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1 The undersigned, by virtue of the authority vested in them, havedrawn up the following Detailed Regulations for implementationof the International Express Mail Agreement between the Directo-rate General of Posts of the Republic of China and the United S-tates Postal Service. ARTICLE 101 Information to be supplied by the administrations 1 Each administration shall notify the other administration of:(a) the necessary information concerning customs or other regu-lations, as well as the prohibitions or restrictions gover-ning the entry of International Express Mail items in the territory of its country and other areas for which it has International Express Mail responsibility; (b) the provisions of its laws or regulations applicable to theconveyance of International Express Mail items; (c) the rates and dues estalished under the Agreement; and,(d) the forms, labels, and other documentation which it requir-es in the service. 2 Any change of the information mentioned in section 1 shall becommunicated in writing immediately to the other administrati-on. ARTICLE 102 Address of the sender and of the addressee To be admitted for mailing, each item of International ExpressMail shall bear, in roman letters and arabic figures on the itemitself or on a label firmly attached to it; the names and compl-ete addresses of the sender and of the addressee. ARTICLE 103 Items containing merchandise 1 Each item containing merchandise or any other article subjectto customs duty shall be accompanied by a customs declarationon Universal Postal Union form C2/CP3 or a similar form. Thecustoms declaration shall be securely attached to each such i-tem. 2 The contents of each such item shall be shown in detail on thecustoms declaration. 3 Although the administrations assume no responsibility for theaccuracy of customs declaration, they shall inform senders ofthe correct way to complete these declarations. 4 The aggregate value of merchandise or other dutiable articlesinserted into an item for delivery in the United States may n-ot exceed $250. ARTICLE 104 Packing requirements 1 Each item shall be packed and closed in a manner befitting theweight, the shape, and the nature fo the contents as well asthe mode and duration of conveyance. 2 Each item shall be packed and closed so as not to present anydanger if it contains articles of a kind likely to injure off-icials called upon to handle it or to soil or damage other ma-il or postal equipment. 3 Each item shall have, on its packing or wrapping, sufficientspace for service instructions and for affixing lables. 4 Each item which requires special packing shall be made up inaccordance with the packing provisions in the Detailed Regula-tions of the Convention. ARTICLE 105 General make-up of mails 1 International Express Mail dispatches shall be made up in clo-sed mails, and shall be accompanied by the air mail deliverybill and manifest forms required by these regulations. 2 The items in each dispatch shall be enclosed in blue and oran-ge International Express Mail bags. 3 Items containing merchandise or other dutiable articles shallbe placed in separate gags from non-dutiable items, and shallbe dispatched separately accompanied by a separate manifest.4 Each bag shall bear a label, showing the blue and orange chev-ron which has been adopted as the International Express Mailidentification symbol. Each bag label shall clearly indicate:a. the exchange office of destination; and b. whether the bag contains merchandise or other dutiable ite-ms. ATRICLE 106 Manifests 1 An international Express Mail manifest, on a form acceptableto each administration, shall accompany each dispatch. 2 Each item sent through the scheduled service shall be listedspearately on the manifest. If no items are sent under a sche-duled service contract, the contract number and the fact thatno items were sent shall be entered on the manifest. 3 The total number of no-demand items in a dispatch shall be en-tered collectively as a single manifest entry. 4 The manifest shall clearly indicate that the dispatch containsInternational Express Mail items. ARTICLE 107 Air mail delivery bills 1 An air mail delivery bill, on Universal Postal Union form AV7, shall accompany each dispatch. 2 The air mail delivery bill shall be marked so as to indicateclearly that the dispatch contains International Express Mail.ARTICLE 108 Exchange offices 1 The exchange of dispatches of International Express Mail shallbe carried out by the designated exchange offices of each adm-inistration. 2 Each administration shall designate its International ExpressMail exchange offices to be used in the service and inform thethe other administration of the location of each such exchangeoffice. 