Royal Mail packet product deregulation rejected

An application by the Royal Mail to deregulate a number of business packet products and introduce a new pricing structure outside Condition 21 of its license has been rejected by postal regulator Postcomm.

An application by the Royal Mail to deregulate a number of business packet products and introduce a new pricing structure outside Condition 21 of its license has been rejected by postal regulator Postcomm.

Royal Mail considered that competition in relation to these items was sufficiently developed to protect the interests of users. In addition, Royal Mail asked Postcomm to remove the requirement for it to provide notification of changes (under Condition 7 of its license) to those packet products from which the price control is removed (if there are any).

The company was also seeking an exemption from Condition 7 for two additional packet products: Royal Mail Tracked and Mail Order Returns, which are not currently price controlled, but Postcomm decided that the application lacked sufficient information of good quality.

Royal Mail has been asked to reconsider the application in the light of Postcomm’s findings.