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Addressing — Part 4: International postal address components and template language
ISO 19160-4:2017 defines key terms for postal addressing, postal address components and constraints on their use. Specifically, ISO 19160-4:2017 defines postal address components organized into three hierarchical levels: - elements, such as organization name or postcode, which have well-defined conceptual meaning and are not themselves made up of subordinate components, though they may be sub-divided for technical purposes; - constructs, such as organization identification, which group elements into units form a logical portion of a postal address; - segments, such as addressee specification, which group-related postal address constructs and/or postal address elements into units with a specific defined function. ISO 19160-4:2017 also specifies a mechanism for creation of sub-elements, which correspond to either sub-divisions of element content, such as door type or door indicator or to multiple occurrences and locations of elements in an address, such as levels of administrative regions. ISO 19160-4:2017 does not specify the length of any component nor the value range of any component. Moreover, ISO 19160-4:2017 defines the codes to identify elements and sub-elements. Further, ISO 19160-4:2017 specifies postal address rendering rules. This includes identification and ordering of output lines in a rendered address, conditions for selection of candidate lines, the order and concatenation of postal address components, required and optional components, parameters to contextualize address for rendering and the formatting of the components, subject to constraints on the space available for that task. Postal address rendering rules are represented in ISO 19160-4:2017 as a postal address template. Finally, ISO 19160-4:2017 specifies language suitable for computer processing to formally express postal address templates.
Adressage — Partie 4: Composants et langages des modèles d'adresses postales internationales
ISO 19160-4:2017 définit les termes clés relatifs à l'adressage postal, aux composants d'adresse postale et aux contraintes d'utilisation associées. ISO 19160-4:2017 décrit plus particulièrement les composants d'adresse postale en les organisant en trois niveaux hiérarchiques: - les éléments, comme le nom de l'organisme ou le code postal, qui ont un sens conceptuel bien défini et qui ne sont pas eux-mêmes constitués de composants subordonnés, bien qu'ils puissent être subdivisés pour des raisons techniques; - les constructions, comme l'identification de l'organisme, qui regroupent des éléments en unités pour former une portion logique d'une adresse postale; - les segments, comme la spécification du destinataire, qui regroupent des constructions et/ou des éléments d'adresse postale connexes en unités ayant une fonction spécifique définie. ISO 19160-4:2017 définit également un mécanisme de création de sous-éléments qui correspondent à des subdivisions du contenu d'un élément, comme le type de porte ou l'indicateur de porte, ou à plusieurs occurrences et emplacements d'un élément dans une adresse, comme les niveaux des régions administratives. ISO 19160-4:2017 ne spécifie la longueur ni la plage de valeurs d'aucun des composants. En outre, le présent document définit les codes permettant d'identifier les éléments et les sous-éléments. Par ailleurs, il spécifie les règles de rendu des adresses postales. Ces règles concernent l'identification et le classement des lignes de sortie dans une adresse présentée, les conditions de sélection des lignes candidates, l'ordre et la concaténation des composants d'adresse postale, les composants obligatoires et facultatifs, les paramètres permettant de contextualiser une adresse en vue de sa présentation et le formatage des composants, selon les contraintes de l'espace disponible pour cette tâche. Le présent document exprime les règles de rendu des adresses postales sous la forme d'un modèle d'adresse postale. Enfin, le présent document définit un langage adapté au traitement informatique permettant d'exprimer de manière formelle les modèles d'adresses postales.
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Contents
Foreword ................................................................................................................................................................ iv
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... v
1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Normative references .......................................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions .......................................................................................................................... 2
4 Abbreviated terms ................................................................................................................................ 6
5 Conformance ........................................................................................................................................... 7
5.1 Composition ............................................................................................................................................. 7
5.2 U-code ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
5.3 Rendering of postal address .............................................................................................................. 7
5.4 PATDL template ..................................................................................................................................... 7
6 Postal address components ............................................................................................................... 7
6.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
6.2 Postal address segments ..................................................................................................................... 9
6.3 Postal address constructs ................................................................................................................ 10
6.4 Postal address elements .................................................................................................................. 11
6.5 Postal address sub-elements .......................................................................................................... 19
6.6 Requirement for composition ........................................................................................................ 21
7 Element and sub-element codes ................................................................................................... 21
7.1 General ................................................................................................................................................... 21
7.2 Requirement for a U-code ................................................................................................................ 22
8 Postal address rendering ................................................................................................................. 23
8.1 General ................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.2 Rendering parameters ...................................................................................................................... 24
8.3 Rendition instructions ...................................................................................................................... 25
8.4 Requirements for rendering of postal address ....................................................................... 26
8.5 Requirement for domain of postal address template ........................................................... 26
9 Postal address template description language (PATDL) ..................................................... 27
9.1 General ................................................................................................................................................... 27
9.2 PATDL as an XML Schema ................................................................................................................ 27
9.3 PATDL elements .................................................................................................................................. 28
Annex A (normative) Abstract test suites ............................................................................................... 36
Annex B (informative) Postal address profile of ISO 19160-1 ........................................................ 38
Annex C (informative) Mapping conventions ........................................................................................ 45
Annex D (informative) Template design patterns ............................................................................... 54
Annex E (informative) PATDL features .................................................................................................... 58
Annex F (informative) Example of PATDL template ........................................................................... 61
Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 64
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Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................... vi
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ vii
1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Normative references .......................................................................................................................... 2
3 Terms and definitions ......................................................................................................................... 2
4 Abbreviated terms ................................................................................................................................ 7
5 Conformance ........................................................................................................................................... 7
5.1 Composition ............................................................................................................................................ 7
5.2 U-code ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
5.3 Rendering of postal address.............................................................................................................. 7
5.4 PATDL template ..................................................................................................................................... 8
6 Postal address components ............................................................................................................... 8
6.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
6.2 Postal address segments ..................................................................................................................12
6.3 Postal address constructs ................................................................................................................14
