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54STAT.] UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-MAY 23, 1939 ARTICLE 184. Renseignements. Demandes de modification des Actes. Le Bureau international doit se tenir en tout temps A la disposition des membres de 1'Union pour leur fournir, sur les questions relatives au service, les renseignements dont ils pourraient avoir besoin. I1 instruit les demandedes de modification ou d'interpr6tation des dispositions qui regissent l'Union et notifie les r6sultats des consultations. ARTICLE 185. Publications. 1.-Le Bureau international re- dige, A 'aide des documents qui sont mis a sa disposition, un journal special en langues alle- mande, anglaise, espagnole et fran- gaise. 2.- lnpublie, d'apr&s les infor- mations fourmes en vertu des prescriptions de l'article 193 ci- apres, un recueil officiel de tous les renseignements d'int6ret g6ne ral concernant l'ex6cution de la Convention et du Reglement dans chaque pays. Des recueils analogues concer- nant l'ex6cution des Arrangements sont publiCs sur la demande des Administrations participant A ces Arrangements. 3.- Le Bureau international publie egalement, au moyen des elements fournis par les Adminis- trations: a) un recueil de renseignements sur l'organisation des Administra- tions de 1'Union et sur leurs services internes; b) un recueil des taxes appli- qu6es par les Administrations dans leur service interne; c) une liste des objets interdits; d) une liste des lignes de paque- bots; e) une liste des distances kilo- metriques afferentes aux parcours territoriaux; f ) une liste des pays 6loigns et assimil&s; g) un tableau des equivalents. ARTICLE 184 Information. Requests for modification of the Acts The International Bureau shall hold itself at all times at the dis- posal of members of the Union, to furnish them, on questions rela- tive to the service, such informa- tion as they may require. It prepares a statement of requests for modification or inter- pretation of the provisions gov- erning the Union, and makes known the results of consulta- tions. ARTICLE 185 Publications 1. The International Bureau publishes, with the aid of the documents which are placed at its disposal, a speial journal in the German, English, Spanish and French languages. 2. It publishes, in accordance with the information furnished under the provisions of Article 193 hereafter, an official digest of all information of general interest concerning the execution of the Convention and the Reg- ulations in each country. Similar digests concerning the execution of the Agreements are published at the request of the Administrations participating in those Agreements. 3. The International Bureau also publishes, with the aid of the information furnished by the Ad- ministrations: (a) A digest of information concerning the organization of the Administrations of the Union and their domestic services; (b) A digest of the rates applied by the Administrations in their domestic services; (c) A list of prohibited articles; (d) A list of steamship lines; (e) A list of distances in kilo- meters on land routes; (f) A list of distant countries and countries assimilated thereto; (g) A table of equivalents. 2177 Furnishing of infor- mation. Requests for modifi- cation, etc., of provi- sions. Special ournal. Digest of informa- tion. Pot, p.212. Other publlatlons.