On the ratification of the Eighth Additional Protocol to the Charter of the Universal Postal Union

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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 24, 2011 No. 419-IV

To ratify the Eighth Additional Protocol to the Charter of the Universal Postal Union, signed in Geneva on August 12, 2008.

President  Of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev

The Eighth Additional Protocol to the Charter of the Universal Postal Union

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Article

I. (amended art. 1 bis) Definitions II. (amended Article 4) Relationships in special cases III. (amended Article 8) Regional unions. Special agreements IV. (amended Article 11) Accession or admission to the Union. Procedure V. (amended Article 22) Acts of the Union VI. (amended Article 25) Signature, authentication, ratification and other forms of approval of Acts Union VII. (amended Article 29) Submission of proposals VIII. (amended Article 32) Arbitration IX. Accession to the Additional Protocol and other Acts of the Union X. Entry into force and duration of the Additional Protocol to the Charter Universal Postal Union

The Eighth Additional Protocol to the Charter of the Universal Postal Union

The plenipotentiary representatives of the Governments of the member countries of the Universal Postal Union, meeting at the Congress in Geneva, on the basis of Article 30.2 of the Charter of the Universal Postal Union, adopted in Vienna on July 10, 1964, adopted, subject to ratification, the following amendments to the said Charter.

Article I (Amended article 1 bis) Definitions

1. The following terms used in the Acts of the Universal Postal Union should have the meanings defined below: 1.1 Postal Service: all postal services, the scope of which is determined by the Union authorities. The main obligations related to these services are to fulfill certain social and economic tasks of the member countries, which is ensured by the reception, sorting, forwarding and delivery of postal items. 1.2 Member country: a country that fulfills the conditions of Article 2 of the Charter. 1.3 Unified Postal Territory (the same postal territory): The obligation imposed on the Contracting Parties in accordance with the Acts of the Union to ensure the mutual exchange of written correspondence, including freedom of transit, and to process postal items in transit from other countries, without discrimination, in the same manner as their own postal items. 1.4 Freedom of transit: the principle according to which an intermediate member country is obliged to ensure the transportation of mail sent to it to its destination in another Member country, handling them in the same way as domestic shipments. 1.5 Dispatch of written correspondence: shipments specified in the Convention. 1.6 International Postal Service: postal operations or services regulated by Acts. The totality of such operations or services. 1.7 Designated Operator: any governmental or non-governmental organization officially designated by a member country to ensure the operation of postal services and the fulfillment of related obligations arising from Acts of the Union on its territory. 1.8 A reservation is a provision containing a derogation in which a member State seeks to exclude or modify the legal effects of any provision of the Act (other than the Charter and General Regulations) in terms of application to that Member State. Any reservation must be compatible with the objectives and objectives of the Union, as defined in the preamble and Article one of the Charter. It must be duly substantiated and supported by the majority necessary for the approval of the relevant Act, and included in its Final Protocol.

Article II (Amended article 4) Relationships in special cases

Member countries whose designated operators serve territories outside the Union are required to act as intermediaries for other member countries. In these special cases, the provisions of the Convention and its Regulations apply.

Article III (Amended article 8) Regional unions. Special agreements

1. Member countries or their designated operators, if the legislation of these member countries does not prevent this, may establish regional unions and conclude special agreements on the international postal service, but on condition that they do not include provisions less favorable to the public than those provided for by Acts to which the Member countries concerned are parties.. 2. Regional unions may send observers to congresses, conferences and meetings of the Union, to meetings of the Administrative Council, as well as the Postal Operations Council. 3. The Union may send observers to congresses, conferences and meetings of regional unions.

