108 STAT. 1156 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 and an intermediate country on the route of the air carrier between the foreign country and the United States. (b) CHANGES. — The Secretary of Transportation shall act expeditiously on proposed changes in prices for transporting mail by aircraft in foreign air transportation. When prescribing those prices, the Secretary shall consider— (1) the prices paid for transportation of mail under the Universal Postal Union Convention as ratified by the United States Government; (2) the price-making elements used by the Universal Postal Union in prescribing its airmail prices; and (3) the competitive disadvantage to United States flag air carriers resulting from foreign air carriers receiving Universal Postal Union prices for transporting United States mail and national origin mail of their own countries. § 41908. Prices for transporting mail of foreign countries (a) PRICE DETERMINATIONS.—The United States Postal Service shall determine the prices that an air carrier holding a certificate that authorizes foreign air transportation must charge a government of a foreign country or foreign postal administration for transporting mail of the foreign country. The Postal Service shall put those prices into effect under the postal convention regulating postal relations between the United States and the foreign country or as provided under this section. (b) CHANGES.— The Postal Service may authorize an air carrier holding a certificate that authorizes foreign air transportation, under limitations the Postal Service prescribes, to change the prices the carrier charges a government of a foreign country or foreign postal administration for transporting mail of the foreign country in the foreign country or between the foreign country and another foreign country. (c) COLLECTING COMPENSATION.—(1) When an air carrier holding a certificate that authorizes foreign air transportation transports mail of a foreign country— (A) under an arrangement with a government of a foreign country or foreign postal administration made or approved under this section, the carrier must collect its compensation for the transportation from the foreign country under the arrangement; and (B) without having an arrangement with a government of a foreign country or foreign postal administration consistent with this section, the compensation collected by the United States Government for the transportation shall be for the account of the air carrier. (2) An air carrier holding a certificate that authorizes foreign air transportation is not entitled to receive compensation from both a government of a foreign country or foreign postal administration and the United States Government for transporting the same mail of the foreign country. §41909. Duty to oppose unreasonable prices under the Universal Postal Union Convention The Secretary of State and the United States Postal Service shall— (1) take appropriate action to ensure that the prices paid for transporting mail under the Universal Postal Union Conven-
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