Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 3.djvu/19

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63 STAT.] NETHERLANDS-RELIEF SUPPLIES AND PACKAGES-JAN. 17, 1949 medical and health supplies and articles which qualify under ECA regulations and are approved by the Govern- ment of the Netherlands; (b) "relief packages" shall not include goods other than food-stuffs, secondhand clothing, secondhand shoes, medi- cal and health supplies, and shall not exceed twenty kilo- grams gross weight. The combined retail value in the United States of all streptomycin, quinine sulfate and quinine hydrochloride included in each relief package must not exceed $5; (c) "standard packs" shall contain only such articles which qualify under ECA regulations and are approved by the Government of the Netherlands; (d) weight, size and other limitations not specified herein shall comply with EcA regulations; (e) "relief packages" and "standard packs" shall all be marked "U.S.A. gift parcels". IV. Transportation charges (as defined in Paragraph 5 of Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agreement) in the Nether- lands on "relief goods", "relief packages", and "standard packs", which comply with the provisions of Paragraphs I and III above, shall be defrayed as follows: (a) The amount of the terminal charges for shipments which are sent by United States parcel post to addressees in the Netherlands, shall be computed by the Netherlands postal service in the manner now or hereafter provided by the applicable Agreements. Such charges shall be reimbursed to the Netherlands postal service out of the Special Account provided for in Article IV of the Eco- nomic Cooperation Agreement (hereafter referred to as the Special Account) and no claim for such charges shall be made against the United States. (b) With respect to shipments which are originally des- patched from the United States by any regular estab- lished commercial channels and forwarded in the Neth- erlands by an approved agent of the shipper to the ad- dressee by Netherlands carrier, or Netherlands parcel post service, the Netherlands shall reimburse such agent or Netherlands carrier, or Netherlands parcel post serv- ice, as the case may be, out of the Special Account upon presentation of adequate documentation. (c) With respect to any charges incidental to transporta- tion, including warehouse, storage and dock charges, which may be incurred by an agent of a shipper under sub-paragraph (b) of this Paragraph, other than parcel post charges and carrier charges, such approved agent shall be reimbursed by the Government of the Nether- Defrayal of trans- portation charges. 62 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 2490. Reimbursement from special account. 62 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 2488. 2323