Tag: Swiss Post

European Commission intends to exempt REIMS II from the antitrust rules but requires third party access

Posted by | Apr 23, 2003 | |

Today, the Commission published a notice in the Official Journal inviting third parties to submit their comments on the so-called Agreement for the Remuneration of Mandatory Deliveries of Cross-Border Mails (REIMS II). REIMS II is an agreement on the remuneration that public postal operators (PPOs)° pay each other for the delivery of incoming cross-border mail. This remuneration is also referred to as “terminal dues”. Seventeen PPOs from the European Union and the EEA are parties to the REIMS II agreement. After receiving the comments of interested third parties to be submitted one month after publication of the OJ the Commission will take a final decision on whether the system of terminal dues can be exempted from the antitrust rules. The Commission will also decide on the length of the exemption to be granted.

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SPI acquires "Priority Post" in the USA

Posted by | Jan 15, 2003 | |

14 January 2003 Swiss Post International (SPI) – has bought Priority Post a Baltimore/Washington D.C. area based provider of international mailings and specialized in the pre-sorting and processing of bulk mailings. SPI has had branches in New York and Los Angeles since 1998.

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Swiss Post aquires US' Priority Post

Posted by | Jan 14, 2003 | |

The Swiss Post said its international unit SPI has aquired the Washington DC-based Priority Post to strengthen its US position.

The purchase price for Priority Post is a low single-digit figure, it said.

Priority Post is one of the largest non-postal providers of international mailings and specialises in the pre-sorting and processing of bulk mailings.

It is also a partner of the US Postal Service.

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Swiss Postal reforms

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

The Swiss parliament has approved in principle the gradual opening up of the postal services.
The Senate voted to liberalise parcel and mail deliveries beginning in 2004, but said the Post Office must maintain a country-wide network of branches.
The House of Representatives has already given the green light to the measures.
However, the Swiss electorate will have the final say on the Post Office’s plans to cut the number of branches, after consumer groups and trade unions collected enough signatures to force a nationwide vote.

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Postal Service to Reconsider Reorganization

Posted by | Nov 7, 2002 | |

The Swiss Postal Service declared on Wednesday that it will reconsider its controversial decision to reform its mail processing system. As its CEO, Ulrich Gygi, told media representatives in Berne, after talks with the trade unions the Postal Service has decided to examine alternatives to a project which would reduce the present 18 letter-sorting centers to only three facilities. The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK), along with most political parties, welcomed the decision. By concentrating its mail processing activities, the Postal Service was hoping to save some Sfr. 200 million annually – but the change would have cost about 3,500 employees their jobs.

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