6.4 Postal address elements ...................................................................................................................15
6.5 Postal address sub-elements ..........................................................................................................23
6.6 Requirement for composition ........................................................................................................25
7 Element and sub-element codes ....................................................................................................26
7.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................26
7.2 Requirement for a U-code ................................................................................................................26
8 Postal address rendering .................................................................................................................27
8.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................27
8.2 Rendering parameters ......................................................................................................................29
8.3 Rendition instructions ......................................................................................................................30
8.3.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................30
8.3.2 Concatenation .......................................................................................................................................31
8.3.3 Abbreviation .........................................................................................................................................31
8.3.4 Punctuation ...........................................................................................................................................31
8.4 Requirements for rendering of postal address ........................................................................31
8.5 Requirement for domain of postal address template ............................................................32
9 Postal address template description language (PATDL) ......................................................32
9.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................32
9.2 PATDL as an XML Schema ................................................................................................................33
9.2.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................33
9.2.2 Requirement for encoding of rendering rules ..........................................................................35
9.2.3 Requirement for data populating PATDL elements ...............................................................35
9.3 PATDL elements ..................................................................................................................................35
9.3.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................35
9.3.2 templateIdentifier ..............................................................................................................................36
9.3.3 userPreferences ...................................................................................................................................37
9.3.4 triggerConditions ................................................................................................................................37
9.3.5 lineData ...................................................................................................................................................39
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9.3.6 combineData ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Annex A (normative) Abstract test suites ............................................................................................... 44
Annex B (informative) Postal address profile of ISO 19160-1 ........................................................ 47
Annex C (informative) Mapping conventions ........................................................................................ 60
Annex D (informative) Template design patterns ............................................................................... 70
Annex E (informative) PATDL features .................................................................................................... 74
Annex F (informative) Example of PATDL template ........................................................................... 78
Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 82
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
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electrotechnical standardization.The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any
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Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see
www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 211, Geographic information/Geomatics, in
collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee
CEN/TC 331, Postal services, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO
and CEN (Vienna Agreement), and in collaboration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19160-4:2017), which has been technically
revised.The main changes are as follows:
— "telephone number was" has been added as an address element.
A list of all parts in the ISO 19160 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
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Introduction
The postal service provides letter, package and parcel delivery on a global and universal basis, without
the need for mailers and recipients to enter into explicit service contracts. Postal addresses, which
combine private recipient information with publicly known delivery point data, provide the mechanism
through which mailers specify the intended recipient and the means by which the postal operator can
fulfil its delivery commitment.Traditionally, postal operators have been highly flexible with regard to the manner in which postal items
can be addressed; any form and content of address was acceptable as long as it permitted sufficiently
unambiguous determination of the delivery point. Even today, many postal operators pride themselves
on their ability, using staff intelligence and local knowledge, to deliver postal items carrying incomplete
or unusual address representations.However, increasing volumes and labour cost rates long ago reached the point at which automation
became not only economic, but essential. As a result, it has become more and more vital to ensure that
the vast majority of postal items are addressed in a way which can be processed automatically, without
risk of misinterpretation.When mail is sent with addresses that are incorrect or incomplete, there is the possibility of undeliverable
as addressed mail (UAA mail) which results in the mail being sent back to a return address, being sent on
to a forwarding address or discarded as waste. All this unnecessary work has negative economic
consequences.Today, the vast majority of postal items carry printed addresses which are extracted from computer
databases. Such databases need to be maintained in the face of population mobility, creation and
retirement of delivery points and changes in their specification, such as renaming of streets, renumbering
of properties, etc. Moreover, there is a growing need for validation of addresses in e-commerce and the
tendency for organizations to exchange or trade address data and for organizations in one country to
hold address data of organizations and individuals in other countries, which might use different
approaches to the rendering of postal addresses.Addresses can be rendered according to rules that differ from country to country or from one mailing
event (a batch of mail, e.g. letters or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time) to another. This
document does not impose any obligation on countries or mailers on how addresses shall be rendered
but provides a language to express rendering rules recommended by postal operators for mailing
purposes.Templates specified according to this document may be used to exchange information about address
rendering rules on international cross-border mail and domestic mail. These templates are available from
the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for all countries which have approved them. This facilitates automated
processing of mail and international e-commerce deliveries. Rendition engines based on this document
are expected to produce the same results for the same addresses. This is conditional upon using approved
templates with the same parameters. Even if this were not the case, consistency remains an appropriate
goal.The intended readers of this document include designers and developers of computer systems that
process global postal address data including postal address rendering, those who formulate and
implement international addressing policies and anyone seeking to reduce UAA mail.
[3]This document is based on UPU S42, Version 8, and has been developed with UPU. It was adopted by
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This document extends the list of address components by adding the new address element:
— telephone number.NOTE 1 The preparatory work for this project is described in Reference [2].
NOTE 2 This document implements a recommendation made in Reference [2] and focuses solely on addresses
for postal purposes. Addresses for other purposes are described in other parts of the ISO 19160 series.
This document is based on UPU S42 [3], Version 8 and has been developed with UPU. It was adopted by
CEN as a replacement for EN 14142-1.This document extends the list of address components by adding the new address element:
— telephone number.viii © ISO 2022 – All rights reserved
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Addressing — Part 4: International postal address
components and template language
1 1 Scope
This document defines key terms for postal addressing, postal address components and constraints on
their use.Specifically, this document specifies postal address components organized into three hierarchical levels:
— elements, such as organization name or postcode, which have well-defined conceptual meaning and
are not themselves made up of subordinate components, though they maycan be sub-divided for
technical purposes;— constructs, such as organization identification, which group elements into units form a logical portion
of a postal address;— segments, such as addressee specification, which group- related postal address constructs and/or
postal address elements into units with a specific defined function.This document also specifies a mechanism for the creation of sub-elements, which correspond to either
sub-divisions of element content, such as door type or door indicator or to multiple occurrences and
locations of elements in an address, such as levels of administrative regions.This document does not specify the length of any component nor the value range of any component.
