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1 This Agreement is made this 22ND day of JUNE 1990 between POSTSAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATI ON,GHANA on the one hand, andTAIWAN,ROC on the other hand. Whereas the parties to this Agreement are desirous of exchangingInternational Express Mails for the purpose of carrying same totheir final destination. It is hereby agreed between the parties herein as follows: Article l Purpose of the Agreement This Agreement shall govern the exchange of International Expre-ss Mails between the parties herein including any areas for whi-ch the postal administrations of the said parties exercise Inte-rnational Express Mail jurisdiction. Article 2 Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shallhave the meanings herein assigned to them: 1."Administration" －shall mean one of the postal administratio-ns of the parties to this Agreement; 2."Articles" －shall mean except where the context otherwise in-dicates an article which is or can be inserted into an item;3."Convention" －shall mean the Universal Postal Convention ado-pted by the Congress of the Universal Postal Union from timeto time; 4."Detailed Regulations of the Convention" －shall mean the Det-ailed Regulations of the Universal Postal Convention enactedby the Congress of the Universal Postal Union from time to ti-me; 5."International express Mail Service" －shall mean the servicesetablished by this Agreement; 6."Scheduled Service" －shall mean an International Express Mailservice option which allows a sender to enter into a contract-ual arrangement to mail items on a designated schedule to des-ignated addressee; 7."On-Demand Service"－shall mean and International Express MailService option which allows a sender to mail an item on a non-contractual basis and without any requirements for schedulingor prior designation of addressee. Article 3 Scheduled Service 1.Each administration shall offer scheduled service on a contra-ctual basis to customers who agree to use tne service on a de-signated schedule to send items to designated addressees. 2.Each administration shall provide the other administration wi-th a schedule of approximate delivery times to each city or o-ther location to which scheduled service is available, basedupon the time schedules of the international flights used tocarry scheduled items. 3.For each scheduled service contract, the administration of or-igin shall provide the administration of destination with thefollowing information at least ten days prior to commencing s-ervice pursuant to such contract: (i) The identification number of the customer contract, which'n-umber shall be indicated on each item sent; (ii) The names and addresses of the sender and designated addre-ssee; (iii) The days of the week designated by the customer as schedu-led despatch days; (iv) The time of day delivery is requested;and (v) The airline and flight number to be used. 4.The administration of origin shall notify the administrationof destination of any changes in the information referred toin Section 3 of this Article. Article 4 On-Demand Service 1.Each administration shall offer ondemand service which shallbe available to customers on a non-scheduled basis. 2.Each administration shall provide the other administration wi-th a list of the cities and other locations to which on-demandservice is available. 3.Each administration shall provide the other administration wi-th a schedule of approximate delivery times to each city or o-ther location to which on-demand service is available, basedupon the time schedules of the international flights used tocarry on-demand items. 4.Each administration shall number ondemand items with a uniquenumber and shall inform the other administration of all ident-ification marks or numbers which it uses for each on-demand i-tem. 5.The administration of origin is not required to provide the a-dministration of destination with notice prior to sending anon-demand item. Article 5 Charges to be Collected from the Sender Each administration shall fix the charges to be coll-ected from its senders for sending items in the service. Article 6 Charges and Charges and Fees to be Collected from the Addressee Each admini-stration shall be authorized to collect from the addressee thecustoms duty and other applicable non-postal fees ,if any ,paya-ble on each item it delivers and a charge for the collection ofsuch fees. Article 7 Conditions of Acceptance Provided that the contents do not come within the prohibitionslisted in Article 8, each item to be admitted into the Internat-ional Express mail service shall; (a) be packed in a manner adapted to the nature of the contentsand the conditions of transport; (b) bear the names and addresses of the addressee and of the se-nder; and (c) satisfy the conditions of weight and other administration w-ith a schedule of approximate delivery times to each city orother location to which scheduled service is available, bas-ed upon the time schedules of the international flights usedto carry scheduled items. size fixed by Article 9. Article 8 Prohibitions 1.The provisions of the Conventiongoverning prohibitions shallbe applicable to the insertion of articles in International E-xpress Mail items. 2.Each administration shall communicate to the other the necess-ary information concerning customs or other regulations, as w-ell as the prohibitions or restrictions governing entry of po-stal items in its service. Article 9 Limits of Size Weight An item of International Express Mail: (a) shall not exceed 1.5 meters for any dimension not 3 metersfor the sum of the lengths and the greatest circumference m-easured in a direcrion other than that of the length; and (b) shall not exceed 20 kilograms in weight. Article 10 Treatment of Items Wrongly Accepted 1.When an item containing an article prohibited under Article 8bas been wrongly admitted to the post, the prohibited articleshall be dealt with according to the laws of the country of t-he administration establishing its presence. 2.When the weight or the dimensions of an item exceed the limitsestablished under Article 9, it shall be returned to the admi-nistration of origin if the regulations of the administrationof destination do not permit delivery. 3.When a wrongly admitted item is neither delivered to the addr-essee nor returned to origin,the administration of origin sha-ll be informed how the item has been dealt with and of the re-striction or prohibition which re- quired such treatmint. Article 11 General Rules for Delivery and Customs Clearance 1.Each administration shall, in accordance with its regulationsfor the type of service used, make every effort to effect de-livery of each item of International Express Mail by the fas-test means available. 