Deutsche Post Monopoly Extended
March 28, 2001 — The German government has decided to extend Deutsche Post AG’s lucrative domestic letter monopoly by five years through the end of 2007, waiting until European Union regulations for postal markets are established. The monopoly on the delivery of letters and catalogues was scheduled to run out at the end of 2002. According to government spokesman Uwe-Karsten Heye, however, Germany wanted to wait for European-wide legislation on the postal markets before allowing Germany to open up.
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