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Mr President, it is obviously important we are having this debate today, because on 1 January, the latest step down to 50 grams for the reserve sector took place, and we are awaiting the Commission’s study – hopefully to be published in the summer – on accomplishing the internal market by 2009.
There are great challenges facing the postal sector, but also great opportunities. Post has to keep up with developments elsewhere, not least the switch from consumer-to-consumer business to business and consumer, but also as regards the single market. It is a condemnation of the European Union that 13 years after the completion of the single market, there are huge obstacles to cross-border postal activity, the work of the expanding home-shopping market and indeed for newspaper and magazine publishers.
In order for this process to work properly, we have to have transparency, clarity, certainty and the clear involvement of postal customers and consumers. We recognise of course that each postal market is unique, but that cannot excuse serious regulatory asymmetry leading to serious market distortions. We have to have a structure whereby national regulatory authorities must work together. We have to have greater clarity and transparency in the authorisation process and this is one area on which the Commission must focus. We need Member States to adopt and implement the quality of service standards devised by CEN so that we can compare like with like. We must ensure that postal customers, small as well as large, are involved in this whole process.
Ultimately the success or failure of this venture will depend on us being able to satisfy people that our little old mothers living in isolated places are still going to get a universal service. Answer that and this process will be successful."@en1
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