EU postal directive approved

The European Parliament confirmed 31 January 2008 that remaining postal service monopolies should expire by 2011 - or 2013 for some Member States. In a second reading deal with the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament stuck to the compromise already endorsed by the Council on the opening up of EU postal services to competition.

European Parliament: Info, 31.1.08: Postal services liberalisation: MEPs back market opening by 2011 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/056-20130-030-01-05-909-20080130IPR20129-30-01-2008-2008-true/default_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/post/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/post/index_en.htm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/163: Postal services: Commission welcomes the adoption of the EU Postal Directive. Market Opening brings clear benefits for postal users http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/163&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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