62 STAT.] MULTILATEILIL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 CHAPTER II. Accounting. Adjustment of Accounts. ARTICLE 161. Transit-charge account. 1. For the preparation of transit accounts, the light, medium or heavy sacks, as defined by Article 154, are considered in the accounts as having their average weights of 3, 12 or 24 kilograms respectively. 2. The total amounts of credit for the closed mails are multiplied by 26 or 13, as the case may be, and the product serves as the basis for individual accounts showing, in francs, the annual payments due to each Administration. 3. In the event that the multiplier 26 or 13 does not correspond to the normal traffic, the Administrations concerned come to an agreement for the adoption of another multiplier which is valid for the years to which the statistics apply. 4. The duty of making up the accounts is incumbent upon the creditor Administration, which transmits them to the debtor Administration. 5. In order to take account of the weight of the sacks and packing, as well as of the classes of correspondence exempt from all transit charges in accordance with the provisions of Article 68 of the Con- vention, the total amount of the account for closed mails is reduced by 10 percent. 6. The individual accounts are prepared in duplicate on forms in conformity with Form C 20 hereto appended, on the basis of the statements C 17. They are sent to the dispatching Administration as soon as possible, and at the latest within a period of ten months following the expiration of the statistical period, accompanied by the relative statements C 17. 7. If the Administration which has sent the individual account has not received any corrective observation within an interval of four months, counting from the date of transmission, that account is considered as automatically accepted. ARTICLE 162. General annual account. Intervention of the InternationalBureau. 1. The general account covering transit charges is prepared annually by the International Bureau; exceptionally, the Administrations may, should they deem it advisable, agree to settle their accounts directly between themselves. 2. As soon as the individual accounts between two Administrations are approved or considered as automatically accepted (Article 161, Section 7), each of the Administrations transmits without delay, to the International Bureau, an account conforming to Form C 21 hereto appended and indicating the total amounts of such accounts. At the same time, a copy of the account is addressed to the Admin- istration concerned. Ante, p. 3382. Basis for individual accounts. Ante, p. 3334. Accounts in dupli- cate. Ante, p. 3272. Ante, p. 3269. Automatlo accept- ance. Transmission. Ante, p. 3273. 3385
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