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European Union - Second Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 12 December 2000. CONTENTS REPORT PART 1: INTRODUCTION The Base Position—the 1997 directive House of Lords' Interest The current proposals PART 2: THE VIEWS OF THE WITNESSES What Benefits would be likely to result from the proposed liberalisation measures? The Commission's view Reducing the reserved area by weight/price formula Opening outgoing cross-border mail to competition Removing the price limit on express mail The definition of special services The further step in 2007 The Views of other witnesses What problems could result from the proposed liberalisation particularly in terms of maintaining universal service with an affordable and uniform tariff structure? Are there any measures not identified in the Commission's proposals, which would help the Commission's stated aims for postal services? PART 3: THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE. Direct Mail Special Services Compensation Fund PART 4: SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Appendix 1—Membership of the Sub-Committee Appendix 2—List of Witnesses Appendix 3—Call for Evidence ORAL EVIDENCE European Commission Written evidence Oral evidence, 11 October 2000 Supplementary evidence The Post Office Written evidence Oral evidence, 18 October 2000 Supplementary evidence by the Post Office The Communication Workers' Union/Communication Managers' Association Written evidence Oral evidence, 25 October 2000 The Mail Users' Association Written evidence Oral evidence, 1 November 2000 The Direct Marketing Association (UK) Limited Oral evidence, 1 November 2000 TNT Group N.V. Oral evidence, 8 November 2000 Written evidence Mr Alan Johnson, MP, Minister for Competitiveness, Department of Trade and Industry Oral evidence 15 November 2000 Free and Fair Post Initiative (FFPI) Written evidence Oral evidence 15 November 2000 WRITTEN EVIDENCE The Association of International Courier and Express Services (AICES) Consumers in Europe Group Mr W Maschke, Deutsche Post Anton van der Lande, Chairman, EEA Postal Committee La Poste, France National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) Posten AB, Sweden Royal National Institute for the Blind Brian Simpson, MEP Ross Clark, Journalist, The Spectator United Parcel Service

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