Kaia Kulla, WIK – Implementing postal regulation in Estonia
Implementing postal regulation in Estonia
Kaia Kulla
Deputy Director General of Estonian National Communications Board
Tag: Estonia
2003 stamp price survey confirms worries on excessive tariffs in Europe
The Free and Fair Post Initiative (FFPI) today released its third EU stamp price survey. The study, which this year also covers the ten new EU Member States, confirms the trend towards price increases and highlights the remarkable gaps that exist among current Member States and between them and the accession countries. The FFPI’s research shows that the wide price differences registered in 2002 have not been reduced and that tariffs have in most States registered further raises. In 11 out of 15 current EU Member States stamp prices have been increased in the past year. In addition, requests for price
reviews have been filed by postal operators in some countries where decisions are still pending and will likely be taken in 2004.
Includes stamp prices in the EU-25 for basic domestic letters & EU Stamp Price Chart – Prices in Euro Cents
New Estonian Law to allow competition to Eesti Post
The Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications has drafted a bill that would change the requirements for the provider of universal postal service and allow competition for Eesti Post (Estonian Post). “The most important of the requirements for the provider of universal postal service is the obligation to provide postal service to everybody on equal terms in the entire territory of Estonia. The other important obligation is to apply a uniform service fee in domestic postal service throughout Estonia,” the ministry said. Unlike the currently valid law, the bill would create the possibility for providers to render separately, with a respective license, all the different services that are part of the universal postal service. “Hopefully this will result in competition emerging for Eesti Post, which in turn will increase the quality of service and lower the price,” said Alice Vood, adviser to the communications department at the ministry.
Read MoreQuality of Service Objectives, Performance & Measurement in relation to Community Universal Postal Service
Quality of service report by WIK for the EC covering member states and accession countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Azech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, UK
P:LIBRARYPostalEC Postal StudiesQofS Objectives, Performance & Measurement 03.pdf
Quality of Service Objectives, Performance & Measurement Appendices: member states, accession countries, stakeholders views
Report for European Commission by WIK: Quality of Service Objectives, Performance & Measurement Appendices: member states, accession countries, stakeholders view:
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Sweden, UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey
P:LIBRARYPostalEC Postal StudiesQofS appendices, members, accession & stakeholders views.pdf
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