EU Commission may launch proceedings against German postal laws today
The European Commission is likely to launch proceedings
against Germany today aimed at forcing it to open its local postal system to
more competition, the Financial Times Deutschland reported citing Commission
sources.
The reason for the action is the German government’s refusal to give
competitors of Deutsche Post AG access to the so-called ‘post-preparation
services market’, the paper said.
The commercial collection, sorting and franking of letters under 100 grams
is currently exclusively guaranteed to Deutsche Post under postal laws.
The FTD said the Commission’s move threatens to dismantle the German postal
monopoly before its planned end in 2007/08.
