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 2780 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION. MARCH 20, 1934. tuel, soit contre Ie destinataire, soit against the addressee, the sender, contre I'expcditeur ou contre des or third parties. Payment, etc., of 001· lections. Periods for paying. Ante, p. 2774. tiers. ARTICLE 68 Sommes encaissees regulierement. Indemnites. Payement et re- cours. L'obligation de payer les som- mes encaissees rcgulieremen t ou l'indemnite dont il est question a l'article 67 incombe a l'Adminis- tration dont releve Ie bureau expe- diteur de l'envoi, sous reserve de son droit de recours contre l'Ad- ministration responsable. ARTICLE 69 Delai de payement. Los dispositions de l'article 60 concernant les dclais de payement de I'indemnite pour la porte d'un envoi recommande s'appliquent au payement des sommes encais- sees ou de l'indemnite pour les envois contre rembourscment. ARTICLE 70 Determination de la responsabilite. FixlngrtlSponsibility. Le payement, par l'Adminis- tration expeditrice, des sommes encaissees regulieremcn t ou de l'indemnite prevue a l'article 67 se fait pour Ie compte de l'Ad- ministration destinataire. Celle-ci est responsable, a moins qu'elle ne puisse prouver que la faute est due a la non-observation d'une disposition reglementaire par l'Administration expeditrice. En cas d'encaissement fraudu- leux a la suite de la disparition, dans Ie service, d'un envoi contre remboursement, la responsabilite des Administrations en cause est Antl, p. 2774. determinee selon les regles pre- vues a l'article 61 pour Ia perte d'un envoi recommande. Toutefois,la responsa bili te d'une Administration intermedi- aire qui ne participepasau service Ante, p. 2773. des remboursements est limitee a celIe qui est prevue aux articles 56 et 57 pour les envois recomman- des. Les autres Administrations supportent par parts egales Ie montant non couvert. ARTICLE 68 Sums reg'lllarly collected. Indem- nity. Payment and recourse The obligation of paying the sums regularly collected, or the indemnity referred to in Article 67, falls upon the Administration to which the office of origin of the article belongs, subject to its right to make a claim against the responsible Administration. ARTICLE 69 Period oj payment The provisions of Article 60 concenung the periods for pay- ment of indemnity for the loss of a registered article are applicable to the payment of the sums col- lected or of the indemnity for C. O. D. articles. ARTICLE 70 Fixing the re.~ponsibility The payment by the dispatch- ing Administration of the sums regularly collected, or of the in- demnity provided for by Article 67, is effected on behalf of the Administration of destination. The latter is responsible, unless it can prove that the irregularity was due to the failure of the dis- patching Administration to ob- serve a provision of the regula- tions. In case of fraudulent collection asaresultofthelossofaC.O.D. article in the service, the respon- sibility of the Administrations involved is determined in accord- ance with the rules laid down by Artiole 61 for the loss of a regis- tered article. However, the responsibility of an intermediate Administration which does not participate in the c. O. D. service is limited to that prescribed by Articles 56 and 57 for registered articles. The other Administrations pay the amount not covered in equal shares.