Moreover, this document specifies the codes to identify elements and sub-elements.
Further, this document specifies postal address rendering rules. This includes :— identification and ordering of output lines in a rendered address, ;
— conditions for the selection of candidate lines, ;
— the order and concatenation of postal address components, ;
— required and optional components, ;
— parameters to contextualize an address for rendering and ;
— the formatting of the components, subject to constraints on the space available for that task.
Postal address rendering rules are represented in this document as a postal address template.
Finally, this document specifies language suitable for computer processing to formally express postal
address templates.This standarddocument does not cover the topic of data protection. Users of the standarddocument are
nevertheless reminded that the storage and exchange of personal data are subject to legislation in many
countries. The standard may be applied only to the extent that this is compliant with such legislation.
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2 2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 639-1, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country
codeISO 15924, Information and documentation — Codes for the representation of names of scripts
3 3 Terms and definitionsFor the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
address
structured information that allows the unambiguous determination of an object for purposes of
identification and location[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.1], modified — Examples and Notes to entry removed.]
3.2addressable object
object that may be assigned an address
[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.2]
3.3
addressee
party who is the ultimate recipient of a delivery item or service
Note 1 to entry: The addressee may be explicitly specified as part of the postal address, or may be implicit. For
example, in certain countries, omission of addressee information is taken as implying that delivery is to be to an
individual or legal entity having legal access to the delivery point.Note 2 to entry: Mr. or Mrs. Smith specifies that the addressee is either of two individuals, while Mr. Jones and Mrs.
Smith denote that the addressee is a group of two individuals. See also role descriptor.
Note 3 to entry: The use made by the postal operator of addressee and mailee data mightcan be dependent on the
postal service applicable to the postal item. For some services, such as registered mail, the postal operator’s
responsibility mightcan include ensuring that the addressee or a duly authorized representative acknowledges
receipt of the postal item. In other cases, addressee data couldcan be purely informative or used by the postal
operator only for consistency checking and/or for the activation of forwarding services. In other cases, it mightcan
be used for sorting or sequencing purposes prior to delivery, e.g.for example, in the case of business mail being pre-
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Note 4 to entry: In some countries, the addressee may be an abstraction such as “postal customer”.
3.4delivery
process in which a postal item leaves the responsibility of the postal operator through being
handed over to, or left for collection by, the addressee, the mailee, an authorized representative, or
deposited in a private letter box accessible to one or other of theseNote 1 to entry: Delivery does not always imply receipt by the addressee or mailee.
3.5delivery address
postal address which the postal operator is requested to use to deliver the postal item
Note 1 to entry: In the normal case, the delivery address is the same as the postal address specified by the mailer.
Note 2 to entry: The delivery address may inIn certain circumstances, (e.g. unaddressed mail,), the delivery address
is not actually benecessarily represented on the postal item. In this case, the delivery address is determined by the
postal operator in accordance with an agreement between the operator and the mailer.
Note 3 to entry: The postal item mightis not always actually be delivered to the requested delivery address. For
example, in the case of forwarding, delivery takes place at the forwarding address.
3.6delivery point
physical location recognized by a postal operator as a valid location at which delivery may occur
3.7mail recipient
individual who actually receives a postal item at delivery or who first accesses the postal item if it is left
for collectionNote 1 to entry: The mail recipient is normally the addressee, the mailee or an authorized representative of one of
these two. However, this mightis not always be the case, e.g.for example, if the postal item is left for collection in a
location to which third parties have access; if the addressee/mailee have moved house without leaving forwarding
instructions or if the addressee or mailee specification was ambiguous and was, as a result, misinterpreted by the
postal operator.3.8
mailee
party designated in a postal address as having responsibility for ensuring that postal items reach their
addresseeNote 1 to entry: Unlike the addressee, the mailee is always specified explicitly in a postal address, i.e. if a postal
address does not contain a mailee, then there is no mailee.Note 2 to entry: Notwithstanding Note 1 t
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Contents Page
Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. vi
1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
3 Terms and definitions .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
4 Abbreviated terms ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
5 Conformance ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
5.1 Composition .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.2 U-code ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.3 Rendering of postal address ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
5.4 PATDL template ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
6 Postal address components...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
6.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
6.2 Postal address segments ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
6.3 Postal address constructs ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.4 Postal address elements ........................................................................................................................................... ................... 11
6.5 Postal address sub-elements .................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.6 Requirement for composition ................................................................................................................................................ 21
7 Element and sub-element codes .......................................................................................................................................................21
7.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
7.2 Requirement for a U-code .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
8 Postal address rendering ........................................................................................................................................................................22
8.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................22
8.2 Rendering parameters .................................................................................................................................................................. 24
8.3 Rendition instructions ........................................................................................................................................... .......................25
8.3.1 General ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
8.3.2 Concatenation .................................................................................................................................................................... 25
8.3.3 Abbreviation........................................................................................................................................................................25
8.3.4 Punctuation ................................... ........................................................................................................ ...............................26
8.4 Requirements for rendering of postal address ....................................................................................................... 26
8.5 Requirement for domain of postal address template ....................................................................................... 26
9 Postal address template description language (PATDL) ........................................................................................26
9.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
9.2 PATDL as an XML Schema .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
9.2.1 General ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
9.2.2 Requirement for encoding of rendering rules .......................................................................................28
9.2.3 Requirement for data populating PATDL elements ..........................................................................28
9.3 PATDL elements ..................................................................................................................................................................................28
9.3.1 General .....................................................................................................................................................................................28
9.3.2 templateIdentifier ..........................................................................................................................................................29
9.3.3 userPreferences................................................................................................................................................................30
9.3.4 triggerConditions............................................................................................................................................................30
9.3.5 lineData .................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
9.3.6 combineData .......................................................................................................................................................................34
Annex A (normative) Abstract test suites ...................................................................................................................................................36
Annex B (informative) Postal address profile of ISO 19160-1 ...............................................................................................38
Annex C (informative) Mapping conventions ..........................................................................................................................................45
Annex D (informative) Template design patterns ..............................................................................................................................54
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Annex E (informative) PATDL features ..........................................................................................................................................................58
Annex F (informative) Example of PATDL template .........................................................................................................................61
Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to
the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see
www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 211, Geographic information/Geomatics,
in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/
TC 331, Postal services, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and
CEN (Vienna Agreement), and in collaboration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 19160-4:2017), which has been
technically revised.The main changes are as follows:
— "telephone number" has been added as an address element.
