CONTENTS

 1     Introduction
 2     Scope
 3     Collection charges
        3.1     General principles
        3.2     Publication of collection charges by the ITU
        3.3     Changes to collection charges
        3.4     Special charging arrangements
        3.5     Service specific charging principles
 4     Maritime billing
        4.1     Billing responsibilities
        4.2     Billing processes and associated timescales
        4.3     Billing procedures
        4.4     Preparation and despatch of bills
        4.5     Acceptance/queries/rejection
        4.6     Payment of bills
        4.7     Archives
        4.8     Refunds
 5     International accounting and settlement
        5.4     Manual or Single-Operator (LSO) Service (see Case 3 and Case 4 – VHF/HF/MF)
        5.5     Automatic and semi-automatic service (see Case 4 – satellite)
        5.7     Settlement of international accounts
Annex A – Accounting authorities
Annex C – Specimen statement of maritime communication bill – “Communication Information” Statement
Annex D – Time scales associated with the dispatch and payment of maritime bills
Annex E – Case studies