Twenty-Five Years of the National Postal Regulators in the EU: A Critical Review

Mateusz Chołodecki ()
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Mateusz Chołodecki: University of Warsaw

A chapter in Postal Strategies, 2023, pp 71-84 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The regulatory framework needs a regulator. This is common for all infrastructure markets under sector-specific regulations in the EU. The main goal of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) is to safeguard the implementation of the regulatory goals. These goals focus on various issues, primarily economic (e.g., protecting competition) and social (e.g., safeguarding the universal service). The EU Directive 97/67/EC from 15 December 1997 (the first postal directive) established each Member State’s requirement to designate one or more NRAs for the postal sector. Twenty-five years after the first postal directive, the EU is preparing new legal frameworks for the constantly changing postal sector. The new directive should resolve current crucial concerns, specifically the future role of the postal NRA. I critically evaluate the postal NRA in the EU legal framework and if the existing legal apparatus given to them has been sufficient to meet the regulatory goals. I present literature on postal NRAs and reports about implementation of EU directives in the Member States. I compare selected EU NRAs and focus on their characteristics of the EU regulators, particularly emphasizing their legal status. The author expresses his thanks to UKE for assistance in providing data, especially for Karol Krzywicki and Magdalena Sławińska.

Keywords: Postal market; Postal regulation; NRA; Regulators; Sector-specific regulation; Regulatory power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25362-1_6

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