54 STAT.] UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION-MAY 23, 1939 Al'article 181 du Reglement 6tant expire; cette reserve ne porte pas atteinte aux droits du reclamant. Toutefois, si la perte a eu lieu en cours de transport sans qu'il soit possible d'etablir sur le territoire ou dans le service de quel pays le fait s'est accompli, les Administra- tions en cause supportent le dom- mage par parts egales. 2.- Lorsqu'un objet recomman- de a ete perdu dans des circons- tances de force majeure, 1'Ad- ministration sur le territoire ou dans le service de laquelle la perte a eu lieu n'en est responsable envers l'Administration expeditrice que si les deux pays se chargent des risques derivant du cas de force majeure. 3.- Les droits de douane et autres dont l'annulation n'a pu etre obtenue tombent a la charge des Administrations responsables de la perte. 4. -L'Administration qui a ef- fectue le payement de l'indemnite est subrogee, jusqu'A concurrence du montant de cette indemnit6, dans les droits de la personne qui l'a revue, pour tout recours 6ven- tuel, soit contre le destinataire, soit contre l'expediteur ou contre des tiers. 5.- En cas de decouverte ul- t6rieure d'un envoi recommand6 consider6 comme perdu, la per- sonne A qui l'indemnite a 6et payee doit 8tre avisee qu'elle peut prendre possession de l'envoi con- tre restitution du montant de l'indemnite. ARTICLE 62. scribed by Article 181 of the Reg- ulations having expired; this res- ervation does not affect the rights of the claimant. However, if the loss has taken place in the course of transmis- sion, without its being possible to determine on the territory or in the service of what country the loss occurred, the Administra- tions concerned bear the loss in equal shares. 2. When a registered article has been lost under circumstances of force majeure, the Administra- tion on whose territory or in whose service the loss took place is not responsible therefor to the Administration of origin unless both countries undertake risks aris- ing from cases of force majeure. 3. The customs duties and other charges whose cancelation it has been impossible to obtain are charged to the Administrations responsible for the loss. 4. The Administration which has effected payment of the in- demnity is subrogated up to the amount of such indemnity in the rights of the person who has re- ceived it for all eventual recourse against the addressee, the sender, or third parties. 5. In case of subsequent recov- ery of a registered article consid- ered as lost, the person to whom indemnity has been paid shall be advised that he may obtain pos- session of the article upon repay- ment of the amount of the in- demnity. ARTICLE 62 Remboursement de l'indemnit6 Repayment of the indemnity to the a l'Administration exp6ditrice. Administration of origin 1. - L'Administration responsa- ble ou pour le compte de laquelle le payement est effectue en con- formit6 de l'article 60 est tenue de rembourser A l'Administration ex- peditrice, dans un delai de trois mois a compter de l'envoi de la notification du payement, le mon- tant de l'indemnite effectivement payee a l'expediteur. 1. The Administration which is responsible, or on whose behalf payment is made in accordance with Article 60, is bound to reim- burse the Administration of ori- gin, within a period of three months, counted from the sending of the notification of payment, for the amount of indemnity actually paid to the sender. Post, p . 2176. Undeterminable re- sponsibility. Loss by force ma- jeure. Customs duties, etc. Subrogation. Recovery of lost article. Reimbursement for indemnity paid. 2081
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