The End of State Postal Monopolies in the European Union
October 1st, 2007
Green light was given by the EU ministers and announced by the European Union presidency, on a project of law that is supposed to put an end on state postal monopolies from the first day of 2011. From all the 27 member states, 11 will be allowed to put it in action before the end of 2012, but if anyone else wishes to do it before the deadline is allowed. “The 11 nations who do not have to enact the measure until December 31, 2012 are: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and Luxembourg”.
The liberalization of the postal services is not only going to bring better prices but it’s going to offer new quality products and faster services. Countries that have already adopted the free market on postal services are England, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden, and it was a real success. The votes will have to pass through the European Parliament, after being approved by the ministers, before we’ll have better services but it’s going to happen soon.
