Deregulation of courier services will force post office to change stamp pricing
Deregulation of courier services will force post office to change stamp pricing
From LE MONDE, June 20th, 2001
The European Commission is expected to issue a directive before the end of the year which will deregulate the courier delivery sector.
The Commission aims to reduce the monopoly held by established postal services companies on deliveries weighing less than 50 grams.
About 27 per cent of the courier delivery market is currently deregulated.
The anticipated directive would also permit any business to make courier deliveries. Martin Vial, chairman of La Poste, the French post office, is opposed to deregulation, which he says will allow the market to be creamed off.
Abstracted from Le Monde Abstracted from Le Monde in French FT McCarthy – Copyright 2001 Financial Times Information.
Source: World Reporter (Trade Mark).
