The future of postal services in Europe
The European Commission has put forward a proposal to open European Union postal markets fully to competition by 2009, in line with the agreed target date set out in the current Postal Directive.
Full market opening will mean that national operators will no longer have a monopoly on mail below a certain weight (currently a maximum of 50 grams). Member States will be allowed a flexible choice of means to finance universal service provision or the possibility to share out the universal service obligation between operators.
The proposal maintains the current universal service obligations of at least one delivery and collection, 5 days a week. The obligation to ensure affordability of postal services is maintained in the proposal, as is the possibility for Member States to impose a uniform tariff for single piece tariff items such as consumer mail.
Postwatch will be posting updates on this subject as and when anything of significance occurs.
Full market opening will mean that national operators will no longer have a monopoly on mail below a certain weight (currently a maximum of 50 grams). Member States will be allowed a flexible choice of means to finance universal service provision or the possibility to share out the universal service obligation between operators.
The proposal maintains the current universal service obligations of at least one delivery and collection, 5 days a week. The obligation to ensure affordability of postal services is maintained in the proposal, as is the possibility for Member States to impose a uniform tariff for single piece tariff items such as consumer mail.
Postwatch will be posting updates on this subject as and when anything of significance occurs.
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