Designation of a Universal Service Provider in the EU: Should One Size Fit All?

Mateusz Chołodecki ()
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Mateusz Chołodecki: Laboratory of Postal Market, Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (CARS), University of Warsaw

A chapter in Service Challenges, Business Opportunities, and Regulatory Responses in the Postal Sector, 2024, pp 21-34 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Universal service providers (USPs) play an essential role in the European Union (EU) postal regulatory framework. They are obligated to provide the universal service obligation (USO). The procedure for the designation of USP in the EU regulatory framework specifies the conditions under which the designation should be made: transparency, non-discrimination, and proportionality. The EU model proposes various approaches to designate a USP. In the chapter, the designation of a USP procedure in selected EU Member States has been presented. The chapter discusses if one model of a standardized designation process is needed and possible in the EU.

Keywords: Postal market; Postal regulation; Postal operators; Designation; Universal service obligation; USP; NRA; Regulatory power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65599-9_2

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