Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/922

This page needs to be proofread.

54 STAT.] UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-MAy 23, 1939 Le bureau qui recoit la reclama- tion transmet directement cette formule, sans lettre d'envoi et sous enveloppe ferm6e, au bureau cor- respondant. Celui-ci, apres avoir recueilli les renseignements n6ces- saires aupres du destinataire ou de 1'expediteur, selon le cas, renvoie la formule de la meme maniere au bureau qui l'a dressee. Si la reclamation est reconnue fond6e, ce dernier bureau fait parvenir la formule a son Admi- nistration centrale en vue des in- vestigations ulterieures. Une seule formule peut etre utilisee pour plusieurs envois remis simultanement au meme bureau par le meme expediteur a l'adresse du meme destinataire. 2.- Toute Administration peut demander, par une notification adressee au Bureau international, que les reclamations quiconcernent son service soient transmises a son Administration centrale ou & un bureau specialement designe. 3. -La formule C 12 doit etre renvoyee A l'Administration d'ori- gine de l'envoi reclame selon les conditions prevues a l'article 153, § 5, ci-apres. ARTICLE 153. Reclamations. Envois recom- mand6s. 1. -Toute reclamation relative a un envoi recommande est etablie sur une formule conforme au modele C 13 ci-annexe qui doit etre accompagnee, autant que possible, d'un fac-simil6 de l'enve- loppe ou de la suscription de l'envoi. Si la reclamation concerne un envoi contre remboursement, elle doit etre accompagnee, en outre, d'un duplicata de mandat C 8 ou d'un bulletin de versement, selon le cas. Une seule formule peut etre utilisee pour plusieurs envois remis simultan6ment au meme bureau par le meme exp6diteur a l'adresse du mgme destinataire. 2. - La reclamation est, en regle generale, envoyee directement par le bureau d'origine au bureau de The office which receives the inquiry sends that form directly, without letter of transmittal, in a sealed envelope, to the cor- responding office. The latter, after having obtained the neces- sary information from the ad- dressee or from the sender, as the case may be, returns the form in the same manner to the office which has prepared it. If the inquiry is seen to be well founded, the latter office sends the form to its central Administration, for purposes of further investigation. A single form may be used for several articles mailed simultane- ously at the same office by the same sender addressed to the same addressee. 2. Any Administration may re- quest, by a notification addressed to the International Bureau, that inquiries concerning its service be transmitted to its central Admin- istration or an office specially designated. 3. Form C 12 shall be returned to the Administration of origin of the article inquired about in ac- cordance with the provisions of Article 153, Sec. 5, hereafter. ARTICLE 153 Inquiries. Registered articles 1. Every inquiry relative to a registered article is made on a form agreeing with Model C 13 hereto appended, which shall be accompanied, as far as possible, by a facsimile of the envelope or address of the article. If the inquiry concerns a C. O. D. article, it shall also be accompanied by a duplicate of the money order C 8 or by a transfer bulletin, as the case may be. A single form may be used for several articles mailed simultane- ously at the same ofice by the same sender addressed to the same addressee. 2. The inquiry is, as a general rule, sent directly by the office of origin to the office of destination; Transmittal. Post,pp . 2204, 2205. Inquiries relative to registered articles. Post, p)p. 220, 2207. C. O. D. articles. Post,pp. 2197, 2198. Use ofsingle form. Procedure. 2143