Article 113 Functions of the POC

1. The Postal Operations Council shall have the following functions:

1.1. Coordinates practical measures for the development and improvement of international postal services.

1.2. Takes, subject to Council of Administration approval within the framework of the latter's competence, any action considered necessary to safeguard and enhance the quality of and to modernize the international postal service.

1.3. Decides on the contacts to be established with member countries and their designated operators in order to carry out its functions.

1.4. Takes the necessary steps to study and publicize the experiments and progress made by certain member countries and their designated operators in the technical, operational, economic and vocational training fields of interest to the postal services.

1.5. Takes, in consultation with the Council of Administration, appropriate steps in the sphere of technical cooperation with all member countries of the Union and their designated operators and in particular with the new and developing countries and their designated operators.

1.6. Examines any other questions submitted to it by a member of the Postal Operations Council, by the Council of Administration or by any member country or designated operator.

1.7. Receives and discusses reports as well as recommendations from the Consultative Committee and, when matters of interest to the Postal Operations Council are involved, to examines and comments on recommendations from the Consultative Committee for submission to Congress.

1.8. Designates those of its members that will serve as members of the Consultative Committee.

1.9. Conducts the study of the most important operational, commercial, technical, economic and technical cooperation problems which are of interest to all member countries or their designated operators, including questions with major financial repercussions (charges, terminal dues, transit charges, airmail conveyance rates, parcel-post rates, and the posting abroad of letter-post items), and prepares information, opinions and recommendations for action on them.

1.10. Provides input to the Council of Administration for the development of the draft Strategy to be submitted to Congress.

1.11. Studies teaching and vocational training problems of interest to member countries and their designated operators, as well as to the new and developing countries.