[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11120]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 20
International Mailing Services: Mailing Services Rules Changes
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is considering limiting First-Class Mail
International[supreg] service to documents only.
DATES: Comments on this advance notice are due July 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver written comments to the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446,
Washington, DC 20260-5015. You may inspect and photocopy all written
comments at USPS[supreg] Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW.,
11th Floor North, Washington, DC, by appointment only between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 1-202-268-2906 in
advance for an appointment. Email comments, containing the name and
address of the commenter, may be sent to:
[email protected], with a subject line of ``First-Class
Mail International.'' Faxed comments are not accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mico Milanovic at (202) 268-5348 or
Sylvia Baylis at (202) 268-6464.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is an advance notice of the Postal
Service's intent to modify some of its International Mailing rules to
conform with the new Universal Postal Union (UPU) requirements for
certain Letter Post mail, effective January 1, 2018. After lengthy
deliberations, UPU member countries voted to identify and separate
items by content as documents versus goods, for purposes of adopting a
universal, world-wide standard.
In order for the Postal Service to meet this new standard, the
contents of First-Class Mail International postcard, letter, and large
envelope (flat) mail; International Priority Airmail (IPA) postcard,
letter, and large envelope (flat) mail; and International Surface Air
Lift (ISAL) postcard, letter, and large envelope (flat) mail will be
limited to documents.
Effective January 1, 2018, mailers who wish to mail any type of
goods, regardless of shape, must use First Class Package International
Service or another available service. Technical details and proposed
IMM changes will be published at a later date and before
implementation.
Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-11120 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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