Article 23 Transport by commercial couriers

For the purposes of this Decision, ‘commercial couriers’ include national postal services and commercial courier companies that offer a service where information is delivered for a fee and is either personally hand carried or tracked.

Commercial couriers may use the services of a sub-contractor. However, responsibility for complying with this Decision shall remain with the courier company.

If the intended recipient is outside the EU, two layer of packaging shall be used. When classified consignments are being prepared the sender shall bear in mind that commercial courier services shall only deliver RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED consignments to the intended recipient, a duly authorised substitute, the registry control officer or his/her duly authorised substitute or a receptionist. To mitigate the risk that the consignment may not reach the intended recipient, the outer and, where applicable the inner, layer of packaging of the consignment shall bear a return address.

Services offered by commercial couriers providing electronic transmission of registered delivery documents shall not be used for RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information.