Changes to the Universal Service: Influencing Factors, Impacts and Regulatory Implications

Steven Cape () and Philip Groves ()
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Philip Groves: Ofcom

A chapter in The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector, 2017, pp 257-269 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Postal Services Directive 2008/6/EC in Article 3 sets out the obligation on Member States to “ensure that users enjoy the right to a universal service involving the permanent provision of a postal service of specified quality at all points in their territory at affordable prices for all users”.

Keywords: Post Office; Postal Service; Universal Service; Delivery Speed; Volume Decline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46046-8_17

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