A list of all parts in the ISO 19160 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
The postal service provides letter, package and parcel delivery on a global and universal basis, without
the need for mailers and recipients to enter into explicit service contracts. Postal addresses, which
combine private recipient information with publicly known delivery point data, provide the mechanism
through which mailers specify the intended recipient and the means by which the postal operator can
fulfil its delivery commitment.Traditionally, postal operators have been highly flexible with regard to the manner in which postal items
can be addressed; any form and content of address was acceptable as long as it permitted sufficiently
unambiguous determination of the delivery point. Even today, many postal operators pride themselves
on their ability, using staff intelligence and local knowledge, to deliver postal items carrying incomplete
or unusual address representations.However, increasing volumes and labour cost rates long ago reached the point at which automation
became not only economic, but essential. As a result, it has become more and more vital to ensure that
the vast majority of postal items are addressed in a way which can be processed automatically, without
risk of misinterpretation.When mail is sent with addresses that are incorrect or incomplete, there is the possibility of
undeliverable as addressed mail (UAA mail) which results in the mail being sent back to a return
address, being sent on to a forwarding address or discarded as waste. All this unnecessary work has
negative economic consequences.Today, the vast majority of postal items carry printed addresses which are extracted from computer
databases. Such databases need to be maintained in the face of population mobility, creation
and retirement of delivery points and changes in their specification, such as renaming of streets,
renumbering of properties, etc. Moreover, there is a growing need for validation of addresses in
e-commerce and the tendency for organizations to exchange or trade address data and for organizations
in one country to hold address data of organizations and individuals in other countries, which might
use different approaches to the rendering of postal addresses.Addresses can be rendered according to rules that differ from country to country or from one mailing
event (a batch of mail, e.g. letters or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time) to another. This
document does not impose any obligation on countries or mailers on how addresses shall be rendered
but provides a language to express rendering rules recommended by postal operators for mailing
purposes.Templates specified according to this document may be used to exchange information about address
rendering rules on international cross-border mail and domestic mail. These templates are available
from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for all countries which have approved them. This facilitates
automated processing of mail and international e-commerce deliveries. Rendition engines based on
this document are expected to produce the same results for the same addresses. This is conditional
upon using approved templates with the same parameters. Even if this were not the case, consistency
remains an appropriate goal.The intended readers of this document include designers and developers of computer systems that
process global postal address data including postal address rendering, those who formulate and
implement international addressing policies and anyone seeking to reduce UAA mail.
[3]This document is based on UPU S42, Version 8, and has been developed with UPU. It was adopted by
CEN as a replacement for EN 14142-1.This document extends the list of address components by adding the new address element:
— telephone number.NOTE 1 The preparatory work for this project is described in Reference [2].
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NOTE 2 This document implements a recommendation made in Reference [2] and focuses solely on addresses
for postal purposes. Addresses for other purposes are described in other parts of the ISO 19160 series.
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1 Scope
This document defines key terms for postal addressing, postal address components and constraints on
their use.Specifically, this document specifies postal address components organized into three hierarchical
levels:— elements, such as organization name or postcode, which have well-defined conceptual meaning
and are not themselves made up of subordinate components, though they can be sub-divided for
technical purposes;— constructs, such as organization identification, which group elements into units form a logical
portion of a postal address;— segments, such as addressee specification, which group related postal address constructs and/or
postal address elements into units with a specific defined function.This document also specifies a mechanism for the creation of sub-elements, which correspond to either
sub-divisions of element content, such as door type or door indicator or to multiple occurrences and
locations of elements in an address, such as levels of administrative regions.This document does not specify the length of any component nor the value range of any component.
Moreover, this document specifies the codes to identify elements and sub-elements.
Further, this document specifies postal address rendering rules. This includes:— identification and ordering of output lines in a rendered address;
— conditions for the selection of candidate lines;
— the order and concatenation of postal address components;
— required and optional components;
— parameters to contextualize an address for rendering;
— the formatting of the components, subject to constraints on the space available for that task.
Postal address rendering rules are represented in this document as a postal address template.
Finally, this document specifies language suitable for computer processing to formally express postal
address templates.This document does not cover the topic of data protection. Users of the document are nevertheless
reminded that the storage and exchange of personal data are subject to legislation in many countries.
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2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 639-1, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country
codeISO 15924, Information and documentation — Codes for the representation of names of scripts
3 Terms and definitionsFor the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
address
structured information that allows the unambiguous determination of an object for purposes of
identification and location[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.1, modified — Examples and Notes to entry removed.]
