ARTICLE 11.6 POSTAL SECURITY 1. Member States shall collaborate in joint programmes to improve mail security and to combat postal crime. 2. For this purpose of paragraph 1, Member States shall a) adopt programmes and actions to promote postal security and fight postal crime; b) prioritise the functions of operational control and inspection and investigation through (i) the adoption of an appropriate organic and functional structure of a postal security and inspection service; (ii) the assignment of the necessary human and functional resources; and (iii) the formulation of regulations which facilitate interaction between the postal security and inspection services and the external national and international agencies; c) adopt regulations and enact laws to protect the post against crime and establish specific agencies for the enforcement of such laws; d) render technical assistance for the development and establishment of operational control and inspection services and for the technical training of personnel of the postal administrations; e) ensure the consultation of the inspection and postal security services in the design of postal buildings, installations and operating systems involving mail; f) regularly conduct surveys, studies and investigations about materials and equipment which make the mail more secure; g) establish a permanent regional network for security and inspection services to promote the exchange of technical and administrative information and joint actions; h) encourage the protection of mail committed to airlines, regulate procedures for receiving from and delivering postal dispatches to airlines and computerising documentation; i) encourage joint development and adoption of security measures by surface or maritime carriers; j) encourage automation or mechanisation of systems; k) combat illegal drug traffic; l) disseminate information on security and postal crime to mailers and employees; m) collate statistics to identify weaknesses; and