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 62 STAT.] FRANCE--RELIEF SUPPLIES AND PACKAGES-DEC. 23, 1948 Such Relief Packages and Standard Packs shall not exceed, in any case, 44 lbs. in weight and shall be intended only for the personal use of the addressee and his immediate family. 2. Relief Goods, as referred to in paragraph 1 of Article I, may include products and articles permitted in Relief Packages and Standard Packs and also, upon special authorization of the French Customs Administration at the request of the charitable organizations (including French branches of United States volun- tary nonprofit relief agencies) to which such goods are consigned, may include any product or article which is not expressly speci- fied in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of paragraph 1 above. ARTICLE III FURTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING DUTY-FREE ENTRY 1. The French Government may limit the quantities of any product or article which may be included in any Relief Package or Stand- ard Pack and the number of Relief Packages or Standard Packs which any one addressee may receive free of duty in any month. Relief Packages and Standard Packs containing quantities of any product or article in excess of such limitations or those for any one addressee in excess of the maximum monthly number or quantity so prescribed will not be entitled to duty-free entry. The French Government will give reasonable notice to the Eca Special Mission to France of any such proposed limitations. 2. Relief Packages, as referred to in paragraph 2 of Article I, must be accompanied by detailed description of contents and declara- tion of value and shall be labelled "U.S .A. Gift Parcel." 3. Recipients of Relief Packages and Standard Packs must be able to furnish proof, at the request of the French Customs Adminis- tration, that no person residing in France has directly or indi- rectly made payment therefor in France or abroad. 4. The French Customs Administration may exclude from the benefit of this agreement all Relief Packages forwarded by com- mercial firms which accept unlawful settlement in payment therefor or which, in France, advertise or take other steps to obtain orders for Relief Packages to be paid for by French addressees. 3589 Limitation of quan- tity. ARTICLE IV REIMBURSEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS Costs of transportation in Metropolitan France (as defined in Para- graph 5 of Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agreement) of 62 stat., Pt. 2, shipments which are accorded duty-free entry in accordance with the above provisions will be reimbursed under the following conditions: 1. The cost of transportation of packages sent by United States parcel post will be computed by the French Postal Administra- tion in conformity with the agreements, rules and regulations of

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