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 304 Matters not here provided for. Universal Post Convention, etc. , govern. 49 Stat. 2741. Details to be fix by common consei Mutual notice postal laws, etc. a in INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES ice, either entirely or partially, or restrict it to certain offices, on condition of giving immediate notice, if necessary by telegraph, to the other Administration. ARTICLE XXX. Matters not provided for in the present agreement. 1. Unless they are provided for in the present agreement, all ques- tions concerning requests for recall or change of address of parcels and the obtaining and disposition of return receipts and settlement of indemnity claims in connection with insured parcels shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention and its Regulations of Execution, in so far as they are applicable and are not contrary to the foregoing provisions. If the case is not provided for at all, the domestic legislation of the United States of America or of the Netherlands, or the decisions made by one country d or the other, are applicable in the respective country. it. 2 . The details relative to the application of the present agreement will be fixed by the two Administrations in Regulations of Execution, the provisions of which may be modified or completed by common consent by way of correspondence. A similar agreement through correspondence may be made with a view to the exchange of collect- f on-delivery parcels. 3. The two Administrations notify each other mutually of their laws, ordinances and tariffs concerning the exchange of parcel post, as well as of all modifications in rates which may be subsequently made. ARIICLE XXXI. Durationof the agreement. Former onven on. brogated. 1. This agreement substitutes and abrogates the Parcel Post Con- 44Stat.2483. vention signed at Washington the 11th day of December, 1926, and Entry into force. at The Hague, the 16th day of November, 1926. 2. It shall become effective on ratification, but pending ratification, it may be put into force administratively on a date to be mutually Duration. settled between the Administrations of the two countries. 3. It shall remain in effect as long as it has not been terminated six months in advance by one or the other of the two Administra- Signatures, tions. Done in duplicate and signed at Washington, the 5 th day of Sep- tember 1937, and at The Hague, the 20th day of September 1937. Approval by the President. [SEALJ JAMES A FARLEm The Postmaster General of the United States of America. M H DAMME Director General of Posts and Telegraphs of The Netherlands. The foregoing Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the exchange of parcels by parcel post has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. [SEAL] FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President. CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, October 18, 1937. "-"

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