be collected on delivery shall be one hundred dollars. This amount may be increased or decreased at any time by mutual agreement through correspondence between the two Administrations. The amount to be collected on delivery shall invariably be expressed in dollars and cents. 2. When the sender makes a request for any reduction or canl!el- lation of the amount to be collected on delivery, the ~uest shall be handled between the exchange offices which have handled the parcel, unless otherwise agreed to through correspondence.