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 1842 Abandoned parcels. Inquiries. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. on the outward or return journey, without previous notice or judicial formality. If for any reason a sale is impossible, the spoilt or putrid articles shall be destroyed. ARTICLE XVI. Abandoned parcels. Parcels which cannot be delivered to the addressees and which the senders have abandoned shall not be returned by the Administration of destination but shall be treated in accordance with its regulations. No claim shall be made by the Administration of destination against the Administration of origin in respect of such parcels. ARBTIC XVII. Inquiries. 1. A fee not exceeding 60 centimes may be charged for every inquiry concerning a parcel. No fee shall be charged if the sender has already paid the special fee for an advice of delivery. 2. Inquiries shall be admitted only if made by the sender within the period of one year from the day following the date of posting of the parcel. 3. When an inquiry is the outcome of an irregularity in the postal service, the inquiry fee shall be refunded. ARTICLE XVIII. Insured parcels. Rates and conditions. nsured parcels. 1. Parcels may be insured up to the sum of 220 in Barbados, or $100 in the United States of America. Insurance fee. 2. The Administration of origin is entitled to collect from the sender of an insured parcel, an insurance fee fixed according to its internal regulations. Dispatch fee. 3. The Administration of origin is also entitled to collect from the sender of an insured parcel a dispatch fee not exceeding 50 centimes. Receipt. 4. A receipt must be given free of charge at the time of posting to the sender of an insured parcel. ARTICLE XIX. Fraudulentinsurance. Fraudulent insur- ance. Insured parcels. The insured value may not exceed the actual value of the contents of the parcel, but it is permitted to insure only part of this value. The fraudulent insurance of a parcel for a sum exceeding the actual value shall be subject to any legal proceedings which may be admitted by the laws of the country of origin. A parcel the contents of which have no pecuniary value may, however, be insured for a nominal sum in order to obtain the safe- guards of the insurance system. ARTICLE XX. Responsibility for loss, damage, or abstraction. 1. Except in the cases mentioned in the following article, the two Administrations shall be responsible for the loss of insured parcels and for the loss, damage, or abstraction of their contents or of a part thereof.

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