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
The Base Position—the 1997 directive
The current proposals
PART 2: THE VIEWS OF THE WITNESSES
What Benefits would be likely to result
from the proposed liberalisation measures?
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.
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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