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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES ARTICLE XIV. Repayment of compensation. Repaymenttocoun- 1. The Administration responsible for the loss, rifling, or damage, trefeting p- and on whose account the payment is effected, is bound to repay the amount of the indemnity to the country which has effected the pay- ment. This reimbursement must take place without delay, and at the latest within the period of nine months after notification of payment. hout expense. 2. These repayments to the creditor country must be made without expense for that Office, by money order or draft, in money valid in the creditor country or in any other way to be agreed upon mutually by correspondence. ARTICLE XV. Customs clearance. Fee for customs clearance. Fee. The office of delivery may collect from the addressee either in re- spect of delivery to the customs and clearance through the customs or in respect of delivery to the customs only, a fee not exceeding 50 gold centimes per parcel. ARTICLE XVI. Delivery. Delivery to the addressee. Fee for delivery at the place of address. To addressee. Parcels are delivered to the addressees as quickly as possible in accordance with the conditions in force in the country of destina- Fee. tion. This country may collect in respect of delivery of parcels to the addressee a fee not exceeding 50 gold centimes per parcel. The same fee may be charged, if the case arises, for each presentation after the first at the addressee's residence or place of business. ARTICLE XVII. Warehousing charges. Warehousing charge. Customs charges. Collectible by coun- try of destination. Customs charges. Cancelation, if re- turned or redirected. The country of destination is authorized to collect the warehousing charge fixed by its legislation for parcels addressed "General De- livery" or which are not claimed within the prescribed period. This charge may in no case exceed five gold francs. ARTICLE XVIII. Customs charges. The parcels are subject to all customs laws and regulations in force in the country of destination. The duties collectible on that account are collected from the addressee on delivery of the parcel in accordance with the customs regulations of the country of destina- tion. ARTICLE XIX. Customs charges to be cancelled. The customs charges on parcels sent back to the country of origin or redirected to another country shall be cancelled as far as the cus- toms regulations allow, both in the Netherlands and in the United States of America. 300

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