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PARCEL POST CONVENTION-SWEDEN June 28. 1982. • July 11, 1932. 2. Upon receipt of a dispatch of C. O . D . parcels, at the exchange office of the country of destination, the dispatch must be carefully checked and otherwIse treated as provided in Article 14. ARTICLE 81. List8 of o. O. D. Money Orders. The offices of New York and Malmo shan be the only ones to send lists of C. O . D . money orders, and such money orders shan be listed separatel!. from the ordinary money orders and the list shall be marked' Collect-on-Delivery" or " RemlJ01J,rse1'1'le1lt." ARTICLE 32. Unpayahle Money Orders. 2119 Report ofreceipt, etc. AtIte. p. 2113 . LIsta of C. o. D. nloney orders. AuthorlRd o1!iCII. 1. The C. O . D . money orders which have not been paid to the Disposition or. payee for any reason shan be subject to the disposition of the Admin- Istration of the country of origin of the parcels to which they relate. 2. When it appears that the C. O . D . service was used in funher- Fraudulent IICbemeL ance of a scheme to defraud, payment of the money orders in ques- tion will be withheld, if ,Practicable, and the orders disposed of in accordance with the equities of each case under the rules and regula- tions of the country of ori~in of the C. O . D . parcels involved. 3. As for other formalities, C. O . D . money orders shall be subject TarmstroBot (talk) to the provisions governing the money order exchange between the 0 0 two countries. ARTICLE 33. Resporusibility for O. O. D. Parcels. 1. In case an insured C. O . D . parcel has been lost, rifled or dam- 0 ~iy for c. aged, the postal Administrations are responsible as for an insured ARie. p. 2110. parcel, in conformity with the provisions in Article 12. 2. When a C. O . D . parcel has been delivered to the addressee but ~~l remJ~ the charges have not been remitted, the sender or other rightful claimant is entitled to an indemnity corresponding to the C. O . D . amount not remitted, provided that he has made his claim in due time and unless the deliver,. without collecting the charges has arisen from the fault or negbgence of the sender or from the trans- mission of the contents in parcel post mails being prohibited. This stipulation also applies to the case that a lower amount than the full C. O . D . charge is collected from the addressee. The indemnity provided for in this section may not in any case exceed the C. O . D . amount. 8. As to the fixing of the responsibility and the payment of the RespormbW~ ~ indemnity the same stipUlations shall be applied as are provided for paymen to insured parcels not sent C. O . D . 4. When a C. O . D . parcel for which indemnity has been paid is f Recoh1e~ IO~~ recovered, the postmaster lit the delivering office will deliver the ~ ~cpaid: parcel and collect the charges, hold such amount and request instruc- tions from the Administration to which his office is subordinate. If the addressee, however, refuses to accept a recovered parcel and pay the charges, the postmaster will hold it and likewise seek in- structions as to its disposition. In the latter case the Administration responsible for the indemnity shall determine the disposition to be made of the parcel involved.