Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 51.djvu/312

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Accounting. Miscellaneous noti- fications. Effective date and duration. Signatures. Approval by the President. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES ARTICLE 10. Accounting. 1. At the end of each quarter, each Administration makes up an account on the basis of the parcel bills. 2. These accounts, expressed in francs, accompanied by the parcel bills and, if any, by copies of verification notes relating thereto, shall be submitted to the examination of the corresponding Administration in the course of the month following the quarter to which they relate. 3. The recapitulation, transmission, examination and acceptance of these accounts must not be delayed, and the payment of the balance shall take place, at the latest, at the expiration of the following quarter. 4. The balance resulting from the adjustment of the accounts be- tween the two Administrations shall be effected in the manner which may be mutually agreed upon by correspondence. The expenses of payment are chargeable to the debtor Administration. ARTICLE 11. Miscellaneous notifications. The Administrations shall communicate to each other a summary of the provisions of their laws or regulations applicable to the parcels exchanged between the two contracting countries, and other items necessary for carrying out the exchange of parcels. These Regulations shall come into operation on the day on which the Parcel Post Agreement comes into force and shall have the same duration as the Agreement. Done in duplicate and signed at Washington, the 5 th day of Sep- tember 1937, and at The Hague, the 20th day of September 1937. [SEAL] JAMES A FARLEY PostmasterGeneral of the United States of America. M H DAMME DirectorGeneral of Posts and Telegraphs of the Netherlands. The foregoing Regulations for the Execution of the Parcel Post Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent and are hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. [SEAL] By the President. CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, October 18. 1937. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT