The European Commission has decided to pursue infringement procedures against seven Member States for failure to implement in national law one or more of eight different Internal Market Directives.
Read MoreEesti Post, the Estonian national postal service, signed a licensing agreement in Bonn today with Deutsche Post on the use of the PC franking solution STAMPIT HOME. This makes Estonia the third country, following the United Kingdom and Switzerland, whose postal service wishes to offer the innovative franking solution from Germany to its customers. Beginning in autumn, Eesti Post will be testing STAMPIT HOME, adapted for the Estonian market, on 50 pilot customers. Following a successful test run, Eesti Post plans to offer the program to its customers on a continuing basis.
Read MoreEstonia agrees with the European Council’s position concerning the harmonization of the tariffs of postal services, which may result in the addition of five percent VAT to the price of postal services in Estonia. The ministry admits that if the plan is carried out it may lead to an increase in the price of universal postal service by the VAT rate. Estonia is levying no VAT on postal services now.
According to a policy paper drafted at the Ministry of Finance, Estonia is in favor of taxation of postal services with VAT on a uniform basis and application of as few exceptions as possible. Lifting the tax exemption for the universal postal service would be conducive to achieving this, the Estonian ministry finds. The Estonian position will be presented to the government by Finance Minister Taavi Veskimagi on Thursday
Read MoreAccording to the Estonian Statistical Office 76.8 million letters were sent in Estonia by post in 2003, 1.4 million fewer than in 2002.
The number of parcels sent by post fell from 0.2 million to 0.1 million during the year. Distribution of periodical publications by post declined to 71.3 million copies from 72.4 million the year before.
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