3.2
addressable object
object that may be assigned an address
[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.2]
3.3
addressee
party who is the ultimate recipient of a delivery item or service
Note 1 to entry: The addressee may be explicitly specified as part of the postal address or may be implicit. For
example, in certain countries, omission of addressee information is taken as implying that delivery is to be to an
individual or legal entity having legal access to the delivery point.Note 2 to entry: Mr. or Mrs. Smith specifies that the addressee is either of two individuals, while Mr. Jones and
Mrs. Smith denote that the addressee is a group of two individuals. See also role descriptor.
Note 3 to entry: The use made by the postal operator of addressee and mailee data can be dependent on the
postal service applicable to the postal item. For some services, such as registered mail, the postal operator’s
responsibility can include ensuring that the addressee or a duly authorized representative acknowledges receipt
of the postal item. In other cases, addressee data can be purely informative or used by the postal operator only
for consistency checking and/or for the activation of forwarding services. In other cases, it can be used for
sorting or sequencing purposes prior to delivery, for example, in the case of business mail being pre-sequenced
by department or individual company official.Note 4 to entry: In some countries, the addressee may be an abstraction such as “postal customer”.
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3.4
delivery
process in which a postal item leaves the responsibility of the postal operator through being
handed over to, or left for collection by, the addressee, the mailee, an authorized representative, or
deposited in a private letter box accessible to one or other of theseNote 1 to entry: Delivery does not always imply receipt by the addressee or mailee.
3.5delivery address
postal address which the postal operator is requested to use to deliver the postal item
Note 1 to entry: In the normal case, the delivery address is the same as the postal address specified by the mailer.
Note 2 to entry: In certain circumstances (e.g. unaddressed mail), the delivery address is not necessarily
represented on the postal item. In this case, the delivery address is determined by the postal operator in
accordance with an agreement between the operator and the mailer.Note 3 to entry: The postal item is not always actually delivered to the requested delivery address. For example,
in the case of forwarding, delivery takes place at the forwarding address.3.6
delivery point
physical location recognized by a postal operator as a valid location at which delivery may
occur3.7
mail recipient
individual who actually receives a postal item at delivery or who first accesses the postal item if it is left
for collectionNote 1 to entry: The mail recipient is normally the addressee, the mailee or an authorized representative of one of
these two. However, this is not always be the case, for example, if the postal item is left for collection in a location
to which third parties have access; if the addressee/mailee have moved house without leaving forwarding
instructions or if the addressee or mailee specification was ambiguous and was, as a result, misinterpreted by
the postal operator.3.8
mailee
party designated in a postal address as having responsibility for ensuring that postal items reach their
addresseeNote 1 to entry: Unlike the addressee, the mailee is always specified explicitly in a postal address, i.e. if a postal
address does not contain a mailee, then there is no mailee.Note 2 to entry: Notwithstanding Note 1 to entry, the mailee may be designated explicitly by use of a role
descriptor or designated implicitly with no role descriptor.Note 3 to entry: As is the case for an addressee, a mailee specified in a postal address can be ambiguous.
3.9mailer
party who carries out one or more of the processes involved in creating, producing, finishing, inducting
and paying the postage due for a postal item3.10
party
one or more natural and/or legal persons and/or organizations without legal personality that
act(s) as a single entity for the purpose of participation in a transaction associated with a postal item
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3.11
postal address
address, possibly inclusive of the explicit identity of an addressee, where the addressable object is an
actual or potential delivery point for a postal item3.12
postal address component
component
constituent part of a postal address
EXAMPLE Locality, postcode, thoroughfare, premises identifier.
Note 1 to entry: The components of postal addresses are specified in 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4.
Note 2 to entry: A postal address component may be, but is not limited to, an element, a construct or a segment.
Note 3 to entry: For convenience, the preferred term “postal address component” has been shortened to the
admitted term “component” throughout this document.3.13
postal address construct
construct
postal address component combining postal address elements which together form a
logical portion of a postal addressNote 1 to entry: The constructs are specified in 6.2.
Note 2 to entry: For convenience, the preferred term “postal address construct” has been shortened to the
admitted term “construct” throughout this document.3.14
postal address domain
domain
an area in which a set of specific postal address types and postal address renderings
is prescribed by postal operatorsEXAMPLE The most typical example of a postal address domain is a country where a designated postal
operator provides postal delivery services.Note 1 to entry: For convenience, the preferred term “postal address domain” has been shortened to the admitted
term “domain” throughout this document.3.15
postal address element
element
postal address component that has a well-defined conceptual meaning with
significance for customer or postal processing purposes and is not itself made up of subordinate
componentsNote 1 to entry: The elements are specified in 6.4.
