Regulations Governing the Handling of Mail Article 56

“Undeliverable mail” refers to a mail item that cannot be delivered to or is refused by the addressee.Domestic undeliverable mail shall be returned to the sender; if the cover of the mail item does not bear the name and address of the sender, it shall be returned to the post office branch of origination unless the sender has specified on the cover that return service is not requested.Undeliverable domestic non-registered newspapers or magazines shall be returned to the origination post office and a notice shall be sent to the sender for payment of accrued charges and pick up at the designated post office branch within 15 days starting the day after the notice has been sent. Mails unclaimed after this period shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations regarding undelivered mails.All undeliverable international mails, with or without the name and address of the sender on the cover, shall be returned to the country of origin. However, any postcard that doesn’t bear the name and address of the sender and any non-registered printed paper that does not specify a request for return service in a language used in the country of destination shall not be returned to the country of origin and shall be treated as undelivered mail.Undeliverable domestic and international parcels should be handled in accordance with the instructions, if any, given by the senders on the parcels’ mailing forms.