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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 4. Prints without value are not returned, unless the sender has re- quested their return by a notation placed on the article in a language known in the country of destination. Registered prints shall always be returned. 5. The forwarding of articles of correspondence from country to country, or their return to the country of origin, does not give rise to the collection of any additional charge, apart from the exceptions provided for by the Regulations. 6. Forwarded or returned articles of correspondence are delivered to the addressees or senders upon payment of the charges due on them on departure, on arrival or in the course of transmission, as a result of redirection after the first transmission, without prejudice to the re- payment of the customs duties or other special charges which the country of destination does not agree to cancel. 7. In case of forwarding to another country, or of non-delivery, the general-delivery fee, the customs-clearance fee, the commission fee, the additional special-delivery fee, and the special fee for the delivery of small packets to the addressees, are canceled. ARTICLE 56. Inquiries and requestsfor information. Fee. 1. An inquiry or request for information as to the disposal made of any article may give rise to the collection of a fee of 40 centimes at most. When, at the request of the party concerned, an inquiry or request for information must be sent by air mail, this fee plus the air mail surcharge, or double this surcharge if the reply is to be returned in the same manner, must be collected. In the event that telegraph service is requested, the telegraph charge is collected in addition to the prescribed fee. 2. For each inquiry or request for information relating to several articles mailed simultaneously at the same office by the same sender to the same addressee, only one charge or surcharge as mentioned in Sec- tion 1 shall be collected. 3. As for registered articles, no fee is collected if the sender has already paid the special fee for a return receipt. Time limit. 4. Inquiries are accepted only within the period of one year, count- ing from the day following the date of mailing of the article. However, every Administration is bound to comply with simple requests for information presented after that period which it receives from another Administration regarding articles mailed less than two years previously. quiretace of in- 5. Every Administration is obliged to accept inquiries and requests for information concerning articles mailed in the territory of other Administrations. Return ofee. 6. When an inquiry or a request for information has been made necessary through a fault of the service, the fee collected therefor is returned. 3328

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