Effective September 1, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®), sections 622.2, 622.3, 623.2, and 625, to replace the term “manager of Global Direct Entry” with “International Integration Program Manager.”
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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6 Special Programs
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620 Global Direct Entry Wholesaler Program
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622 Qualifying as a GDE Wholesaler
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622.2 Letter of Request
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INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION PROGRAM
MANAGER
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***If the Postal Service rejects a company’s request to participate in the GDE Wholesaler Program, the Postal Service’s International Integration Program Manager will notify that company by email that the request is not approved.***
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622.3 Length of Qualification — Approval Period
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***At the end of that 2-year period, the GDE wholesaler must submit another letter of request to the Postal Service’s International Integration Program Manager in accordance with 622.2.
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623.2 Notification of Disqualification and Appeal
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If the Postal Service discovers at any time, by whatever means, that a company that has qualified as a GDE wholesaler has not complied with any of the terms and conditions in IMM 620, the Postal Service’s International Integration Program Manager will notify that company by email that the company has not complied with the terms and conditions of the GDE Wholesaler Program and that the company will be stricken from the list of approved GDE wholesalers within 30 calendar days.***
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625 Preapproved Advertising
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A GDE wholesaler may state on advertising material that it has been qualified as a GDE wholesaler of the Postal Service, but the Postal Service’s International Integration Program Manager must approve, in advance and in writing, the statement as it will appear on the advertising material.
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Although effective September 1, 2016, we will incorporate this revision into a later edition of the online IMM (scheduled for October 3, 2016). The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http:⁄⁄pe.usps.com.
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