Artikel 135 Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal

Article 135 Languages 1 Union documents shall be furnished to the member countries and territories and their designated postal enterprises in Spanish. However, official correspondence from non-Spanish speaking member countries and territories and their designated postal enterprises may be drafted in their native language. From time to time, the Council may authorize French, English and Portuguese translations of publications of special interest for the operation of postal services. 2 Debates at Congresses and Council meetings may be conducted in French, English and Portuguese, in addition to Spanish, with the choice of translation system left to the meeting organizers and the General Secretariat. 3 The cost of interpretation services shall be borne by the countries or territories requesting such services, with the exception of those in the lowest contribution category. 4 The cost of the Spanish Translation Service (“STEs”) shall be distributed among the countries or territories that are part of the Spanish Language Group, according to their contribution category in the Union.