Organization and jurisdiction of the Union Article 1. Composition of the Union. 2. New adhesions. Procedure. 3. Convention and Agreements of the Union. 4. Regulations of Execution. 5. Special treaties and restricted unions. Frontier zones. 6. Domestic legislation. 7. Relations with non-Union countries. 8. Colonies, Protectorates, etc. 9. Extent of the Union. 10. Arbitration. L 11. Withdrawal from the Union. Termination of participation in the Agreements.

CHAPTER II

Congresses, Conferences, Committees
12. Congresses.
13. Ratifications. Effective date and duration of the Acts of the Congress.
14. Extraordinary Congresses.
15. Regulations of Congresses.
16. Conferences.
17. Committees.

CHAPTER III
Propositions during the interval between meetings
18. Introduction of the propositions.
19. Examination of the propositions.
20. Conditions of approval.
21. Notification of the resolutions.
22. Execution of the resolutions.

CHAPTER IV

The International Bureau
23. General attributions.
24. Expenses of the International Bureau.

TITLE II

RULES OF GENERAL ORDER

Sole Chapter
25. Liberty of transit.
26. Right to utilize the services of the Union.
27. Prohibition against unauthorized charges.
28. Temporary suspension of service.
29. Monetary standard.
30. Equivalents.
31. Forms. Language.
32. Identity cards.

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TITLE III
PROVISIONS CONCERNING POSTAL CORRESPONDENCE

CHAPTER I

General provisions

33. Articles of correspondence.

34. Rates of postage and general conditions.

35. Prepayment.

36. Charge in case of absence or insufficiency of prepayment.

37. Correspondence outside of the Union.

38. Surtaxes.

39. Special charges.

40. Special delivery articles.

41. Prohibitions.

42. Forms of prepayment.

43. Franking privilege.

44. Reply coupons.

45. Withdrawal. Change of address.

46. Forwarding. Undelivered correspondence.

47. Inquiries.

CHAPTER II

Registered articles

48. Charges.

49. Return receipts.

50. Extent of responsibility.

51. Exceptions to the principle of responsibility.

52. Termination of responsibility.

53. Payment of indemnity.

54. Period for payment.

55. Fixing of responsibility.

56. Repayment of the indemnity to the Administration of origin.

57. Responsibility for registered articles outside of the limits of the Union.

CHAPTER III

Collect on delivery articles

58. Rates and conditions. Settlement.

59. Cancellation of the amount to be collected.

60. Responsibility in case of loss of articles.

61. Guarantee of the sums regularly collected.

62. Indemnity in case of noncollection, insufficient collection or fraudulent

collection.

63. Sums regularly collected. Indemnity. Payment and recourse.

64. Period for payment.

65. Fixing of responsibility.

66. Reimbursement of sums advanced.

67. C. 0. D. money orders.

68. Sharing of C. O. D. charges and fees.

CHAPTER IV

Retention of postage. Transit and warehousing charges

69. Retention of postage.

70. Transit charges.

71. Warehousing charges.

72. Freedom from transit charges.

73. Extraordinary services.

74. Airplane services.

75. Payments and accounts.

76. Transit charges in relations with countries outside of the Union.

77. Exchange of closed mails with warships.

VARIOUS PROVISIONS

78. Failure to observe liberty of transit. 79. Obligations.

FINAL PROVISIONS

80. Effective date and duration of the Convention.

FINAL PROTOCOL

I. Withdrawal of correspondence. II. Equivalents. Maximum and minimum limits. III. Option of requiring prepayment. IV. Mailing of correspondence in another country. V. Avoirdupois ounce. VI. Reply coupons. VII. Registration fee. VIII. Warehousing charges. IX. Protocol left open to countries not represented. X. Protocol left open to countries represented for signatures and adhesions. XI. Period for notification of adhesion of countries not represented. XII. Research Committee.