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 2426 Method of exchange of paroel~. Billing. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-DENMARK. ARTICLE 6. Method of Exchange of Parcels. Decemher 9, 1932. December 28, 1982. 1. The parcels shall be exchanged, in sacks duly fastened and Sf'Ialed, by the offices appointed by agreement between the two Admin- istrations, and shall be dispatched to the country of destination by the country of origin at its cost and by such means as it provides. 2. Insured parcels shall be enclosed in separate sacks from those in which ordinary parcels are contained, and the labels of sa.cks con- taining insured parcels shall be marked with such distinctive symbols as may from time to time be agreed upon. 3. No sacks may exceed 40 kilograms (88 pounds) in weight. ARTICLE 7. Billing oj Parcels. 1. The insured. parcels and the ordinary parcels are entered in separate parcel bills. The parcel bills are prepared in duplicate. The original is sent in the regular mails, while the duplicate is inserted in one of the sacks. The sack containing the parcel bill is designated by the letter" F" traced in a conspicuous manner on the label. 2. The ordinary parcels included in each dispatch sent to the United States of America shall be entered on the parcel bills to show the total number of parcels and the total net weight thereof. The ordinary parcels included in each dispatch sent to Denmark shall be entered on the parcel"oills to show the total number of parcels according to the divisions of weight (a) up to 1 kilogram (2 pounds), (b) over 1 up to 5 kilograms (11 pounds), (c) over 5 up to 10 kilograms (22 pounds), (d) over 10 up to 15 kilograms (33 pounds), and (e) over 15 up to 20 kilograms (44 pounds). 3. Insured parcels shall be entered individua.l1y on the parcel bills. The entries concerning each parcel shall show the insurance number and the name of the office of origin. In the case of parcels sent to the United States of America, the total net weight of all the parcels must also be shown. In the case of parcels sent to Denmark, an indication of the division of weight must also be shown the same as in the case of ordin&.ry' parcels. 4. Parcels sent a decou/DBn must be entered separately on the parcel bills. - 5. Returned or redirected parcels must be entered individua.l1y on the parcel bills and must be followed by the word "Returned" or "Redirected", as the case may be. A statement of the charges which may be due on these parcels should be shown in the "Obser- vations" column. 6. The total number of sacks comprising each dispatch must also be shown on the parcel bills. 7. Each dispatching office of exchange shall number the parcel bills in the upper left-hand corner, commencing each year a fresh series for each office of exchange of destination. The last number of the year- shall be shown on the parcel bill of the first dispatch of the following year. 8. The exa.ct method of advising parcels or the receptacles con- taining them sent by one Administration in transit through the other together with any details of procedure in connection with the advice of such parcels or receptacles for which provision is not made in this Agreement, shall be settled by mutual agreement through corre- spondence between the two Administrations.