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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. ARTICLE 60. ARTICLE 60 D6lai de payement de l'indemnit6. Period for payment of indemnity Periodforpayment. 1. -Le payement de l'indem- nite doit avoir lieu le plus t6t pos- sible et, au plus tard, dans le delai de six mois a compter du lendemain du jour de la reclama- tion. Ce d6lai est port6 a neuf mois dans les relations avec les pays eloign6s. Postponement. L'Administration expeditrice qui n'accepte pas de se charger des risques d6rivant du cas de force majeure peut diff6rer le reglement de l'indemnite au-dela du delai prevu a l'alin6a precedent lorsque la question de savoir si la perte de l'envoi est due a un cas de l'espcce n'est pas tranchee. 2.- L'Administration d'origine est autorisee a d6sinteresser l'ex- pediteur pour le compte de 1'Ad- ministration interm6diaire ou des- tinataire qui, r6gulierement saisie, a laiss6 s'ecouler trois mois sans donner de solution a l'affaire; ce delai est port6 a six mois dans les relations avec les pays eloignes. Responsibility for loss. Receiving adminis- tration. Administration of intermediation or des- tination. Pozt, p. 2154. ARTICLE 61. Determination de la responsabilite. 1. -Jusqu'a preuve du contraire, la responsabilit6 pour la perte d'un envoi recommand6 incombe A l'Administration qui, ayant regu l'objet sans faire d'observation et etant mise en possession de tous les moyens reglementaires d'in- vestigation, ne peut 6tablir ni la d6livrance au destinataire ni, s'il y a lieu, la transmission r6guliere a l'Administration suivante. Une Administration interm6- diaire ou destinataire est, jusqu'a preuve du contraire, d6gag6e de toute responsabilit6: a) lorsqu'elle a observe les dis- positions de l'article 162, § 3, du Reglement; b) lorsqu'elle peut 6tablir qu'elle n'a ete saisie de la r6clamation qu'apres la destruction des docu- ments de service relatifs A l'envoi recherch6, le delai de garde pr6vu ARTICLE 61 Fixing of responsibility 1. Until the contrary is proved, responsibility for the loss of a reg- istered article falls on the Admin- istration which, having received the article without making any observations, and, being furnished all particulars of inquiry pre- scribed by the regulations, can not establish either delivery to the addressee or regular transmis- sion to the next Administration, as the case may be. An Administration of interme- diation or destination is, until the contrary is proved, released from all responsibility: (a) When it has observed the provisions of Article 162, Section 3, of the Regulations; (b) When it can establish that it did not receive the inquiry until after the destruction of the service records relating to the article sought, the retention-period pre- 2080 1. Payment of indemnity must take place as soon as possible, and at the latest within the period of six months, counting from the day following the date of the in- quiry. That period is extended to nine months in relations with dis- tant countries. A dispatching Administration which does not accept risks arising from force majeure may postpone settlement for the indemnity be- yond the period prescribed by the preceding paragraph when the question of knowing whether the loss of the article was due to a case of that kind has not yet been settled. 2. The Administration of origin is authorized to settle with the sender on behalf of an Adminis- tration of intermediation or des- tination which, duly notified, has let three months pass without set- tling the matter; that period is extended to six months in rela- tions with distant countries.

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