When in full exercise of their sovereignty the Administrations of the countries of Latin America negotiate agreements to determine the accounting rates to be applied in their telex relations, it is recommended that they consider the provisions below: It is desirable to achieve some coordination and, as far as possible, standardization of accounting rates applicable in telex relations over similar distances between countries of the Latin America region. To this end it has been considered advisable to establish a scale of accounting rates based on distance, with steps corresponding to distance ranges.