Article IV (Amended article 11) Joining or being accepted into the Union. Procedure

1. Any Member of the United Nations may join the Union. 2. Any sovereign country that is not a Member of the United Nations may request its admission as a Member State of the Union. 3. Accession or a request for admission to the Union must contain an official declaration of accession to the Charter and to the binding Acts of the Union. It is sent by the Government of the country concerned to the Director General of the International Bureau, who, depending on the circumstances, informs about the accession or consults with the member countries regarding the request for acceptance. 4. A country that is not a Member of the United Nations is considered accepted as a Member State if its request is supported by at least two thirds of the member States of the Union. Member countries that have not responded within four months of the date of the announcement of the consultation are considered to have abstained. 5. The Director General of the International Bureau shall inform the Governments of the member Countries of their accession or admission to membership. It comes into force starting from the date of this communication.

Article V (Amended article 22) Acts of the Union

1. The Charter is the basic act of the Union. It contains the main provisions of the Union and cannot be the subject of reservations. 2. The General Rules of Procedure consist of provisions ensuring the application of the Charter and the activities of the Union. It is binding on all Member States and cannot be the subject of reservations. 3. The Universal Postal Convention, the Rules of Written Correspondence and the Rules of Postal Parcels include general rules applicable to the international postal service, as well as provisions on services of written correspondence and postal parcels. These Acts are binding on all Member States. The member States monitor the fulfillment by their designated operators of the obligations arising from the Convention and its Regulations. 4. The agreements of the Union and their Regulations regulate services, other than written correspondence and postal parcel services, between the member countries that participate in them. They are mandatory only for these member countries. The signatory member States monitor the fulfillment by their designated operators of the obligations arising from the Agreements and their Regulations. 5. The Regulations, which contain the rules of application necessary for the implementation of the Convention and Agreements, are approved by the Postal Operations Council, taking into account the decisions of the Congress. 6. Possible Final Protocols attached to the Acts of the Union referred to in paragraphs 3-5 contain reservations to these Acts.

Article VI (Amended article 25) Signature, authentication, ratification and other forms of approval of Acts of the Union

1. The acts of the Union adopted at the Congress shall be signed by the authorized representatives of the member States. 2. The authenticity of the Regulations is confirmed by the Chairman and the Secretary General of the Postal Operations Council. 3. The Charter is ratified by the signatory countries as soon as possible. 4. The approval of Acts of the Union, except for the Charter, is carried out in accordance with the internal constitutional norms of each signatory country. 5. If a Member country does not ratify the Charter or does not approve other Acts signed by it, the Charter and other Acts nevertheless have legal force for the Member countries that have ratified or approved them.

Article VII (Amended article 29) Submission of proposals

1. Any Member State has the right to submit to the Congress, or in the period between two Congresses, proposals on Acts of the Union to which it is a party. 2. However, proposals regarding the Charter and General Regulations can only be submitted to Congress. 3. In addition, proposals related to Regulations are submitted directly to the Postal Operations Council, but they must first be transmitted by the International Bureau to all member countries and all designated operators.

Article VIII (Amended article 32) Arbitration

In the event of disagreement between two or more member States regarding the interpretation of Acts of the Union or the responsibility of a member State arising from the application of these Acts, the dispute shall be resolved by arbitration.

Article IX Accession to the Additional Protocol and to other Acts of the Union

1. Member countries that have not signed this Protocol may accede to it at any time. 2. Member countries that are parties to the Acts revised at the Congress, but which have not signed them, are obliged to join them as soon as possible. 3. The instruments of accession relating to the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 should be sent to the Director General of the International Bureau. The Director General reports them to the Governments of the Member countries.

Article X Entry into force and duration of the Additional Protocol to the Charter of the Universal Postal Union

This Additional Protocol shall enter into force on January 1, 2010 and shall remain in force indefinitely. In witness whereof, the plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the Member Countries have drawn up this Additional Protocol, which will have the same force and meaning as if its provisions had been incorporated into the text of the Charter itself, and signed it in a single copy, which will be deposited with the Director General of the International Bureau. A copy of this copy will be provided to each party by the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union.

Done in Geneva on August 12, 2008.

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I hereby certify that the above is an exact copy of the decision adopted at the 24th Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Geneva on August 12, 2008.

Bern, June 15, 2009 Director General of the International Bureau,

Edward DAYAN

The RCPI's note. The following is the text of the Protocol in English.

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