Article 129 Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal
UNION FINANCES
1 Member countries or territories shall contribute to the defrayal of Union expenses according to their respective contribution category. The following contribution categories are hereby established:
– eight-unit category;
– seven-unit category;
– six-unit category;
– five-unit category;
– four-unit category;
– three-unit category;
– two-unit category; and
– single-unit category.
2 In addition to the contribution categories listed in paragraph 1, any member country or territory may choose to contribute a number of units greater than the number corresponding to the contribution category to which it belongs, for at least the period equivalent to the interval between two Congresses. At the end of that interval the member country or territory in question shall be reincorporated into its initial contribution category, unless it decides to continue paying a higher number of contribution units.
3 Member countries or territories shall be classified in the following contribution categories:
a) eight-unit: Canada and Spain;
b) seven-unit: United States of America;
c) six-unit: Brazil and Portugal;
d) five-unit;
e) four-unit: Chile and Colombia;
f) three-unit: Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay;
g) two-unit: Panama and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;
h) single-unit: Aruba, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Honduras and Republic of Suriname.
4 The contribution categories of new countries joining the Union shall be determined in accordance with the size of their postal administration. The lowest possible initial contribution category shall be the two-unit category.
5 Member countries or territories may change their contribution category subject to notification of the General Secretariat two months before the opening of the Congress. This notice shall be transmitted to the member countries and territories and to the Congress, with the new contribution category taking effect on the effective date of the financial provisions approved by the Congress.
6 Member countries or territories may lower their contribution category by only one category at a time. Member countries or territories failing to announce their desire to lower their contribution category two months before the opening of the Congress shall remain in their current category. The General Secretariat will communicate such requests for lower contributions to the member countries and territories.
7 However, in exceptional circumstances such as natural disasters that require the implementation of international aid programs, the Congress may approve a temporary reduction of a contribution category if a member country or territory so requests and shows that it cannot maintain its level of contribution in the category in which it is classified.
8 The Council shall be authorized between Congresses to rule on the reduction of category referred to in the preceding point for member countries or territories that do not belong to the category of more advanced countries or territories. The decision thus adopted shall remain in force for a maximum of two years or until the next Congress if it meets before the end of this period, at which time it may decide to limit or extend the period of reduction.
9 Member countries or territories under intervention by the United Nations shall be exempt from contributions for the period of time that they are in this special situation.
10 There are no restrictions on transfers to higher contribution categories.
- Regeling
- Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 01-01-2014
- BWB-id
- BWBV0006309
- Versie
- 2014-01-01_0