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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. States/United Kingdom occupation areas by the United States/United Kingdom Military Governors and the United States Government; "standard packs" (paragraph 1 (c) above) shall contain only those articles which qualify under ECA regulations and are approved by the United States/United Kingdom Military Governors. 3. Costs of transportation (as defined in paragraph 5 of Article IV p.62stat'. Pt. 2 , of the Economic Cooperation Agreement) in the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas in Germany on "relief goods", "relief pack- ages" and "standard packs" shall be defrayed as follows: (a) The amount of such costs for all shipments sent by United States parcel post to persons in the United States/United King- dom occupied areas in Germany shall be computed by the Ger- man postal services in those areas in the manner now or here- after provided by relevant agreements, rules and regulations of the International Postal System. Such costs shall be reim- bursed to such postal service out of the Special Account pro- vided for in Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agree- ment between the United States of America and the United 628 tat., Pt. 2, States/United Kingdom Military Governors and no claim for such costs shall be made against the United States of America. (b) Shipments originally dispatched from the United States of America by regular established commercial channels and for- warded by German parcel post in the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas in Germany by an approved agent of the shipper to the addressee shall be accepted by the German postal service without payment of postal charges by the agent. The German postal service shall be reimbursed for such parcel post charges out of the Special Account upon presentation of adequate documentation. (c) Shipments originally dispatched from the United States of America by commercial channel and forwarded by common or contract carrier to the United States/United Kingdom oc- cupied areas in Germany by an approved agent of the shipper to the addressee shall be accepted by the carrier, who may or may not demand from the agent payment of carrier charges. The carrier or the agent, as the case may be, shall be reimbursed for such charges out of the Special Account upon presentation of adequate documentation. (d) Any charges incurred by an agent of a shipper under subpara- graphs (b) and (c) above, other than parcel post or carrier charges, shall be repaid to such agent out of the Special Account upon presentation of adequate documentation. 4. The United States/United Kingdom Military Governors shall make payments out of the Special Account for the purposes specified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of paragraph 3 above, and shall submit to the EcA Mission in the United States/United Kingdom occupied areas in Germany (with a copy to Controller, EoA Washing- 3864