1、INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)45G134 $ TELECOMMUNICATIONSTANDARDIZATION SECTOROF ITU#(!2).G0G0!.$G0G0!#/5.4).G0G0).G0G0).4%2.!4)/.!,4%,%#/-5.)#!4)/.G0G03%26)#%30!24)!,G0G0!.$G0G04/4!,G0G02%2.1.2.2 12 hours in the case of a telegram exchanged between two countries within the same continental
2、system but thatare not connected by a direct telegraph circuit;2.1.2.3 12 hours in the case of a telegram exchanged between two countries that are not within the same continentalsystem but that are connected by a direct telegraph circuit;2.1.2.4 24 hours in all other cases.2.1.3 The periods of 12 an
3、d 24 hours mentioned above shall be reduced by half for SVH telegrams, telegramsrelative to the application of the United Nations Charter, government telegrams with priority, meteorological telegrams,and also for ordinary private telegrams, and RCT telegrams when urgent transmission and delivery has
4、 been requested,and for service advices.2.1.4 In the context of 2.1.2.1 to 2.1.2.4, continents are regarded as Africa, Asia, Australia (including Oceania),Europe, North America and South America. Normally a continental system shall comprise all the countries of therespective continent and exceptiona
5、lly those countries outside that continent that are declared by the respectiveAdministrations to belong to that continental system.2.1.5 Except for letter telegrams, the time periods indicated in 2.1.2 (in its entirety) and 2.1.3 above shall bereckoned from the time of acceptance of the telegram.2.1
6、.6 The following shall not be included in the time periods indicated above:2.1.6.1 The period during which offices are closed in respect of any relation when that is the cause of delay;2.1.6.2 the night period;2.1.6.3 the time occupied in postal conveyance;2.1.6.4 the time occupied in express convey
7、ance;2.1.6.5 the period of retention of radiotelegrams at the land station, or on board a mobile station, as well as the timetaken for the transmission over the radio circuits.2.1.7 If the telegram has been the subject of a service advice of non-delivery because the address has been inadequateor has
8、 not been registered and if, later, the address has been corrected or supplemented by a service advice at thesenders request, the time periods for delivery shall be calculated as from the moment when this service advice wasissued.2.2 Telegrams that have been stopped or cancelled2.2.1 The total charg
9、e shall be refunded for any telegram that has been stopped in the course of transmission as theresult of the interruption of a route, subject to the office of origins having been advised of the stoppage of the telegramconcerned.2.2.2 The total charge shall be refunded for any telegram stopped throug
10、h the application of the provisions ofArticles 19 and 20 of the Convention 2.2.2.3 For a telegram cancelled at the request of the sender before its transmission has begun, the charge shall berefunded.Fascicle II.1 - Rec. D.43 32.3 Alterations or omissions2.3.1 The total charge for the telegram shall
11、 be refunded when the name of the office of origin or the date ofacceptance have been changed or altered in course of transmission with the result that the telegram has not fulfilled itspurpose.2.3.2 The charge for a word or words omitted in transmission shall be refunded, unless the total charge is
12、 refundedby application of 2.3.3, or the error has been remedied by means of a service advice.2.3.3 Unless the error has been remedied by means of a service advice, the total charge for a telegram shall berefunded when errors have been made in transmission or by omission of words and the origin Admi
13、nistration issatisfied that, in consequence, the meaning of a plain language telegram has been altered or rendered unintelligible.2.4 Special services2.4.1 The charges for special services not performed because of an error of service and also the charge for therelevant service indications shall be r
14、efunded.2.5 Miscellaneous provisions2.5.1 In the case provided for in 2.1.1 to 2.1.7, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1 to 2.3.3, the refund shall apply only to the actualtelegrams that have failed to be delivered or that have been cancelled, delayed or altered, including unused accessorycharges, but not to telegrams
15、 that may have been caused, or rendered useless, by the non-delivery, delay or alteration.2.5.2 When a land station advises the office of origin that a radiotelegram cannot be transmitted to the destinationmobile station, the origin Administration refunds the sender the charges for any special servi
16、ces not performed.2.5.3 When errors due to the telegram service have been corrected by service advice within the time periods resultingfrom the application 2.1.2 to 2.1.6.5, no refund shall be due for the original telegram.2.5.4 When errors due to the telegram service have not been corrected by serv
17、ice advices but by telegrams exchangeddirectly between the sender and the addressee, no refund shall be granted for such telegrams.2.5.5 Amounts overcharged in error shall be refunded to the sender in accordance with the international regulationsof each country.3 Refund of charges in different cases
18、3.1 Refund of charges in cases specified in 2.1.1 to 2.5.53.1.1 Whenever refund of charges arises from an error of service, it shall be borne by the origin Administration if theamount to be refunded based on the overall accounting rate for the whole or part of the telegram concerned does notexceed s
19、ixteen special drawing rights (16 SDRs) or fifty gold francs (G.fr. 50.00) (see 3.1.3).3.1.2 In cases where the amount to be refunded as specified in 3.1.1 exceeds sixteen special drawing rights(16 SDRs) or fifty gold francs, (G.fr. 50.00) such refund shall be borne by the Administrations that have
20、participated inthe handling of the telegram, each of them foregoing the share of the overall accounting rate that has accrued to it.3.1.3 In reckoning the limit sixteen special drawing rights (16.00 SDRs) or fifty gold francs (50.00 G.fr.) only theoverall accounting rate per chargeable word of the o
21、riginal telegram shall be considered, excluding the charges forspecial services.3.1.4 The origin Administration shall refund the charge without preliminary inquiry if:3.1.4.1 in case of non-delivery, the sender produces a statement by the office of destination certifying that the telegramwas not rec
22、eived;3.1.4.2 in case of delay or alteration, the sender proves the delay or alteration by producing the copy of the telegramdelivered to the addressee or a certified copy or facsimile of the telegram;3.1.5 The decision of the Administration that makes the refund shall be without appeal when the ref
23、und has been inconformity with this Recommendation.4 Fascicle II.1 - Rec. D.433.1.6 When a refund has to be shared by the various Administrations concerned in the transmission, the originAdministration shall circulate the claim to the Administrations in question with a view to the application of 3.1
24、.2. Theorigin Administration shall also have the right to circulate any complaint, when, in the interest of the service, itconsiders an inquiry to be necessary.3.1.7 In cases provided for in 3.1.2, refund of the charges applicble to a special sevice not performed shall be borneby the Administration
25、to which the charge has accrued.3.1.8 In the cases contemplated in 3.1.2, when a claim has been made and circulated within the period fixed in 1.1.2 and the result has not been notified within the period fixed for the preservation of records, the Administrationthat received the claim shall refund th
26、e charge claimed and the refund shall be shared by the various Administrationsthat participated in the forwarding of the telegram.3.1.9 Refund of charges for service advices shall be borne by the Administration that collected the charges.3.2 Special provisions regarding refund of charges in the case
27、 of stoppage of telegrams3.2.1 The refund of the charge for a telegram stopped by virtue of Articles 19 and 20 of the Convention 2 shall beborne by the Administration responsible to the Member that stopped the telegram. The limit fixed in 3.1.1 does notapply.3.2.2 When, however, that Member has noti
28、fied in accordance with Article 20 of the Convention 2, the suspensionof certain kinds of traffic, refund of charges of telegrams of this kind shall be borne by the origin Administration fromthe day following that on which the notification reached it.References1 List of addresses of Administrations, recognized private operating agencies, international or regionalorganizations concerned with telecommunications, and scientific or industrial organizations participating inCCI activities, ITU, Geneva.2 International Telecommunication Convention, Nairobi, 1982.
