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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 3. Centimes are ignored in the balances. 4. In case of difference between the corresponding items furnished by two Administrations, the International Bureau invites them to come to an agreement and to communicate to it the sums definitely arrived at. 5. When only one of the Administrations has furnished the Form C 21, the amounts indicated by that Administration are valid. 6. In the case provided for by Article 161, Section 7, the accounts shall bear the note: Aucune observation de l'Administration debitrice n'est parvenue dans le delai reglementaire (No observation received from the debtor Administration within the prescribed period). 7. If two Administrations agree to make a special settlement, their Forms C 21 bear the note: Compte regle a part-a-titre d'information (Account settled separately-for purposes of information); and are not included in the general annual account. 8. The International Bureau prepares, at the end of each year, on the basis of the forms which have reached it up to that time and which are considered as automatically accepted, a general annual account of transit charges. If occasion arises, it complies with the Ate, p. 3380. rule laid down by Article 152, Section 5, for annual payments. 9. The account indicates: (a) The debit and credit of each Administration; (b) The debit or credit balance of each Administration; (c) The sums to be paid by the debtor Administrations; (d) The sums to be received by the creditor Administrations. 10. The International Bureau proceeds by way of compensation in such a manner as to restrict to the minimum the number of payments to be made. Transision. 11. The general annual accounts shall be transmitted to the Administrations by the International Bureau as soon as possible, and at the latest before the expiration of the first quarter of the year following that of their preparation. ARTICLE 163. Settlement of transit charges. 1. The balance resulting from the general annual account of the International Bureau or from special settlements, including, if occasion Ante, p. s330. arises, the adjustment provided for in Article 152, Section 5, is paid by the debtor Administration to the creditor Administration in one of the following manners: (a) At the choice of the debtor Administration, in gold or by means of checks or drafts fulfilling the conditions prescribed by Section 2 hereafter and payable at sight in the capital or in a commercial city of the creditor country; or (b) Following agreement between the two Administrations, through the intermediary of a bank utilizing the transfer service of the Bank for International Settlements at Basel, or by any other means; 3386

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