Tenth
Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal
Union
Table of contents
Article
I. (Art. 1 amended) Scope and objectives of the Union
II. (Art. 8 amended) Restricted Unions. Special Agreements
III. (Art. 18 amended) Postal Operations Council
IV. Entry into force and duration of the Additional Protocol
to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union
Tenth Additional
Protocol
to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union
The plenipotentiaries of the governments of the member
countries of the Universal Postal Union, having met in
Extraordinary Congress at Addis Ababa, in view of article 30.2 of
the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union concluded at
Vienna on 10 July 1964, have adopted, subject to ratification,
the following amendments to that Constitution.
Article I
(Art. 1 amended)
Scope and objectives of the Union
1 The countries adopting this Constitution shall form,
under the intergovernmental organization entitled the
Universal Postal Union, a single postal territory for the
reciprocal exchange of postal items. Freedom of transit shall be
guaranteed throughout the entire territory of the Union, subject
to the conditions specified in the Acts of the Union.
2 The aim of the Union shall be to secure the organization and
improvement of the postal services and to promote in this sphere
the development of international collaboration.
3 The Union shall take part, as far as possible, in postal
technical assistance sought by its member countries.
Article II
(Art. 8 amended)
Restricted Unions. Special Agreements
1 Member countries, or their designated operators if the
legislation of those member countries so permits, may establish
Restricted Unions and make Special Agreements concerning the
international postal service, provided always that they do not
introduce provisions less favourable to the public than those
provided for by the Acts to which the member countries concerned
are parties.
2 Restricted Unions may send observers to Congresses, to
the Council of Administration, to the Postal Operations Council,
and to other conferences and meetings organized by the
Union.
3 The Union may send observers to Congresses, conferences and
meetings of Restricted Unions.
Article III
(Art. 18 amended)
Postal Operations Council
1 The Postal Operations Council (POC) shall be responsible for
operational, commercial, technical and economic questions
concerning the postal service.
2 Members of the Postal Operations
Council shall carry out their functions in the name and in the
interests of the Union.
Article IV
Entry into force and duration of the Additional Protocol to
the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union
1 This Additional Protocol shall come into force on 1 July
2019 and shall remain in force for an indefinite period.
In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries of the governments of
the member countries have drawn up this Additional Protocol,
which shall have the same force and the same validity as if its
provisions were inserted in the text of the Constitution itself,
and they have signed it in a single original which shall be
deposited with the Director General of the International Bureau.
A copy thereof shall be delivered to each party by the
International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union.
Done at Addis Ababa, 7 September 2018