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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 machines, with indication of the date from which postage stamps of previous issues cease to be valid. 2. They shall also communicate to the International Bureau: (a) The annotation which they have adopted, by application of Article 106, Section 4, as the equivalent of the expression Taxe pergue or Portpaye; (b) The reduced rates which they have adopted by virtue of Article 6 of the Convention, and an indication of the relations to which such rates are applicable; (c) An indication of the surcharges which they collect as extra- ordinary transportation charges by virtue of Articles 39 and 69 of the Convention, as well as a list of the countries to which such surcharges apply, and, if necessary, a designation of the services which give rise to their collection; (d) All necessary information concerning their customs or other regulations, as well as the prohibitions or restrictions concerning the importation and transit of mail articles in their services; (e) The number of customs declarations, if any, required for arti- cles subject to customs examination addressed to their coun- tries, and the languages in which such declarations may be worded; (f) Information as to whether or not they admit, in articles prepaid at the letter or sample rate, articles liable to customs duty; (g) A list of distances in kilometers on land routes followed in their countries by dispatches in transit; (h) A list of the steamship lines whose ships leave their ports and are used for the conveyance of mails, with indication of the routes, distances, transit times between the port of embarkation and each of the subsequent ports of call, frequency of the service, and the countries to which the maritime transit charges are to be paid if use is made of the steamships; (i) Their list of distant countries and countries assimilated thereto; (j) Their decision in regard to the option of applying or not apply- ing certain general provisions of the Convention and Regula- tions; (k) Pertinent information concerning their organization and domes- tic services; (I) Their domestic postage rates. 3. Notice of any modification in the information contemplated in Section 2 shall be given without delay. 4. Administrations shall furnish the International Bureau with two copies of the documents which they publish, in regard to both the domestic and the international services. ARTICLE 182. Postal statistics. 1. On the basis of information collected by means of questionnaires which are transmitted to the Administrations at least four months 3397 Ante, p. 3352. Ante, p. 3310. Ante, pp. 3322, 3334. Notice of change. Documents to be furnished Bureau.

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