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1. Subject to exemptions provided for in the Regulations, each designated operator that receives postal items from another designated operator shall have the right to collect from the dispatching designated operator a payment for the costs incurred for postal items received.
2. For the application of the provisions concerning the payment of remuneration by their designated operators, countries and territories shall be classified in accordance with the lists drawn up for this purpose by Congress in its resolution C 4/2025, as follows:
2.1 countries and territories in the target system prior to 2010 (group A);
2.2 countries and territories in the target system as of 2010, 2012 and 2016 (group B);
2.3 countries and territories in the target system as from 2027 (group C).
3. Remuneration shall be based on quality of service performance in the country of destination. The Postal Operations Council shall therefore be authorized to supplement the remuneration in articles 28, 29, 30 and 33 to encourage participation in monitoring systems and to reward designated operators for reaching their quality targets. The Postal Operations Council may also fix penalties in case of insufficient quality, but the remuneration shall not be less than the minimum remuneration according to articles 28, 29, 30 and 33.
4. Any receiving designated operator may waive, wholly or in part, the payment provided for under 1.
5. The Postal Operations Council shall be authorized to supplement remuneration and/or fix penalties in relation to designated operators’ compliance with the requirements for providing electronic advance data on small packet (E) letter-post items and parcels.
6. Any designated operator may, by bilateral or multilateral agreement, apply other payment systems for the settlement of remuneration accounts.
7. Designated operators may apply an optional 10% discount to the priority terminal dues rate for the exchange of non-priority mail.
8. Access to domestic services. Direct access
8.1 In principle, each designated operator of a country in group A shall make available to the other designated operators the rates, terms and conditions offered in its domestic service on conditions identical to those proposed to its domestic customers. It shall be up to the designated operator of destination to decide whether the terms and conditions of direct access have been met by the designated operator of origin.
8.2 Designated operators of countries in groups B and C may opt to make available to a limited number of designated operators the application of domestic conditions for a trial period of two years. After that period, they must choose either to cease making available the application of domestic conditions or to continue to make their own domestic conditions available to all designated operators.
8.3 If designated operators of countries in groups B and C ask designated operators of countries in group A for the application of domestic conditions, they must make available to all designated operators the rates, terms and conditions offered in their domestic service on conditions identical to those proposed to their domestic customers.
9. Beginning with rates in effect from 2027, for insured parcels, there shall be an additional payment of 1.500 SDR per item in accordance with provisions laid down in the Regulations. The additional payment shall be reduced to 0.300 SDR per item where the tariffs notified under article 33.1.2 are inclusive of proof of delivery. Designated operators that apply the charge on the basis of the provisions in article 33.8.1 shall receive the amount in accordance with that article, increased by 0.300 SDR.