1. Regulations
  2. title 39
  3. chapter I
  4. part 20
  5. § 20.2

Collapse to view only § 20.2 - Effective date of the International Mail Manual.

§ 20.1 - Incorporation by reference; Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual.

(a) Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM) is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.

(1) Subscriptions. Subscriptions to the IMM can be purchased by the public from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402-9375.

(2) Inspection—USPS. (i) Copies of the IMM, both current and previous issues, are available during regular business hours for reference and public inspection at the U.S. Postal Service Library, National Headquarters in Washington, DC. For access contact 202-268-2906.

(ii) Copies of only the current issue are available during regular business hours for public inspection at area and district offices of the Postal Service and at all post offices, classified stations, and classified branches. The IMM is available for examination on the internet at https://pe.usps.gov.

(3) Inspection—NARA. You may view this material at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email [email protected].

(b) The Director of the Federal Register approved the IMM, updated January 21, 2024, for incorporation by reference as of March 4, 2024.

[87 FR 63424, Oct. 19, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 15474, Mar. 4, 2024]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

SOURCE: 69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 39 CFR 20.1

§ 20.2 - Effective date of the International Mail Manual.

The provisions of the International Mail Manual issued January 21, 2024 (incorporated by reference, see § 20.1), are applicable with respect to the international mail services of the Postal Service.

[89 FR 15474, Mar. 4, 2024]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

SOURCE: 69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 39 CFR 20.2

§ 20.3 - [Reserved]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

SOURCE: 69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 39 CFR 20.3

§ 20.4 - Amendments to the International Mail Manual.

(a) The current issue of the IMM is incorporated by reference, see § 20.1.

(b) New issues of the International Mail Manual will be incorporated by reference into this part and will be available at https://pe.usps.gov. The text of amendments to the International Mail Manual will be published in the Federal Register and will be available in the Postal Bulletin, copies of which may be accessed at https://usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm. Successive issues of the IMM are listed in Table 1 to this section.

Table 1 to § 20.4—International Mail Manual

International Mail
Manual 		Date of issuance Issue 1November 13, 1981. Issue 2March 1, 1983. Issue 3July 4, 1985. Issue 4September 18, 1986. Issue 5April 21, 1988. Issue 6October 5, 1988. Issue 7July 20, 1989. Issue 8June 28, 1990. Issue 9February 3, 1991. Issue 10June 25, 1992. Issue 11December 24, 1992. Issue 12July 8, 1993. Issue 13February 3, 1994. Issue 14August 4, 1994. Issue 15July 9, 1995. Issue 16January 4, 1996. Issue 17September 12, 1996. Issue 18June 9, 1997. Issue 19October 9, 1997. Issue 20July 2, 1998. Issue 21May 3, 1999. Issue 22January 1, 2000. Issue 23July 1, 2000. Issue 24January 1, 2001. Issue 25July 1, 2001. Issue 26January 1, 2002. Issue 27June 30, 2002. Issue 28January 1, 2003. Issue 29July 1, 2003. Issue 30August 1, 2004. Issue 31May 31, 2005. Issue 35May 12, 2008. Issue 36May 11, 2009. IMMApril 17, 2011. IMMJune 24, 2012. IMMJanuary 26, 2015. IMMJuly 11, 2016. IMMJanuary 22, 2017. IMMMarch 5, 2018. IMMMarch 4, 2019. IMMJuly 1, 2020. IMMJuly 10, 2022. IMMJanuary 21, 2024.
[85 FR 61608, Sept. 30, 2020, as amended at 87 FR 63425, Oct. 19, 2022; 89 FR 15474, Mar. 4, 2024]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

SOURCE: 69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 39 CFR 20.4

§ 20.5 - [Reserved]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 407, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001.

SOURCE: 69 FR 59546, Oct. 5, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 39 CFR 20.5