06 July 2011, 11:35
The Eighth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union specifies definition of the term ‘freedom of transit´, and defines the terms ‘designated operator´ and ‘reservation.´
Under the Eighth Additional Protocol, ‘freedom of transit´ is an obligation for an intermediate member country to ensure the transport of postal items passed on to it in transit for another member country, providing similar treatment to that given to domestic items; ‘designated operator´ is any governmental or non-governmental entity officially designated by the member country to operate postal services and to fulfil the related obligations arising out of the Acts of the Union on its territory; ‘reservation´ is an exemption clause whereby a member country
purports to exclude or to modify the legal effect of a clause of an Act, other than the Constitution and the General Regulations, in its application to that member country. Any reservation shall be compatible with the object and purpose of Union as defined in the preamble and article 1 of the Constitution. It must be duly justified and approved by the majority required for approval of the Act concerned, and inserted in the Final Protocol thereto.
The draft is registered under Reg. No. 0214.