Tag: Germany

The European Commission acts against the discrimination of mail preparation service providers in Germany

Posted by | Oct 20, 2004 | |

The European Commission has ruled against certain provisions in Germany’s postal regulatory framework which bar commercial mail preparation firms from earning discounts for handing over pre-sorted letters at Deutsche Post AG’s (DPAG) sorting centres. The incriminated provisions induce DPAG to discriminate against mail preparation firms: whilst large senders are allowed to feed self-prepared mail directly into sorting centres and are granted discounts for doing so, commercial firms are barred from discounts for mail preparation. Commenting on the decision, Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said: “The German Postal Law induces Deutsche Post to abuse its dominant position thereby putting commercial operators at a considerable competitive disadvantage. The Commission’s action will establish a competitive level playing field for mail preparation firms. The experience in countries where a large part of companies’ mail is outsourced shows that the overall letter and direct mail volume has increased to the benefit of all operators.”

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Deutsche Post should be allowed to maintain mail monopoly, govt says

Posted by | Oct 15, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG should be allowed to maintain its monopoly on mail weighing less than 100 grams, the German government said in a letter to the European Commission that was obtained by the Financial Times Deutschland.
The German government, which holds a majority stake in the mail carrier, wrote that ‘opening the mail market for so-called consolidators is not something that we are prepared to recommend,’ the FT Deutschland reported. The newspaper said domestic mail deliverers such as Pin AG and international rivals including United Parcel Service Inc have expressed an interest in entering this part of the German postal market. Deutsche Post is scheduled to lose its monopoly at the end of 2007 as part of an EU-wide move to liberalise the market for mail delivery.

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Deutsche Post to spin off post offices

Posted by | Oct 14, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post has confirmed that it intends to spin off its post offices into a separate subsidiary from 1 January 2005. The resulting entity will consist of 13 divisions and will be managed by four board members. The group argues that the reorganization will result in leaner management structures and speedier decision-making processes. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post is planning to close 1,000 of its 13,000 post offices across Germany by the end of 2005. German law obliges the group to operate at least 12,000 post offices across the country. At present, Deutsche Post operates 6,000 fully-controlled post offices, while the remaining 7,000 ones are operated by partners.

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Deutsche Post World Net announces DHL Smart & Global Mail

Posted by | Oct 13, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net have announced the launch of DHL Smart & Global Mail, uniting domestic and international mail industry leaders Deutsche Post Global Mail, SmartMail Services(R) and QuikPak(TM) under the premier DHL umbrella brand recognised around the world for excellence in shipping and logistics. While DHL Smart & Global Mail shares the DHL umbrella brand with DHL Express, the two companies will remain separate business units under the parent company, Deutsche Post World Net.

“Uniting these three industry leading companies and their services under the highly recognized and respected DHL brand is a major step forward in our growth in the U.S. market,” said Klaus Knappik, chairman of Deutsche Post World Net’s Divisional Board Mail International.

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Restructuring Program Starts at DHL

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

The head office of DHL, the express and logistics subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, is reported to have been transferred from the Bermudas to Germany. This forms part of an extensive restructuring programme that has been commenced by Klaus Zumwinkel, the head of Deutsche Post. The reason for the restructuring plan is reported to be that an increasing number of problems have been experienced with the integration of DHL, which was taken over in 2003. Other parts of the company, which has sites around the world, are also to be transferred to Germany over the next few months.

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