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 3330 Ante, p. 3329. Ante, pp. 3321, 3324. Ante, p. 3328. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. taken to cover risks offorce majeure (Article 57, Section 5). The country responsible for the loss must decide, in accordance with its domestic legislation, whether such loss is due to circumstances constituting a case of force majeure; these circumstances shall be brought to the attention of the country of origin, for its information; (b) When, proof of their responsibility not having been furnished otherwise, they cannot account for articles as a result of destruction of service records due to a case of force majeure; (c) When it is a question of articles whose contents fall within the scope of the prohibitions laid down by Articles 36, Sections 6 and 8, letter (c), and 49, Section 1; (d) When the sender has not made any inquiry within the period of one year contemplated by Article 56. ARTICLE 61. Termination of responsibility. Administrations cease to be responsible for registered articles the delivery of which they have effected under the conditions prescribed by their domestic regulations for articles of the same nature. ARTICLE 62. Fixing of responsibility. 1. Until the contrary is proved, responsibility for the loss of a registered article falls on the Administration which, having received the article without making any observations, and, being furnished all particulars of inquiry prescribed by the regulations, cannot establish either delivery to the addressee or regular transmission to the next Administration, as the case may be. sponie from re- 2. An intermediary Administration or one of destination is, until the contrary is proved, released from all responsibility: (a) When it has observed the provisions of Article 150, Section 4, of Post, p. 3378. 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 prescribed by Article 169 Po, p. 3392. of the Regulations having expired; this reservation does not prejudice the rights of the claimant. ndterminable re- 3. However, if the loss has taken place in the course of transmission without its being possible to determine the country in whose territory or service the loss occurred, the Administrations concerned bear the loss in equal shares. Loss by force 4. When a registered article has been lost under circumstances of force majeure, the Administration in whose territory or in whose service the loss took place is not responsible therefor to the Adminis- tration of origin unless both countries undertake risks arising from cases offorce majeure.

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