European antitrust enforcers are about to deliver another legal setback to Deutsche Post AG by finding the company guilty of unlawfully disrupting international mail bound for Germany, according to people familiar with the situation.
Read MorePostcomm today took the first step towards setting-up a regime which will enable it to impose financial penalties on postal licence holders who contravene their licence conditions. Under the Postal Services Act 2000, Postcomm is required to consult the Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch) and other interested parties before publishing its statement of policy on financial penalties. A consultation document published today includes the following proposals: – Decisions will be preceded by a proper investigation, which will have processes to ensure fairness going beyond the requirements of the Act: – The starting point in deciding the level of penalties following a licence contravention, will be the benefit obtained by the licence holder, added to the burden the contravention imposed on others: – Aggravating and mitigating circumstances will be considered: – Penalties will meet the statutory criteria of being reasonable and within the limits related to turnover.
Read MoreEuropean competition commissioner Mario Monti said he welcomes the Italian government decision to open up its market for day, or time-certain delivery of hybrid postal services
Read MorePOSTAL WORKERS will today embark on plans for an all-out strike amid a
clash with Consignia, which operates Royal Mail, over redundancies and sick
pay. The main postal union gave warning that the changes to working
conditions could plunge Royal Mail, already beleaguered by poor employment
relations, into “industrial anarchy”.
GERHARD HARMS, vice president of Germany’s regulatory authority said there was almost “no competition” on the German postal market. “Presently there is close to no competition taking place,” Harms said. He also expressed pessimism for the outlook of the postal services market
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