Postal Payment Services Manual - Universal Postal …

1 Postal PaymentServices ManualBerne 2017 International Bureau of the Universal Postal UnionIINote concerning the printingThe text of the Postal Payment Services Agreement is printed in bold texts of the Regulations and of the Final Protocol are printed in ordi nary texts of the commentary by the International Bureau are printed in small char acters preceded by a square (n). The number of the provision commented on is printed in bold characters. Provisions of other UPU Acts given for reference purposes are printed in small italic amendments to the texts made in subsequent updates of the Manual are marked by a vertical line ( )

2 In the margin opposite the amended Postal Payment Services Manual has its origins in the Annotated Acts published by the International Bureau after each present edition replaces the 2012 Doha Congress includes the provisions of the Postal Payment Services Agreement as drawn up by the 2016 Istanbul Congress, those of its Regulations as revised by the POC in March 2017 and the commentary made by the International Manual is designed so as to give the reader immediate access to all the infor mation about one and the same matter, viz: the provisions of the Agreement, indicated by Article .. the provisions of the Regulations, indicated by Article RP.

3 The provisions of the Final Protocol, given after the article concerned and indicated by Prot Article .. or Prot Article RP .. the commentary by the International Bureau following the provisions to which it commentary now includes only topical elements to the exclusion of historical explanations. People doing research and wishing to define the origins and devel- opment of the texts are advised to carefully retain the 1991 edition of volume 4 of the Annotated Acts, the 1995 edition of the Postal Financial Services Manual , and the 1999 to 2013 editions of the Postal Payment Services List of UPU Member Countries and of territories included in the of PPS publications and of contents.

4 XVList of Payment Services Agreement and its Regulations supplemented by the relevant articles of the Final Protocol, the commentary by the International Bureau, and the formsVIVIIA bbreviations(The abbreviations listed below are used in the commentary)A. Common abbreviationsAdd Prot Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the UPUAgr AgreementAO other items or items other than LC in the classifica tion system based on contentAR advice of deliveryart articleCA Council of Administrationcf confer (= compare)circ circularcomm commentaryConst or Constitution Constitution of the Universal Postal UnionConv or Convention Universal Postal ConventionDO designated operatorDoc Document (of Congresses, Conferences, Council of Administration, etc.)

5 EDI Electronic data interchangeFATF Financial Action Task ForceFEIS Financial Electronic Inquiry SystemGen Regs General RegulationsIB International Bureauid idemISO International Organization for StandardizationLC letters and postcardsLDC least developed countriesLP Letter Postpara paragraphPOC Postal Operations CouncilPosTransfer UPU collective trademark for electronic Postal pay ment servicesPostransfer Group UPU user funded group in charge of business management and development of electronic Postal Payment Services and networkPTG Postransfer GroupPPS Postal Payment servicesPPSA Postal Payment Services AgreementPPS*Clearing UPU automated settlement and clearing system for Postal Payment servicesprop proposalAbbreviationsVIIIProt or Protocol Final Protocol (to the respective Act)Regs RegulationsRP Regulations of the Postal Payment Services AgreementSDR special drawing rightUN United NationsUPU or Union Universal Postal UnionB.

6 Abbreviations relating to formsCN ConventionCP Postal parcelMP Money orderPP Postal paymentPPM Postal Payment (money order)PPV Postal Payment (transfer)VP Postal transferAbbreviationsIXGeneral list of UPU member countriesand of territories included in the UnionGeneral list of UPU member countriesAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngola Antigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAruba, Cura ao and Sint MaartenAustralia Norfolk IslandAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrain (Kingdom)BangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiu mBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgaria (Rep.)Burkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African China (People s Rep.)

7 Hong Kong, China Macao, ChinaColombiaComorosCongo (Rep.)Costa RicaC te d Ivoire (Rep.)CroatiaCubaCyprusCzech People s Rep. of KoreaDem. Rep. of the CongoDenmark Faroe Islands GreenlandDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFiji Finland (including the land Islands)France French Overseas Departments: French Guiana Guadeloupe (including St Barth l my and St Martin) Martinique R union Territorial Community of Mayotte Territorial Community of St Pierre and Miquelon French Overseas Territories coming within the Union s jurisdiction by virtue of article 23 of the Constitution.

8 French Polynesia (including Clipperton Island) French Southern and Antarctic Territories (St Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Terre Ad lie) New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna Islands Scattered islands (Bassas da India, Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorieuses, Tromelin)GabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaG reat Britain: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Guernsey Jersey Isle of ManOverseas Territories (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland): Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Gibraltar MontserratXX Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha St Helena (Dependencies) (islands) Turks and Caicos IslandsGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuine a BissauGuyanaHaiti Honduras (Rep.)

9 HungaryIcelandIndia IndonesiaIran (Islamic Rep.)Iraq IrelandIsraelItaly JamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribat iKorea (Rep.)KuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People s Dem. MaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMon acoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMy anmarNamibiaNauruGeneral list of UPU member countriesNepalNetherlands Caribbean part of the Netherlands (Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius) New Zealand (including the Ross Dependency) Cook Islands Niue TokelauNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayOmanPa kistanPanama (Rep.)Papua New GuineaParaguayPeru PhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRus sian FederationRwandaSaint Christopher (St Kitts) and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwazilandSwedenSwitzer landSyrian Arab (United Rep.)

10 Thailandthe former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaTimor Leste (Dem. Rep.)TogoTonga (including Niuafo ou)Trinidad and TobagoTunisiaXIXIT urkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnit ed Arab EmiratesUnited States of America Territories of the United States of America coming within the Union s jurisdiction by virtue of article 23 of the Constitution: Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Virgin Islands of the United States of America Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Mariana Islands including Saipan and Tinian, but not the United States Possession of GuamUruguayGeneral list of UPU member countriesUzbekistanVanuatuVaticanVenezue la (Bolivarian Rep.)