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EU lawmakers approve full mail competition from 2011

Posted by | Dec 18, 2007 | |

A committee of European Union lawmakers on last Tuesday 18th December approved EU plans to open the bloc’s 88 billion euro (USD130 billion) postal markets to full competition, setting the stage for final approval next month.
The European Parliament’s transport committee voted 37 to 2, with six abstentions, in favour of market liberalisation.
EU member states have approved the proposal and it will be debated before the full parliament on Jan. 30, with a vote set for Jan. 31. If it passes unchanged, as expected, the directive will become law.
The market for letters weighing up to 50 grams is currently shielded from competition. Mail above that weight is fully liberalised. The new measure would liberalise all mail delivery.
The new directive takes effect in 13 countries in 2011. The 12 new member states, along with Luxembourg and Greece, have until 2013.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the communist-led GUE/NGL bloc and Green Party members had sought to adopt amendments, including scrapping the measure. They were outvoted on 35 amendments and withdrew another 37.
The measure has sparked protests by postal workers in many EU nations, especially France, who fear job losses.

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Post Office Networks Abroad

Posted by | Dec 14, 2007 | |

This information was collected as part of the background for Postcomm’s work on the future role of the UK’s network of Post Office branches. It provides a brief overview of the common issues faced by post office networks abroad and how governments and postal operators have tackled them.
Covers: Austria / Australia / Belgium / Canada / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Republic of Ireland / Italy / Japan / Netherlands / Norway / New Zealand / Portugal / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / UK / USA
P:LibraryPostalPostComm Formal DocumentsPost Office networks abroad Dec03.pdf

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Express Delivery under Pressure to Add More Value as Parcel Service Closes the Gap

Posted by | Oct 31, 2007 | |

Europe’s parcel and express delivery business is expected to continue to grow at a higher rate than in previous years due to an increase in business-to-consumer (B2C) traffic and strong international demand, according to new research by market analyst Datamonitor.

However, the research, “European Express Market Map 2008,” which covers 12 major European markets, says that although currently exhibiting a higher growth rate than parcel services, express services are going to have to demonstrate extra value as customer demand is shifting to using cheaper yet reliable parcel services in key growth areas of international and business-to-consumer (B2C) delivery services.

“Over the next five years, the B2C and C2C (consumer-to-consumer) sectors will experience faster growth than B2B (business-to-business), due to increased e-commerce activity, especially in less mature home delivery markets such as Italy and Spain,” said Erik van Baaren, Datamonitor express analyst and author of the study.

International services are also growing at a higher rate primarily due to the enlargement of the European Union and the trend to centralize operations to fewer countries and outsource manufacturing to low-cost countries, according to van Baaren.

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Norway Post: Strong growth in revenue – increased costs

Posted by | Oct 29, 2007 | |

Norway Post presented accounts today which show a strong growth in revenue during the first three quarters of the year. At the same time the Group’s costs have increased, contributing to a weakening of the earnings compared with the same period last year.
Norway Post’s operating revenue as at 30 September 2007 was NOK 19.8 billion, compared with NOK 17 billion for the same period in 2006. The 16.4 per cent growth in revenue is mainly due to acquisitions and an increase in the volume of A (priority) and B (economy) mail as well as an increase in sales for the Group’s logistics products.

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) as at 30 September 2007 were NOK 1 035 million, compared with NOK 839 million as at 30 September 2006. Earnings were positively affected by a gain on the sale of property (Norway Post’s letter centre in Oslo) of NOK 625 million in the first quarter.

After adjusting for non-recurring items, the Group achieved earnings of NOK 411 million as at 30 September 2007, compared with NOK 872 million for the same period last year.

The start-up of CityMail in Denmark has also negatively affected the Group’s results.

The extraordinary measures that were implemented after the delivery problems last winter have resulted in good delivery quality levels. An independent report on delivery times shows that Norway Post meets all the six licence requirements by a good margin. In the third quarter, 88.1 per cent of all A (priority) letters were delivered overnight. The licence requirement is 85 per cent.

The Group’s long-term goal is to achieve a market-leading position as an integrated postal and logistics group in Norway and the Nordic region. The EU recommendation to liberalise the remainder of the postal markets in Europe by 2011 will mean a restructuring and consolidation of the industry.

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