Note 2 to entry: For convenience, the preferred term “postal address element” has been shortened to the admitted
term “element” throughout this document.3.16
postal address element code
U-code
condensed representation for a postal address element or sub-element
Note 1 to entry: T
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Sommaire Page
Avant-propos ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................v
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. vi
1 Domaine d'application ...................................................................................................................................................................................1
2 Références normatives ..................................................................................................................................................................................2
3 Termes et définitions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
4 Abréviations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5 Conformité .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Composition .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.2 Code U ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5.3 Rendu d'adresse postale ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
5.4 Modèle PATDL.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
6 Composants d'adresse postale .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
6.1 Généralités ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
6.2 Segments d'adresse postale ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
6.3 Constructions d'adresse postale ......................................................................................................................................... 10
6.4 Éléments d'adresse postale ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
6.5 Sous éléments d'adresse postale ......................................................................................................................................... 20
6.6 Exigence liée à la composition ...............................................................................................................................................22
7 Codes des éléments et des sous-éléments ..............................................................................................................................22
7.1 Généralités .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
7.2 Exigences liées aux codes U .....................................................................................................................................................23
8 Rendu d'adresse postale ...........................................................................................................................................................................23
8.1 Généralités .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
8.2 Paramètres de rendu...................................................................................................................................................................... 25
8.3 Instructions de rendu ....................................................................................................................................................................26
8.3.1 Généralités ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8.3.2 Concaténation ....................................................................................................................................................................26
8.3.3 Abréviation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.3.4 Ponctuation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
8.4 Exigences liées au rendu des adresses postales .................................................................................................... 27
8.5 Exigence liée au domaine du modèle d'adresse postale ................................................................................. 27
9 Langage de description de modèle d'adresse postale (PATDL) ......................................................................27
9.1 Généralités .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
9.2 Langage PATDL en tant que schéma XML ....................................................................................................................28
9.2.1 Généralités ............................................................................................................................................................................28
9.2.2 Exigence liée au codage des règles de rendu ..........................................................................................29
9.2.3 Exigence liée aux données insérées dans les éléments PATDL ..............................................29
9.3 Éléments PATDL .................................................................................................................................................................................29
9.3.1 Généralités ............................................................................................................................................................................29
9.3.2 templateIdentifier .......................................................................................................................................................... 31
9.3.3 userPreferences................................................................................................................................................................ 31
9.3.4 triggerConditions............................................................................................................................................................ 31
9.3.5 lineData .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
9.3.6 combineData ....................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Annexe A (normative) Suite de tests abstraits.......................................................................................................................................38
Annexe B (informative) Profil d'adresse postale de l'ISO 19160-1...................................................................................40
Annexe C (informative) Conventions de mise en correspondance ...................................................................................47
Annexe D (informative) Motifs de conception des modèles .....................................................................................................57
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Annexe E (informative) Fonctions PATDL ...................................................................................................................................................61
Annexe F (informative) Exemple d'un modèle PATDL ....................................................................................................................65
Bibliographie ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
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Avant-propos
L'ISO (Organisation internationale de normalisation) est une fédération mondiale d'organismes
nationaux de normalisation (comités membres de l'ISO). L'élaboration des Normes internationales est
en général confiée aux comités techniques de l'ISO. Chaque comité membre intéressé par une étude
a le droit de faire partie du comité technique créé à cet effet. Les organisations internationales,
gouvernementales et non gouvernementales, en liaison avec l'ISO participent également aux travaux.
L'ISO collabore étroitement avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale (IEC) en ce qui
concerne la normalisation électrotechnique.Les procédures utilisées pour élaborer le présent document et celles destinées à sa mise à jour sont
décrites dans les Directives ISO/IEC, Partie 1. Il convient, en particulier de prendre note des différents
critères d'approbation requis pour les différents types de documents ISO. Le présent document
a été rédigé conformément aux règles de rédaction données dans les Directives ISO/IEC, Partie 2
(voir www.iso.org/directives).L'attention est attirée sur le fait que certains des éléments du présent document peuvent faire l'objet de
droits de propriété intellectuelle ou de droits analogues. L'ISO ne saurait être tenue pour responsable
de ne pas avoir identifié de tels droits de propriété et averti de leur existence. Les détails concernant
les références aux droits de propriété intellectuelle ou autres droits analogues identifiés lors de
l'élaboration du document sont indiqués dans l'Introduction et/ou dans la liste des déclarations de
brevets reçues par l'ISO (voir www.iso.org/brevets).Les appellations commerciales éventuellement mentionnées dans le présent document sont données
pour information, par souci de commodité, à l'intention des utilisateurs et ne sauraient constituer un
engagement.Pour une explication de la nature volontaire des normes, la signification des termes et expressions
spécifiques de l'ISO liés à l'évaluation de la conformité, ou pour toute information au sujet de l'adhésion
de l'ISO aux principes de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) concernant les obstacles
techniques au commerce (OTC), voir le lien suivant: www.iso.org/iso/fr/avant-propos.
Le présent document a été élaboré par le comité technique ISO/TC 211, Information géographique/
Géomatique, en collaboration avec le comité technique CEN/TC 331, Services postaux, du Comité
européen de normalisation (CEN), conformément à l'Accord de coopération technique entre l'ISO et
le CEN (Accord de Vienne), et en collaboration avec l'union postale universelle (UPU).
Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition (ISO 19160-4:2017), qui a fait l'objet
d'une révision technique.Les principales modifications par rapport à l’édition précédente sont les suivantes:
— le «numéro de téléphone» a été ajouté comme élément d'adresse.Une liste de toutes les parties de la série ISO 19160 se trouve sur le site web de l'ISO.
Il convient que l'utilisateur adresse tout retour d'information ou toute question concernant le présent
document à l'organisme national de normalisation de son pays. Une liste exhaustive desdits organismes
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Introduction
Le service postal assure la distribution des lettres, paquets et colis sur une base mondiale et universelle,
sans que les expéditeurs ni les récepteurs aient besoin de signer des contrats de service explicites. Les
adresses postales, qui associent des informations privées sur le récepteur et des données publiques sur
le point de remise, fournissent un mécanisme par lequel les expéditeurs spécifient le récepteur souhaité
et les moyens par lesquels l'opérateur postal peut s'acquitter de son engagement de distribution.
Traditionnellement, les opérateurs postaux ont toujours été très flexibles quant à la manière dont
les envois postaux peuvent être adressés; toutes les formes et tous les contenus d'adresse étaient
acceptables à condition qu'ils permettent une identification suffisamment claire du point de remise.
