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 296 Postage and fees. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES ARTICLE IV. Prepayment of postage and fees. Collection from 1. The Administration of origin is entitled to collect from the sender. sender of each parcel the postage and the fees for requests for in- formation as to the disposal of a parcel made after it has been posted, and also, in the case of insured parcels, the insurance fees and the fees for return receipts, that may from time to time be prescribed by its regulations. Prepayment. 2. Except in the case of returned or redirected parcels, prepayment of the postage and such of the fees mentioned in the preceding section as are applicable, is compulsory. ARTICLE V. Preparation of par- cels. Packing. Post, p. 305. Prohibitions. Preparationof parcels. Every parcel shall be packed in a manner adequate for the length of the journey and the protection of the contents as set forth in the Regulations of Execution. ARTICLE VI. Prohibitions. Articles specified. 1. The following articles are prohibited transmission by parcel Dangerous articles. Narcotics. Nonadmissible arti- cles. Letters, etc. Obscene, etc., a rti- cles. Enclosures with different address. Explosives. Live animals. Coin, etc. Parcel contravening above prohibitions; procedure. Parcel containing a letter. List of Prohibited Articles. post: (a) Articles which, from their nature or by their packing, may expose postal officials to danger, or soil or damage other parcels; (b) Opium, morphine, cocaine and other narcotics; (c) Any article the admission of which is forbidden by the customs or other laws or regulations in force in either country; (d) A letter or any document which constitutes an actual and personal correspondence. Nevertheless, it is permitted to enclose in a parcel an open invoice, confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice and also a simple copy of the address of the parcel, with mention of the address of the sender; (e) Obscene or immoral articles; (f) An enclosure which bears an address different from that placed on the cover of the parcel; (g) Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances; (h) Any live animal, except leeches; (i) Coin, bullion, jewelry, or any other precious article in unin- sured parcels. 2. When a parcel contravening any of these prohibitions is handed over by one Administration to the other, the latter shall proceed in accordance with its laws and inland regulations. Explosive or in- flammable articles, as well as documents, pictures and other articles injurious to public morals may be destroyed on the spot by the Administration which has found them in the mails. The fact that a parcel contains a letter, or a communication having the nature of a letter, may not, in any case, entail return of the parcel to the sender. The letter is, however, marked for collection of postage due from the addressee at the regular rate. The two Administrations advise each other, by means of the List of Prohibited Articles published by the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, of all prohibited articles. However, they do not assume, on that account, any responsibility towards the cus- toms or police authorities, or the sender.

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