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Irish postal service providers must be authorised by the Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg) from January 1, 2004.

Under these terms a postal operator with a turnover of more than €500,000 must apply to Comreg for authorisation.

The applicants will only be granted an authorisation if Comreg is satisfied it can provide a postal service and it submits a written declaration that it will not infringe within An Post’s reserved area.

The regulator for postal services has reduced An Post’s so-called “reserved” services, opening up more of the market to competition.

From January 2004, An Post will no longer have any monopoly over cross-border mail posted in Ireland, ComReg said today.
This includes mail to Northern Ireland, Britain, Europe and the rest of the world.

The regulator began opening up postal markets to competition in 1999 and around 55% of the letter post market will be liberalised by January.