Même aujourd'hui, de nombreux opérateurs postaux sont fiers de leur capacité, grâce à l'intelligence et
aux connaissances locales de leur personnel, à distribuer des envois postaux portant des représentations
d'adresses incomplètes ou inhabituelles.Toutefois, en raison des volumes croissants et des coûts liés au personnel, l'automatisation est depuis
longtemps devenue non seulement une nécessité économique, mais une question vitale. Il est par
conséquent devenu capital de s'assurer que la grande majorité des envois postaux soient adressés de
façon à permettre un traitement automatique, sans risque de mauvaise interprétation.
Lorsque le courrier est envoyé avec une adresse incorrecte ou incomplète, il existe une possibilité qu'il
ne puisse pas être distribué à l'adresse indiquée (envoi non distribuable) et qu'il soit renvoyé à une
adresse de retour, envoyé à une adresse de réexpédition ou mis au rebut. Le travail inutile occasionné a
des conséquences économiques négatives.Aujourd'hui, la plupart des envois postaux portent des adresses imprimées, extraites de bases de données
informatiques. Ces bases de données doivent être actualisées, au regard de la mobilité de la population,
de la création et du retrait de points de remise et des modifications apportées à la spécification de
ces points, telles que les changements de nom de rues, la renumérotation des propriétés, etc. En outre,
on observe un besoin croissant de validation des adresses dans le commerce électronique et, parmi
les organismes, une tendance croissante à l'échange ou à la commercialisation de données d'adresse.
On constate également une tendance des organismes d'un pays donné à détenir des données sur les
adresses d'organismes ou d'individus d'autres pays, qui peuvent utiliser des approches différentes pour
le rendu des adresses postales.Les adresses peuvent être présentées selon des règles qui diffèrent d'un pays à l'autre ou d'un
événement d'envoi (un lot de courrier, par exemple des lettres ou des relevés mensuels, envoyé par un
expéditeur en une seule fois) à l'autre. Le présent document n'impose aucune obligation aux pays ni aux
expéditeurs quant au rendu des adresses, mais il propose un langage qui permet d'exprimer les règles
de rendu recommandées par les opérateurs postaux dans le cadre de l'envoi du courrier.
Les modèles spécifiés selon le présent document peuvent servir à échanger des informations sur les
règles de rendu des adresses applicables au courrier transfrontalier international et au courrier
national. Ces modèles sont disponibles auprès de l'union postale universelle (UPU) pour l'ensemble des
pays qui les ont approuvées. Ils facilitent ainsi le traitement automatisé du courrier et des livraisons
internationales du commerce électronique. Il est prévu que les moteurs de rendu s'appuyant sur
le présent document produisent les mêmes résultats pour les mêmes adresses. Cela dépendra de
l'utilisation de modèles approuvés associés aux mêmes paramètres. Et si ce n'est pas le cas, l'uniformité
reste un objectif approprié.Le présent document s'adresse aux concepteurs et aux développeurs de systèmes informatiques traitant
des données d'adresse postale mondiales, y compris le rendu des adresses postales, aux personnes
chargées de la formulation et de la mise en œuvre des systèmes d'adressage internationaux, ainsi qu'à
tous ceux qui cherchent à réduire le nombre d'envois non distribuables.[3]
Le présent document repose sur la norme S42, Version 8 de l'UPU (Union postale universelle) et a été
élaboré avec l'aide de l'UPU. Il a vocation à être adopté par le CEN en remplacement de l'EN 14142-1.
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Le présent document étend la liste des composants d'adresses en ajoutant de nouveaux éléments
d'adresses:— numéro de téléphone.
NOTE 1 Les travaux préparatoires de ce projet sont décrits dans la référence [2].
NOTE 2 Le présent document met en œuvre une recommandation formulée dans la référence [2] et traite
uniquement des adresses dans le cadre des services postaux. Les adresses utilisées à d'autres fins sont décrites
dans d'autres parties de la série ISO 19160.vii
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Adressage —
Partie 4:
Composants et langages des modèles d'adresses postales
internationales
1 Domaine d'application
Le présent document définit les termes clés relatifs à l'adressage postal, aux composants d'adresse
postale et aux contraintes d'utilisation associées.Le présent document spécifie plus particulièrement les composants d'adresse postale en les organisant
en trois niveaux hiérarchiques:— les éléments, comme le nom de l'organisme ou le code postal, qui ont un sens conceptuel bien défini
et qui ne sont pas eux-mêmes constitués de composants subordonnés, bien qu'ils puissent être
subdivisés pour des raisons techniques;— les constructions, comme l'identification de l'organisme, qui regroupent des éléments en unités
pour former une portion logique d'une adresse postale;— les segments, comme la spécification du destinataire, qui regroupent des constructions et/ou des
éléments d'adresse postale connexes en unités ayant une fonction spécifique définie.
Le présent document définit également un mécanisme de création de sous éléments qui correspondent
à des subdivisions du contenu d'un élément, comme le type de porte ou l'indicateur de porte, ou à
plusieurs occurrences et emplacements d'un élément dans une adresse, comme les niveaux des régions
administratives.Le présent document ne spécifie la longueur ni la plage de valeurs d'aucun des composants.
En outre, le présent document spécifie les codes permettant d'identifier les éléments et les sous-
éléments.Par ailleurs, le présent document spécifie les règles de rendu des adresses postales. Cela inclut:
— l'identification et le classement des lignes de sortie dans une adresse présentée;
— les conditions de sélection des lignes candidates;— l'ordre et la concaténation des composants d'adresse postale;
— les composants obligatoires et facultatifs;
— les paramètres permettant de contextualiser une adresse en vue de sa présentation;
— le formatage des composants, selon les contraintes de l'espace disponible pour cette tâche.
