The expres parcels service TAT Express (see photo), which belongs to the french stata mail service La Poste recently announced a comprehensive restructuring programme. Under the first phase, 380 jobs will be cut and depots closed. TAT Express is to close 14 of its present 47 branches across France. The affected branches are those in Agen, Angers, Arras, Beauvais, Chilly- Mazarin, Limoges, Metz, Mulhouse, Pau, Saint-Etienne, Saintes Toulon, Valence and Roissy.
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The management board of French post office La Poste have approved the 2004 budget, which aims for a break-even of the consolidated result excluding tax and exceptional items, even if the parent company registers a deficit. La Poste says that this is in a difficult environment. The group has recently signed its contract plan with the state for the 2003-2007 period. This suggests that the reduction in post volumes will put the group’s margins under pressure in 2004 and 2005, but the full effects of the modernisation programme will not be felt until 2006. La Poste is predicting 2.4 per cent growth in consolidated turnover in 2004, compared with 1.8% growth in 2002, to €17.3bn.
Read MoreThe European Commission has decided to refer France to the European Court of Justice to ensure it fully implements the two EU postal services Directives. The first Directive dates from 1997 and among other things requires Member States to appoint a national postal regulator legally and operationally separate from the postal operators. The second Directive, adopted in 2002, commits Member States to gradually open certain sectors of their postal markets to competition. The Commission has at the same time decided to close infringement cases against Belgium, which has now adopted a law establishing an independent regulator as required by the first Directive and against Greece and Austria, which have notified the Commission that they have put in place the market opening measures stipulated by the second Directive.
Read MoreThe European Union sued France Wednesday for failing to deregulate its postal market. The Commission said France must open up the market for letters weighing more than 100 grams and establish an independent postal regulator. “Only a regulator separate from the big incumbent former monopolies can ensure that postal services give users the benefits of competition,” said Frits Bolkestein, the European Union Internal Markets Commissioner. France was supposed to set up an independent regulator in 1997. Instead, the Commission says the French regulator is appointed by the Ministry of Finance, which is also responsible for supervising the state ownership of La Poste. The French government did appoint a postal ombudsman in 2001. But the Commission said the ombudsman doesn’t replace the minister as the regulatory authority.
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