SupersededbyamorerecentversionINTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONUNIONITU-TD.401RTELECOMMUNICATION(11/88)STANDARDIZATIONSECTOROFITUCHARGINGANDACCOUNTINGININTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONSERVICESACCOUNTINGRATESAPPLICABLETOTELEXRELATIONSBETWEENCOUNTRIESINLATINAMERICAITU-TRecommendationD.401RSupersededbyamorerecentversion(ExtractfromtheBlueBook)SupersededbyamorerecentversionNOTES1ITU-TRecommendationD.401RwaspublishedinFascicleII.1oftheBlueBook.ThisfileisanextractfromtheBlueBook.WhilethepresentationandlayoutofthetextmightbeslightlydifferentfromtheBlueBookversion,thecontentsofthefileareidenticaltotheBlueBookversionandcopyrightconditionsremainunchanged(seebelow).2InthisRecommendation,theexpression“Administration”isusedforconcisenesstoindicatebothatelecommunicationadministrationandarecognizedoperatingagency.ªITU1988,1993Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingandmicrofilm,withoutpermissioninwritingfromtheITU.SupersededbyamorerecentversionFascicleII.1–Rec.D.401R(11/88)Supersededbyamorerecentversion1RecommendationD.401RFascicleII.1–Rec.D.401R(11/88)SupersededbyamorerecentversionACCOUNTINGRATES1)APPLICABLETOTELEXRELATIONSBETWEENCOUNTRIESINLATINAMERICAWheninfullexerciseoftheirsovereigntytheAdministrationsofthecountriesofLatinAmericanegotiateagreementstodeterminetheaccountingratestobeappliedintheirtelexrelations,itisrecommendedthattheyconsidertheprovisionsbelow:Itisdesirabletoachievesomecoordinationand,asfaraspossible,standardizationofaccountingratesapplicableintelexrelationsoversimilardistancesbetweencountriesoftheLatinAmericaregion.Tothisendithasbeenconsideredadvisabletoestablishascaleofaccountingratesbasedondistance,withstepscorrespondingtodistanceranges.Thisscalewasestablishedonthebasisof:a)accountingratesalreadyinuse;b)theprinciplethattheincreaseinrateateachstepinthetariffscaleisproportionatelylessthegreaterthedistance,sincethecostswhichvarywithdistancedonotdosoindirectproportiontothedistance;c)thefactthatthedistanceintervalsincreasewithdistance;d)theadoptionofthetariffstepcorrespondingtothegreatestdistance(morethan2500km)asthereferencestepandtheapplicationtoitofamaximumrateperminuteof9.1830goldfrancs;e)theattributionofacoefficienttoeachdistancerange,thecoefficient1beingattributedtothereferencestepandadecreasingcoefficienttotheothersteps.Foreachstepinthetariffscale,itisrecommendedthatthemaximumaccountingratesbelowbeapplied:DistancerangesCoefficientMaximumaccountingrateperminuteofconversation(ingoldfrancs)0to500km501to2500kmover2500km0.4660.76614.28547.04039.1630TelexrelationsbetweencountriesofLatinAmericathroughdirectcircuitsviasatelliteareincluded(forinternationalaccountingpurposes)inthehighestrateabove,regardlessofthegeodesicdistanceseparatingtheinternationalcentresinvolved._______________1)Theaccountingrate,asdefinedinCCITTRecommendationD.000istherateunitagreedbetweenAdministrationsinagivenrelationthatisusedfortheestablishmentofinternationalaccounts.