2.Each administration shall make every effort to expedite thecustoms clearance of International Express Mail items . Article 12 Undeliverable Items 1.After every reasonable effort to deliver an item has proven u-nsuccessful,the item shall be held at the disposal of the add-ressee for the period of retention provided by the regulationsof the administration of destinstion. 2.An item refused by the addressee shall be returned immediatelyto the administrations of origin. 3.Each undeliverable item shall be returned to the administrati-on of origin through the International Express Mail service.4.Neither administration shall charge the other for the returnof undeliverable items. Article 13 Items Arriving Out of Course and to be Redirected1.Each item arriving out of coures shall be redirected to its p-roper destination by the most direct route used by the admini-stration which has received the item. 2.Neither administration shall charge the other for the redirec-tion of items arriving out of course. Article 14 Inquiries 1.Each administration shall answer in the shortest possible time, not exceeding one month, inquiries relating to any Internat-ional Express Mail item posted by the other administration. 2.Inquiries shall be accepted only within a period of three mon-ths from the date on which the item was posted. 3.This article does not authorise routine requests for confirma-tion of delivery. Article 15 Allocation of Surface Costs for Traffic Imbalances1.At the end of each calendar year, the administration which hasreceived a larger quantity of International Express Mail itemsthan it has sent during that year shall have the right to col-lect from the other administration, as compensation, an imbal-ance charge for the surface handling and delivery costs it hasincurred for each additional item received, in accordance withthe Detailed Regulations in Appendix I of this Agreement. 2.Each administration shall establish an imbalance charge per i-tem which shall correspond to the costs of services. 3.Modifications of the imbalance charge may be made as follows:(a) Each administration may increase its imbalance charge whensuch as increase is necessary due to an increase in the costof services. (b) To be applicable,any such modification of the imbalance cha-rge shall: (i) be communicated to the other administration at least threemonths in advance; (ii) remrain in force for at least one year. 4.No imbalance charge shall be collected if the difference in n-umber of items exchanged is less than one hundred. However, ifthe difference exceeds 100 items we would charge an imbalancerate of 5SDR. Article 16 Internal Air Conveyance Dues Each administration which provides air conveyance of items with-in its country shall be entitled to reimbursement of internal a-ir conveyance dues. Article 17 Onward Air Conveyance 1.Each administration shall provide onward air conveyance servi-ce to or from any country with which it exchanges Internation-al Express Mail items, for items addressed to or originationgfom the other administration and shall provide approximate on-ward air conveyance times. 2.For each item forwarded pursuant to this article, the adminis-tration providing onward air conveyance service shall be auth-orised to collect from the other administration the onward airconveyance rates applicable to airmail under the Convention.3.For each item sent in transit a decouvert, the administrationproviding onward air conveyance services shall be authorisedto collect from the other administration, in addition to theonward air conveyance rates, a per item charge to compensatefor imbalance charges incurred on behalf of the other adminis-tration. Article 18 No Additional Rates, Charges or Fees Each administration shall establish its own policy concerning l-iability in cases of loss, damage,theft or delay in delivery ofInternational Express Mail items. The administration of originshall be responsible for making indemnity payments, if any ,toits senders, without recourse to the other administration. Article 20 Application of the Convention The Convention or its Detailed Regulations shall be applicable,where appropriate, by analogy, in all cases not expressly gover-ned by this Agreement or its Detailed Regulations. Article 21 Detailed Ragulations Details of implementation of this Agreement shall be governed byits Detailed Regulations in Appendix I. Article 22 Arbitration Any dispute which arises between the administrations concerningthe interpretation or application of this Agreement which cannotbe resolved by the administrations to their mutual satisfaction,shall be settled by arbitration, following the arbitration proc-edures of the Universal Postal Union at the time that the dispu-te is submitteed by an administration for arbitration. The arbi-trators shall be chosen from the administrations which provide aservice analogous to International Express Mail service. Article 23 Alteration or Amendments, Additional Rules and Regul-ations 1.This Agreement or its Detailed Regulations may be altered oramended by mutual consent by means of correspondence betweenofficials of each administration who have been authorised tomake such alterations or amendments. 2.Each administration is authorised to adopt implementing rulesand regulations for its internal operation of the service notinconsistent with this Agreement or its Detailed Regulations.Article 24 Entry into Force and Duration 1.This Agreement shall enter into force on the date mutually ag-reed upon by the administrations, after it is signed by the a-uthorised representatives of both administrations. 2.This Agreement shall expire twelve months after either admini-stration notifies the other in writing of termination. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have hereunto set their h-ands by their duly authorised representatives on the day and ye-ar first above written. EXPEDITED MAIL SERVICE(EMS) [Signed] Int'l Relations Manager Witness [Signed] Director of International Dept. Witness Taipei, Taiwan, ROC JUL 2 1990 [Signed] Director-General Posts&Telecommunications Corporation Director General costs & telecommunications corporation ISigned] Director General of Posts Signed Head of the other Postal Administration Taipei, Taiwan, ROC JUL 2 1990