Artikel 21 Constitutie van de Postunie van de Staten van het Amerikaanse Werelddeel, Spanje en Portugal

Article 21 The Expenditures of the Union 1 Each Congress shall set the maximum amount of: a) the total budget for each year of the following four-year period; b) the expenditures to be disbursed for the organization of the next Congress. 2 The costs of the Union shall be borne by all the member countries and territories collectively, which shall be classified for this purpose in different contribution categories. To this end, each member country or territory shall choose the contribution category in which it wishes to be included. The contribution categories shall be established by the General Regulations. 3 In case of accession to the Union, the Government of the country or territory concerned shall choose the contribution category in which it wishes to be included for the purposes of dividing the costs of the Union.