International Mail Manual: Global package link (GPL) service— Germany and France,

[Federal Register: July 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 137)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 38478]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr17jy98-13]

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 20

Stay of Interim Rule for Global Package Link to Germany and France

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Stay of interim rule.

SUMMARY: The Postal Service is staying its recently published interim rule on Global Package Link which added a merchandise return service for customers utilizing the GPL service to Germany and France.

DATES: The amendment to the International Mail Manual published in the Federal Register on July 10, 1998 (63 FR 37251-37254), is stayed until further notice as of 12:01 a.m. on July 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Any written comments should be mailed or delivered to the International Business Unit, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, room 370-IBU, Washington, DC 20260-6500. Copies of all written comments will be available for public inspection and photocopying between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Brandt (202) 314-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pending further internal review, the Postal Service is staying an interim rule in the Federal Register on July 10, 1998 (63 FR 37251-37254), concerning the establishment of a GPL return service in Germany and France. This stay will be effective immediately, and the contemplated service will not be available until the internal review has been completed and a further notice published.

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 20

International postal service, Foreign relations.

The Postal Service hereby stays its amendment of July 10, 1998, to the International Mail Manual, which is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 20.1.

PART 20--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 20 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 401, 404, 407, 408.

1. Subchapter 620 of the International Mail Manual, Issue 20, sections 626.24 and 626.25, are stayed until further notice. Stanley F. Mires, Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 98-19170Filed7-15-98; 10:40 am]

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