Cap. 254 Art. 22Agreements on terminal dues.

(1) In order to ensure the cross-border provision of the universal service, the universal service provider shall, where appropriate international legal frameworks so allow, arrange in its agreements on terminal dues for cross-border mail that the following principles are respected:

(a) terminal dues shall be fixed in relation to the costs of processing and delivering incoming cross-border mail,

(b) levels of remuneration shall be related to the quality of service achieved, and

(c) terminal dues shall be transparent and non-discriminatory.

(2) The implementation of the principles set out in subarticle

(1) may include transitional arrangements, designed to avoid undue disruption on postal markets or unfavourable implications for economic providers of postal services, provided there is agreement between the operators of origin and receipt. Such arrangements shall, however, be restricted to the minimum required to achieve these objectives.