UPU caiventan
CONSTITUTION
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4. The ordinary expenses of the Union, including where applicable the expenditure envisaged in paragraph 2, together with the extraordinary expenses of the Union, shall be borne in common by Member Countries, which shall be divided by Congress for this purpose into a specific number of contribution classes.
5. In the case of accession or admission to the Union under Article 11, the Government of the Swiss Confederation shall fix, by agreement with the Government of the Country concerned, the contribution class into which the latter Country is to be placed for the purpose of apportioning the expenses of the Union.
Section II
ACTS OF THE UNION
Chapter I
GENERAL
ARTICLE 22
Acts of the Union
1. The Constitution is the basic Act of the Union. It contains the organic rules of the Union.
2. The General Regulations embody those provisions which ensure the application of the Constitution and the working of the Union. They shall be binding on all Member Countries.
3. The Universal Postal Convention and its Detailed Regulations embody the rules applicable throughout the international postal service and the provisions concerning the letter post services. These Acts shall be binding on all Member Countries.
4. The Agreements of the Union, and their Detailed Regulations, regulate the services other than those of the letter post between those Member Countries which are parties to them. They shall be binding on those Countries only.
5. The Detailed Regulations, which contain the rules of application necessary for the implementation of the Convention and of the Agreements, shall be drawn up by the Postal Administrations of the Member Countries concerned.
6. The Final Protocols annexed to the Acts of the Union referred to in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 contain the reservations to those Acts.
ARTICLE 23
Application of the Acts of the Union to Territories for whose international relations a Member Country is responsible.
1. Any Country may declare at any time that its acceptance of the Acts of the Union includes all the Territories for whose international relations it is responsible, or certain of them only.
2. The declaration provided for in paragraph 1 must be addressed to the Government:
(a) of the Country where Congress is held, if made at the time of signature
of the Act or Acts in question;
(b) of the Swiss Confederation in all other cases.