Effective September 14, 2017, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to reflect changes to the Individual Country Listings (ICLs) for the Netherlands and for Switzerland.
Both Netherlands Post and Swiss Post have clarified to the United States Postal Service® that customers may mail cremated human remains to their respective countries.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Netherlands
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Revise the entry on human remains to read as follows (permitting cremated human remains):]
Human remains. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted.
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Priority Mail Express International
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Notes:
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[Revise the second entry to read as follows (adding a second sentence to permit cremated human remains):]
2. Arms, weapons, and human remains are prohibited. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted.
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Switzerland
Country Conditions for Mailing
Prohibitions
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[Revise the entry on human remains to read as follows (permitting cremated human remains):]
Human remains. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted.
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Priority Mail Express International
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Notes:
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[Revise the second entry to read as follows (adding a second sentence to permit cremated human remains):]
2. Arms, weapons, and human remains are prohibited. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted.
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Although effective September 14, 2017, we will incorporate these revisions into the next update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification, Marketing, 9-14-17
