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	Standards are important prerequisites for effective postal operations and for interconnecting the global postal network.   The UPU's Standards Board develops and maintains a growing number of technical standards and EDI message specifications to improve the exchange of postal-related information between Posts, and promotes the compatibility of UPU and international postal initiatives. It works closely with Posts, customers, suppliers and other partners, including many international organizations. The Standards Board ensures that coherent standards are developed in areas such as electronic data interchange (EDI), mail encoding, postal forms and meters.     Workshops Forum "The electronic exchange of data between customers and posts" Workshop "Readability of customer-applied encoding" Forum "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)" Workshop "Intelligent Mail – The business perspective"   Standards program Organization of standardization activities Publications Code lists   Standards Documents Meeting documents under Committee 1 Meeting documents under Committee 4 Archives (1999–2004) UPU-CEN agreement Status and priority of UPU standards  153kB Use of the S10 13-character postal item identifiers - Questionnaire   Implementation of Standard M39 (CARDIT/RESDIT) List of proposed modifications to M39  133kB Purpose of the M39 Return on Investment (ROI) tool  118kB Return on Investment for CARDIT/RESDIT use for Airlines  93kB   Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Standards Board IPR Policy  167kB IPR claim list   User guides S8 + S9 User guide on postal despatches/postal receptacles  351kB S10 check digit validation tool  26kB   Links Standards bodies Quality of service Standards International Mail Processing Centres (ETOEs) International Mail Processing Centres codes   Contacts International Bureau Contact

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