Lithuanian Parliamentarians scuffle over price fixing for private, state postal services
The Lithuanian parliament Thursday adopted a new version of the law governing postal carriers to bring the country’s legal code into line with EU norms.
The legislation establishes the legal framework within which postal carriers operate, the relationship between mail providers and customers, rights and responsibilities of postal carriers and their accountability for violating the law.
The law requires all postal carriers to have licenses from the government or government authorized agencies.
It also says the state carrier is to deliver pensions and other social welfare payments.
There was disagreement in the parliament over the rates the state enterprise can charge as compared with private postal carriers for services.
