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 54 STAT.] UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-MAY 23, 1939 REGLEMENT D'EXECUTION DE LA CONVENTION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE. Les soussign6s, vu 'article 4 de la Convention postale universelle conclue a Buenos Aires, le 23 mai 1939, ont, au nom de leurs Ad- ministrations respectives, arrete, d'un commun accord, les mesures suivantes pour assurer l'execution de ladite Convention: TITRE I. DISPOSITIONS GENERALES. CHAPITRE UNIQUE. ARTICLE 101. Transit en depeches closes et transit a decouvert. l.-Les Administrations peu- vent s'exp6dier reciproquement, par l'intermediare d'une ou de plusieurs d'entre elles, tant des d6peches closes que des corres- pondances a d6couvert, suivant les besoins du trafic et les con- venances du service. 2. -La transmission des corres- pondances a decouvert a une Ad- ministration interm6diaire doit se limiter strictement aux cas oiu la confection de depeches closes, soit pour le pays de destination meme, soit pour un pays plus proche de ce dernier, ne se justifie pas. ARTICLE 102. Echange en d6peches closes. 1. -L'6change des correspon- dances en d6epches closes est regl6 d'in commun accord entre les Ad- ministrations int6ress6es. II est obligatoire de former des depeches closes toutes les fois qu'une des Administrations inter- mediaires en fait la demande, se basant sur le fait que le nombre de correspondances a d6couvert est de nature A entraver ses operations. REGULATIONS OF EXECU- TION OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION The undersigned, in view of Article 4 of the Universal Postal Convention concluded at Buenos Aires on May 23, 1939, have, in the name of their respective Ad- ministrations, drawn up, by com- mon consent, the following meas- ures to assure the execution of the said Convention: TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS SOLE CHAPTER ARTICLE 101 Transit in closed mails and tran.qit in open mail 1. Administrations may send re- ciprocally, through the intermedi- ary of one or more of them, both closed mails and correspondence in open mail, in accordance with the needs of the traffic and the requirements of the service. 2. The transmission of corre- spondence in open mail to an intermediate Administration must be limited strictly to cases where the preparation of closed mails, either for the country of destina- tion itself or for a country nearer the latter, is not justified. ARTICLE 102 Exchange in closed mails 1. The exchange of correspond- ence in closed mails is governed by mutual agreement between the Administrations concerned. It is obligatory to make up closed mails whenever one of the intermediate Administrations so requests, basing its request on the fact that the number of articles in open mail is such as to hinder its operations. Measures adopted. Ante, p. 2051. Use of closed and open mails. Open mail to inter- mediate Administra- tion, limitation. Exchange in closed mails. 2105

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