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 2424 Customs tiODS. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-· DE NMA RK. ARTICLE 3. Customs Declarations. dedara- 1. The sender shaH. prepare one customs declaration for each parcel sent from either country, upon a special form provided for the pur- pose by the country of origin. The custolI'~ declaration shall give a general description of the parcel, an accura"iie statement in detail of its contents and value, date of mailing, actual weight, the sender's name and address, and the name and address of the addt'essee, and shall be securely attached to the parcel. However, as an exception to the foregoing, when more than one parcel is mailed simultaneously by the same se.ader in one country to the same addressee at the same address in the other coun- try, the sender need prepare only one customs declaration for the en- tire shipment, which customs declaration shall show, in addition to the particulars set forth in the preceding sentence, the total number of parcels comprisinK the shipment, and shall be securely attached to one of the parcels. The parcels comprising the entire shipment shall be clearly marked in such case with a fractional number, the numerator of whIch will indicate, in Arabic figures, the number of the parcel, and the denominator the number of parcels comprising the shipment; for example, if a single shipment were composed of 15 parcels, each parcel would be numbered, respectively, 1/15, 2/15, 3/15, etc. 2. The Administrations accept no responsibility for the correctness of the customs declarations. ARTICLE 4. Return receipts. Return receipts. 1. As to a parcel for which a return receipt is asked, the office of origin impresses on the parcel the letters or words'" A. R." or "AviB de Reception". The office of origin or any other office appointed by the dispatching Administration shall fill out a return receipt form and attach it to the parcel. If the form does not reach the office of destination, that office makes out a duplicate. Receptacles. 2. The office of destination, after having duly filled out the return receipt form, returns it free of postage to the address of the sender of the parcel. 3. When the sender applies for a return receipt after a parcel has been posted, the office of origin duly :fills out a return receipt form and attaches it to a form of inquiry which is entered with the details concerning the transmission of the parcel and then forwards it to the office of destination of the parcel. In the case of the due delivery of the parcel, the office of destination withdraws the inquiry form, and the return receipt is treated in the manner prescribed m the foregoing paragraph. ARTICLE 5. Receptacles. 1. The Postal Administrations of the two contracting countries shall provide the respective bags necessary for the dispatch of their parcels and each bag shall be marked to show the name of the office or country to which it belongs. 2. B~ must be returned empty to the dispatching office by the next mail. Empty bags to be returned are made up in bundles of ten, enclosing nine bags in one. The total number of bags returned shall be entered on the relative parcel bills. 3. In case ten per cent of the total number of bags used during the year have not been returned, the value of the missing bags must be repaid to the Administration of origin.