3 Each administration shall give the other administration advan-ce notice of redesignation of or addition to its exchange off-ices. ARTICLE 109 Check of International Express Mail 1 Upon receipt of an Intrnational Express Mail dispatch, the ad-ministration of destination shall check the dispatch to comfi-rm its conformity with the air mail delivery bill. 2 The contents of each dispatch shall be cheked as soon as poss-ible, at an office designated by the administration of destin-ation, to confirm their conformity with the manifest. ARTICLE 110 Notification of irregularities 1 Any evidence of missing or damaged bags or items shall be rep-orted to the administration of origin by telex or telegraph a-nd confirmed in writing. 2 All other actions taken in connection with any irregularity s-hall be governed by the regulations of the administration ofdestination. ARTICLE 111 Redirection of items arriving out of course The redirecting administration shall notify the administrationof origin, by telex, telegraph, or telephone, of the details co-ncerning the arrival and redirection of each item or bag arrivi-ng out of course. ARTICLE 112 Return of items to origin Each administration which returns an item for any reason whatso-ever shall give, either written by hand or by means of a stampedimpression or a label on the item and on the manifest which acc-ompanies it, the reason for non-delivery. ARTICLE 113 Accounting, settlement of accounts 1 The procedures for accounting and for the settlement of accou-nts for internal air conveyance shall be governed by the prov-isions covering accounting for air mail in the Detailed Regul-ations of the Convention. 2 The procedures for accounting and settlement of accounts forallocation of surface costs for traffic imbalances shall be asfollows: (a) The settlement shall take place annually. The annual periodsahll begin on the date agreed upon under the provisions (b) Each administration shall prepare quarterly a statement ofitems received on a mutually acceptable form which indica tes the number of items received in each dispatch based up-on the particulars of the International Express Mail manif-ests. These forms shall be forwarded to the Administration of origin within two months from the end of the quarter. (c) After verifying the statement of items received, the origin administration shall advise the destination administrat-ion by correspondence of its acceptance. If the verificati-on reveals any discrepancies, a corrected statement shall be returned to the destination administration duly amended and accepted. If the destination administration disputes t-he amendments, it shall confirm the actual data by sending photocopies of relevant International Express Mail manifes-ts and notices of irregularities to the administration of origin. If the destination administration has received no notice of amendment within two months from the date of for-warding the quarterly statement of items received, the acc-ount shall be regarded as fully accepted. (d) After each administration has accepted the statement of it-ems received prepared by the other, the creditor administr-ation shall prepare annually a detailed account and statem-ent of charges on a mutually acceptable form which indicat-es the total number of items received and dispatched, the imbalance, the imbalance charge per item, and the total am-ount due. (e) Accounts shall be closed within 6 months after the last da-y of the settlement period. ARTICLE 114 Definitions The definitions set forth in article 2 of the Agreement shall beapplicable to these Detailed Regulations. ARTICLE 115 Period of retention of documents 1 Documents of the service shall be kept for a minimum period offour months from the day following the date to which they ref-er. 2 A document concerning a dispute or an inquiry shall be kept u-ntil the matter has been settled. If the inquiring administra-tion, duly informed of the result of an inquiry, allows six m-onths to elapse from the date of the communication without ra-ising any objections, the matter shall be regarded as settled.ARTICLE 116 Alterations or amendments These Detailed Regulations may be altered or amended, not incon-sistently with the Agreement, by mutual consent of the administ-rations by means of correspondence between officials of each ad-ministration who have been authorized to make such amendments.ARTICLE 117 Entry into force and duration of these Detailed Regulations1 These Detailed Regulations shall come into force on the samedate as the International Express Mail Agreement to which theyrefer. 2 These Detailed Regulations, and any amendments hereto pursuantto article 116, shall have the same duration as the Internati-onal Express Mail Agreement to which they refer. Done in duplicate and signed at Taipei on the 11th day of Sep-tember, 1978, and at Washington, D. C., on the 10th day of No-vember, 1978. For the Republic of China: (Signed) Z. T. Shen Director, International Department For the United States of America: (Signed) H. Edgar S. Stock Director, International Postal Affairs