Postcomm today began a 30 day consultation on the proposed issue of a new long term licence to Mercury International Limited.
Postcomm today began a 30 day consultation on the proposed issue of a new long term licence to Mercury International Limited.
Under the new licensing framework that took effect from 1 January 2006, Mercury International Limited’s licence would:
* allow it to provide all types of postal service;
* be issued for a rolling ten year period;
* require the company to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) and common operational procedures (designed to ensure the multi-operator market owrks well in practice).
The consultation document and draft licence are available on the Mercury International Limited consultation page of Postcomm’s website at www.psc.gov.uk. Printed copies are available from Postcomm at Hercules House, 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB. The closing date for responses is 24 December 2006.
Notes
Postcomm is minded, subject to consultation, to grant a licence to Mercury International Limited. We believe that the proposed licence would further the interests of postal users by promoting competition between postal operators, and that it would have no adverse effect on the provision of a universal postal service in the United Kingdom.
