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1. Member countries shall take the necessary steps towards ensuring the continuity of the postal payment services in the event of default by their designated operator(s), without prejudice to the liability of that (those) operator(s) towards other designated operators by virtue of the Acts of the Union.
2. In the event of the default of its designated operator(s), the member country shall inform, through the International Bureau, the other member countries party to the present Agreement:
2.1 of the suspension of its postal payment services, with effect from the date indicated and until further notice;
2.2 of the measures taken to re-establish its services under the responsibility of any new designated operator.