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The special agreements referred to above shall in no case restrict the right of POWRepresentatives to take possession of collective relief shipments intended for POWs, to proceedto their distribution, or to dispose of them in the interest of the POWs. 456 Nor shall suchagreements restrict the right of representatives of the Protecting Power, the ICRC, or any otherorganization giving assistance to POWs and responsible for the forwarding of collectiveshipments, to supervise their distribution to the recipients. 4579.20.4 Exemptions From Postal and Shipping Charges. Relief shipments for POWs andmail sent by POWs or to them benefit from certain exemptions under international law.9.20.4.1 Exemption From Dues for Relief Shipments. All relief shipments forPOWs shall be exempt from import, customs, or other dues. 4589.20.4.2 GPW Postal Dues Exemption. Under the GPW, correspondence, reliefshipments, and authorized remittances of money addressed to POWs or sent by them through thepost office, either directly or through the National POW Information Bureau provided for inArticle 122 of the GPW and the Central POW Information Agency provided for in Article 123 ofthe GPW, shall be exempt from any postal dues, both in the countries of origin and destination,and in intermediate countries. 4599.20.4.3 Exemption From Postal Charges Under the Universal PostalConvention. Under the Universal Postal Convention, with the exception of air surcharges forairmail, letter-post items, postal parcels, and monetary articles addressed to or sent by POWs,either directly or through the National POW Information Bureau and the Central POWInformation Agency, shall be exempt from all postal charges. 460 This exemption also applies tobelligerents captured and interned in neutral countries. 461456 GPW art. 73 (“The special agreements referred to above shall in no case restrict the right of prisoners’representatives to take possession of collective relief shipments intended for prisoners of war, to proceed to theirdistribution or to dispose of them in the interest of the prisoners.”).457 GPW art. 73 (“Nor shall such agreements restrict the right of representatives of the Protecting Power, theInternational Committee of the Red Cross or any other organization giving assistance to prisoners of war andresponsible for the forwarding of collective shipments, to supervise their distribution to the recipients.”).458 GPW art. 74 (“All relief shipments for prisoners of war shall be exempt from import, customs and other dues.”).See also HAGUE IV REG. art. 16 (“Presents and relief in kind for prisoners of war shall be admitted free of all importor other duties, as well as of payments for carriage by the State railways.”).459 GPW art. 74 (“Correspondence, relief shipments and authorized remittances of money addressed to prisoners ofwar or despatched by them through the post office, either direct or through the Information Bureaux provided for inArticle 122 and the Central Prisoners of War Agency provided for in Article 123, shall be exempt from any postaldues, both in the countries of origin and destination, and in intermediate countries.”).460 Universal Postal Convention, art. 17(1), Dec. 14, 1989, 1687 UNTS 241, 251-52 (“Subject to article 21,paragraph 1, letter-post items, postal parcels and monetary articles addressed to or sent by prisoners of war, eitherdirect or through the Information Bureaux and the Central Prisoner-of-War Information Agency provided for inarticles 122 and 123 respectively of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 relative to the treatment of prisonersof war, shall be exempt from all postal charges.”). Consider Universal Postal Convention, art. 7(2.1), Oct. 11, 2012,reprinted in INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION, LETTER POST MANUAL, page C.8 (Berne2013, Update 2 – Jan. 2015) (“Letter-post items, postal parcels and postal payment services items addressed to orsent by prisoners of war, either direct or through the offices mentioned in the Regulations of the Convention and of573