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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Notifcation. 2. -Les Administrations par l'intermediaire desquelles des d6- peches closes sont A expedier doivent etre pr6venues en temps opportun. teraton In ex- 3.- En cas de changement dans un service d'6change en depeches closes 6tabli entre deux Adminis- trations par l'intermediaire d'un ou de plusieurs pays tiers, l'Admi- nistration d'origine de la depeche en donne connaissance aux Ad- ministrations de ces pays. S'il s'agit d'une modification dans la voie d'acheminement des dep&ches, la nouvelle voie a suivre doit &tre indiquee aux Adminis- trations qui effectuaient prece- demment le transit, tandis que l'ancienne voie est signalee, pour memoire, aux Administrations qui assureron desormais ce transit. ARTICLE 103. Acheminement des corre- spondances. Routg of mails. 1.-Chaque Administration est oblig6e d'acheminer, par les voies lesplusrapides qu'elle emploie pour ses propres envois, les depeches closes et les correspondances A d6couvert qui lui sont livrees par une autre Administration. Lorsqu'une d6p8che se compose de plusieurs sacs, ceux-ci doivent, autant que possible, rester r6unis et 8tre achemines par le mnme courrier. Mient article. Les objets de toute nature mal diriges sont, sans aucun delai, r6expedi6s sur leur destination par la voie la plus prompte. Optional rote. 2.- L'Administration du pays d'origine a la facult6 d'indiquer la voie A suivre par les depeches closes qu'elle exp6die, pourvu que l'emploi de cette voie n'entratne pas, pour une Administration in- term6diaire, des frais sp6ciaux. Unpaid or insuffi- cient postage Sous la mInme reserve, les Ad- ministrations intervenant dans le transport doivent tenir compte de la vole A suivre portee par l'ex- pediteur sur les envois qui leur sent transmis A d6couvert. 3.-Les Administrations qui usent de la faculte de percevoir des taxes suppl6mentaires, en repr6- 2. The Administrations through whose intermediary closed mails are to be exchanged shall be duly notified in advance. 3. In case of alteration in an exchange of closed mails estab- lished between two Administra- tions through the intermediary of one or more third countries, the Administration of origin of the dis- patch gives notice thereof to the Administrations of those countries. If it is a question of a change in the routing of the dispatches, the new route to be followed should be indicated to the Administrations which have previously effected the transit, while the former route is indicated, as information to the Administrations which will subse- quently perform such transit. ARTICLE 103 Routing of mails 1. Each Administration is bound to forward by the most rapid routes which it employs for its own dispatches the closed mails and articles in open mail which are delivered to it by another Administration. When a mail is composed of several sacks, they shall, as far as possible, remain together and be forwarded in the same dispatch. Missent articles of all kinds are forwarded without any delay to their destination by the most rapid route. 2. The Administration of the country of origin has the option of indicating the route to be followed by the closed mails which it dis- patches, provided that the em- ployment of that route does not involve special expenses for an intermediate Administration. With the same reservation, the Administrations intervening in the transportation shall take account of the route to be followed indi- cated by the sender on articles sent to them in open mail. 3. Administrations which make use of the option of collecting supplementary charges, represent- 2106

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