Le présent document exprime les règles de rendu des adresses postales sous la forme d'un modèle
d'adresse postale.Enfin, le présent document définit un langage adapté au traitement informatique permettant d'exprimer
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Le présent document ne couvre pas le sujet de la protection des données. Il est toutefois rappelé aux
utilisateurs du présent document que le stockage et l'échange de données à caractère personnel sont
soumis à la législation dans de nombreux pays.2 Références normatives
Les documents suivants sont cités dans le texte de sorte qu’ils constituent, pour tout ou partie de leur
contenu, des exigences du présent document. Pour les références datées, seule l'édition citée s'applique.
Pour les références non datées, la dernière édition du document de référence s'applique (y compris les
éventuels amendements).ISO 639-1, Codes pour la représentation des noms de langue — Partie 1: Code alpha-2
ISO 3166-1, Codes pour la représentation des noms de pays et de leurs subdivisions — Partie 1: Codes de
paysISO 15924, Information et documentation — Codes pour la représentation des noms d'écritures
3 Termes et définitionsPour les besoins du présent document, les termes et définitions suivants s'appliquent.
L'ISO et l'IEC tiennent à jour des bases de données terminologiques destinées à être utilisées en
normalisation, consultables aux adresses suivantes:— ISO Online browsing platform: disponible à l'adresse https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: disponible à l'adresse https:// www .electropedia .org/3.1
adresse
informations structurées permettant de caractériser un objet de manière univoque à des fins
d'identification et de localisation[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.1, modifié — Exemples et Notes à l'article supprimés.]
3.2objet adressable
objet auquel peut être attribuée une adresse
[SOURCE: ISO 19160-1:2015, 4.2]
3.3
destinataire
partie qui est le bénéficiaire ultime de la distribution d'un objet ou d'un service
Note 1 à l'article: Le destinataire peut être explicitement spécifié dans l'adresse postale, ou être implicite. Par
exemple, dans certains pays, l'omission d'informations sur le destinataire signifie implicitement que l'envoi doit
être remis à un individu ou à une entité morale bénéficiant d'un accès légal au point de remise.
Note 2 à l'article: «M. ou Mme Smith» spécifie que le destinataire est l'une ou l'autre des deux personnes, alors
que «M. Jones et Mme Smith» indique que le destinataire est un groupe de deux individus. Voir également
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Note 3 à l'article: L'utilisation par l'opérateur postal des données sur le destinataire et le destinataire
intermédiaire peut dépendre du service postal applicable à l'envoi postal. Pour certains services tels que le
courrier recommandé, il peut être de la responsabilité de l'opérateur postal de s'assurer que le destinataire,
ou un représentant dûment autorisé, accuse réception de l'envoi postal. Dans d'autres cas, les données sur le
destinataire peuvent être strictement informatives ou utilisées par l'opérateur postal uniquement à des fins de
vérification d'uniformité et/ou en vue de l'activation des services de réexpédition. Dans d'autres cas, ces données
peuvent être utilisées pour des besoins de tri ou de classement avant distribution (pour le courrier professionnel
préalablement classé par département ou représentant individuel d'entreprise, par exemple).
Note 4 à l'article: Dans certains pays, le destinataire peut être une entité abstraite telle que «client postal».
3.4distribution
processus par lequel l'opérateur postal est déchargé de la responsabilité d'un envoi postal par
la remise, ou le dépôt en attente de retrait, de ce dernier au destinataire, au destinataire intermédiaire,
à un représentant autorisé, ou son dépôt dans une boîte aux lettres privée accessible à l'un de ceux-ci
Note 1 à l'article: La distribution n'implique pas nécessairement la réception de l'envoi postal par le destinataire
ou le destinataire intermédiaire.3.5
adresse de distribution
adresse postale que l'opérateur postal doit utiliser pour distribuer l'envoi postal
Note 1 à l'article: Normalement, l'adresse de distribution est identique à l'adresse postale spécifiée par
l'expéditeur.Note 2 à l'article: Dans certaines circonstances (par exemple un courrier sans adresse), l'adresse de distribution
n'est pas nécessairement représentée sur l'envoi postal. Dans ce cas, l'adresse de distribution est déterminée par
l'opérateur postal en vertu d'un accord entre l'opérateur et l'expéditeur.Note 3 à l'article: L'envoi postal n'est pas toujours réellement remis à l'adresse de distribution demandée. Par
exemple, en cas de réexpédition, la distribution est effectuée à l'adresse de réexpédition.
3.6point de remise
emplacement physique reconnu par un opérateur postal comme un lieu valide où la distribution
d'un envoi peut être effectuée3.7
récepteur du courrier
personne qui reçoit réellement un envoi postal au moment de sa distribution ou qui accède le premier à
l'envoi postal s'il est gardé en attente de retraitNote 1 à l'article: Le récepteur du courrier est normalement le destinataire, le destinataire intermédiaire ou un
représentant autorisé de l'un des deux. Cela n'est cependant pas toujours le cas, par exemple si l'envoi postal
est gardé en attente de retrait dans un lieu auquel ont accès des tierces parties, si le destinataire/destinataire
intermédiaire a déménagé sans laisser d'instructions pour la réexpédition, ou encore si sa spécification était
ambiguë et a donc été mal interprétée par l'opérateur postal.3.8
destinataire intermédiaire
partie désignée dans une adresse postale comme ayant la responsabilité de s'assurer que les envois
postaux parviennent à leur destinataireNote 1 à l'article: Contrairement au destinataire, le destinataire intermédiaire est toujours spécifié de manière
explicite: si une adresse postale ne contient aucun destinataire intermédiaire, c'est qu'il n'y en a pas.
Note 2 à l'article: En dépit de la Note 1 à l'article, le destinataire intermédiaire peut être désigné de manière
explicite à l'aide d'un descripteur de fonction, ou bien il peut être désigné de manière implicite sans descripteur
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