united kingdom and france express delivery of parcels.

229.
TREATY SERIES. No. 7.
1898.
AGREEMENT
RETWEL'
UNITED
TIIN
AND
KINGDOM
RESPP.CITNO
EXPRESS
FRANCE
TIIN
DELIVERY OF PARCELS.
Signed at Paris, April 13, 1898.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majerty.
May 1898.
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE RESPECTING THE
EXPRESS DELIVERY OF PARCELS.
Signed at Pariv, April 13, 1898.
THE Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the French Eepublic,
having thought well to introduce into their mutual relations
the express delivery service for
parcels, have agreed as follows :--
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Gouvernement de Sa
Majeste Britannique et le Goovernement de la Bepnbligne
Franc^aise, ayant jug" utile d'introduire 21ans lens relations
rdciproques le service de la distribution par expres des colis
postaux, sort comvenns de cc
qui suit :-
ARTICLE I.
ARTICLE I.
1. -Parcels sent by parcel post
between Great Britain and Ire-,
land and the British Colonies
and possessions, which admit
express delivery, on the one
hand, and the mainland of
France, on the other hand,
shall, at the request of the
senders, be delivered by special
messenger immediately after
arrival at the office of destination, if the latter has a delivery,
service.
L Les colis postaux 6changLs
entre le Eoyamne-Uni de la
Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande
et les Colonies et possessions
Britanniques , admettant la livraison par expres , dime part,
et la France continentale , d'autre
part, sent , l In demande des
expdditeurs , remis k domicile
par no portenr special innuediatement apris leur arrive'e an
bureau de destination, si cc
dernier est dote d'un service de
factage.
2. Le service de la livraison
par expres sera etendu . aux colis
en provenance on h destination
de la Gorse , de l'Algerie, de la
Tnnisie, des Colonies, e'tablissements, on bureaux de poste
Frangais t l'dtranger, hi partir
2. The express delivery service
may be extended by. common
consent to parcels originating in
or addressed to Corsica, Algeria,
Timis, and the French Colonies,
possessions, or offices in foreigi,
countries on a date which shall
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be notified by the French Post
Office to the British Post Office.
de 1'6poque qui sera notifiue par
1'Administration
des
Postes
Frangaises a 1'Administratiou
des Postes Britannignes.
ARTICLE IT.
ARTICLE II.
Express parcels shall be sabject to a special fee of 5d.
(50 centimes), which shall be
payable in advance by the
sender in addition to the
postage.
This fee shall be
assigned to the country of destination of the parcel.
Les colis expres soul sonnnis
a trite taxe spucitde de 50 centimes (od.) qui doit titre acquittue d'avance par 1'exp6diteur en sus du port ordinaire.
La dite taxe est attribude all
pays de destination du colis.
ARTIC LE, III.
AILTICLE III.
1. When the residence of the
addressee of an express parcel
is at a distance from the office
of delivery, that office may
collect fro n t the addressee for
the delivery of a parcel a sttpplernentar-y charge not exceeding the fee fixed for such dolively, according to the inland
tariff of the country of destination, less the special fee paid by
the sender.
2. Only one attempt shall be
mado to deliver an express
parcel by special messenger.
After a fruitless attempt, such
a parcel shall be treated as an
ordinary parcel.
1.. Lorsque le denicile du destinataire d'un colis expres est shun
it into grande distance do bureau
d'arriv6e, ce dernier petit percevoir stir le destinataire pour
Ia distribution din cobs tine taxe
suppl6mentaire n'excddant pas In
tale fixee pour cc genre d'envois
par les reglenrcnts intericurs (lit
pays de destination, d6ductiou
faite de la tare spociale versue
par 1'exp6diteur.
2. La remise d'un colis expres
par un porteur spacial nest
essayte qu'une settle fois. Apres
tin essai infrtictueux, le colis de
1'espece est traits cwnme colts
ordinaire,
ARTICLE IV.
ARTICLE IV.
When an express parcel shall
be re-directed to another country
before any attempt has been
made to deliver it by special
messenger, the fee paid by the
sender shall be credited to the
new country of destination, provided that the latter admits
express delivery. Otherwise the
fee shall be retained by the
Lorsqu'un colis expres est r6expudiu dans tin autre pays sans
que ]a remise par porteur special
nit btu tentde, la taxe fixe payee
par 1'expdditeur est bonifi6e all
nouveau pays de destination si
celui-ci admet la remise par
expres; dans le cas contraire,
cette taxe reste acquise a I'office
du pays de la premiere destina-
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office of the first destination.
This shall also he done in the
ease of undelivered express
tion. Ti on est do nn'me pour
Ies cobs exprbs tonbes en rebut.
parcels.
ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE V.
1. The detailed arrangements
for the transmission of the
express parcels to which the
present Agreement applies shall
be settled by the Post Offices of
the two countries.
2. The present Agreement
shall come into operation on a
day to be agreed upon by these
two Post Offices.
3. Moreover, power is reserved to the said Post Offices
to fir subsequently, by common.
consent, the conditions applicable to parcels intended for
delivery,to the addressees free
of customs duty.
1. Les mesures de detail et
d'ordre pour In transmission des
colis expres auxgnels s'applique
le present Arrangement seront
rookies Par les Administrations
des Postes des denx pays.
2. Le present Arrangement
sera execntoire ii partir do jour
Bout co nviendront cos deux Administrations.
3. Est reservee, on outre,
aux Bites Administrations la
faculte de determiner nlterienrement, d'un ceununn accord, his
conditions applicables aux colis
postaux h livrer francs de droit
do douane aux destinataires.
In witness whereof the Unrlersigned, his Excellency the
Right Honourable Sir E. Monson, Her Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plonipotentiary to the President of the
trench Republic, and his Exceilency M. Gabriel Hanotaux,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the French Republic, duly authorized to this effect, have
drawn up the present Agree,went, to which they have affixed
their seals.
En foi de quoi, les Soussignes,
son Excellence le Tres Honocable Sir E. Monson, Ambassadour Extraodinaire et Pldnipotentiaire de Sa. Majestd Britanpique pres lc President de la
Rdpublique Fran,aise, et son
Excellence RI. Gabriel Hanotaux, Ministre des Aflaires
Etrangeres de la R3pnblique
FranFaise, (lament antorises in
cet effet, out dresse le present
Arrangement, ga'ils out rcvotu
de lours cachets.
Done, in duplicate, at Paris,
the 13th April, 1.898.
Fait '1 Paris, ell double. exnurplaire, le 13 Avril, 1393.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
EDMUND 17ONSON.
G. HANOTAUX.