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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT. Each country may collect in respect of delivery of parcels to the addressee a fee not exceeding 50 centimes per parcel. The same fee may be charged, if the case arises, for each presentation after the first at the addressee's residence or place of business. ARTICLE VIII. Customs and other non-postal charges. Customs charges and all other non-postal charges shall be paid by the addressees of parcels, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement. ARTICLE IX. Warehousing charge. Each of the two Administrations may collect any warehousing charge fixed by its legislation for a parcel which is addressed "Poste Restante" or which is not claimed within the prescribed period. This charge shall in no case exceed 5 francs. ARTICLE X. Prohibitions. ostal parcels, re 1. Postal parcels must not contain any letter, note, or document having the character of an actual and personal correspondence, or packets of any kind bearing an address other than that of the addressee of the parcel or of persons dwelling with him. Exception. It is, however, permissible to enclose in a parcel an open invoice confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice, and also a simple copy of the address of the parcel. Forbidden encdo 2. It is also forbidden to enclose in a parcel: (a) Articles which from their nature or packing may be a source of danger to postal employees, or may soil or damage other parcels. (b) Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances (including loaded metal caps, live cartridges, and matches). (c) Live animals (except bees, which must be enclosed in boxes so constructed as to avoid all danger to postal employees and to allow the contents to be ascertained). (d) Articles the admission of which is forbidden by law or by the customs or other regulations. (e) Articles of an obscene or immoral nature. coin; gold, etc. It is, moreover, forbidden to send coin; platinum, gold, or silver, whether manufactured or unmanufactured; precious stones, jewelry, or other precious articles in uninsured parcels. Parcel wrongly ad- mtted, disposition.d 3. A parcel which has been wrongly admitted to the post shall be returned to the country of origin, unless the Administration of desti- nation is authorized by its legislation to dispose of it otherwise. et ontaining Nevertheless, the fact that a parcel contains a letter or communi- cation which constitutes an actual and personal correspondence shall Dtonopl not, in any case, entail its return to the country of origin. ivesOti 4. Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances and articles of an obscene or immoral nature shall not be returned to the country

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