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2016/2010(INI) Report on the application of the Postal Services Directive
Lead committee dossier: TRAN/8/05514
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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Opinion | EMPL | BACH Georges (EPP) | |
Opinion | IMCO | ANDERSON Lucy (S&D) | |
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Lead | TRAN | FERBER Markus (EPP) | ANDERSON Lucy (S&D), PORĘBA Tomasz Piotr (ECR), AIUTO Daniela (EFD) |
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2016/01/21
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/2010(INI)
2016/03/22
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53 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Notes that implementation of the Postal Services Directive helped in opening domestic markets for competition but did not lead to the accomplishment of internal market for postal services;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the Commission’s confirmation that the Postal Services Directive does not require any particular ownership structure for universal service providers (USPs); believes that USPs should not be prevented from investing and innovating in the provision of efficient and quality postal
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes the specific regulations applicable to the postal services sector to play a key role in framing the relations between postal operators and those between operators and customers; stresses the fact that competition law also has an important role to play, especially as regards the relationship between governments and national or state-run postal services;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure both the sustainability of the USO
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO, including by promoting flexible implementation of Postal Services Directive at local level;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points to the close link between the development of the postal sector and that of e-commerce; Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e- substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO; stresses that the diversity of postal services in Member States means that the Postal Services Directive needs to be applied with a degree of flexibility;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including the growth of e-commerce and e-substitution, and to respond where necessary to ensure the sustainability of the USO and emphasises the right of Member States to make use of the flexibility offered by the Postal Services Directive in this respect;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to monitor the evolving postal sector, including
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Considers that the level of transposition of the Directive is not satisfactory; Notes that Commission initiated infringement proceedings against two Member States on issues of content; Considers that in some Member States several issues, such as effective structural separation of the regulatory functions from activities associated with ownership and control, conditions governing access to networks and authorisation requirements might not be transposed properly; Therefore, calls the Commission to look closely at inconsistencies in the application of the Directive between different Member States and to monitor whether the legislative measures adopted by Member States constitute complete transposition of the Directive and if not, undertake decisive actions to rectify the situation and to ensure proper competition within the sector;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls the Commission to analyse the reasons for high costs of cross-border delivery; calls the Commission to undertake measures to lift barriers to cross-border and domestic competition, such as closed terminal dues agreements, labelling and authorisation requirements, unjustified VAT exemptions, special or exclusive rights for public operators and other forms of state subsidies, in order to level playing field for incumbent and alternative operators;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on Member States to ensure that the universal service provider(s) provide(s) every working day - at least five days a week - a home delivery to every natural or legal person, even in remote or sparsely populated areas;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Expresses its concern with the tendency to offer rebates, discounts and special prices for big customers like bulk mailers that no longer reflect the real labour costs, which still comprise 80% of the total costs of postal services, as well as the costs relating to maintenance and improvement of the network; b. Reiterates that transparency concerning all special prices, discounts, conditions or rebates for big customers, is one of the key elements of the Postal Services Directive, in order to ensure non- discriminatory treatment of all postal users; c. Calls upon the National Regulatory Authorities to closely monitor pricing policies and to take action in those cases, where these prices no longer reflect the real costs of the postal services concerned;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses the need to counter cherry- picking by new entrants in the postal sector, for example, by offering financial compensation to the incumbents, in particular, to the universal service providers;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to take full account of the occurrence, and further risk, of downgrading of job security and terms and conditions for workers in the postal sector, and to make specific provision to mitigate and avoid this in any proposed new legislation, for example by facilitating market access for SMEs in the postal sector;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls the
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to take full account of the occurrence, and further risk, of downgrading of job security and terms and conditions for workers in the postal sector, and to make specific provision to mitigate and avoid this in any proposed new legislation
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to take full account of the occurrence, and further risk, of downgrading of job security and terms and conditions for workers in the
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the growth in employment opportunities in the parcel delivery sector; underlines the benefits of quality and sustainable jobs in postal and delivery services, including on providing high and consistent standards of service to consumers; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that decent rights for workers in this sector are guaranteed, irrespective of employment status;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points in this respect to the tendency to replace postal workers with self- employed persons and the often precarious working conditions of the latter; calls upon the Commission to co- operate with Member States to put an end to false self-employment, i.e. self- employed working for mainly one service provider, and to encourage self-employed to organise themselves in such a manner that they receive a fair compensation for their services;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can and must be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in remote areas; stresses the importance of ensuring accessibility to postal services for persons with disabilities and the consistency of the Postal Services Directive and the Accessibility Act;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in remote areas, and draws attention to the steadily increasing share of the market taken up by cross-border delivery services, which should be supported;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that, while the situation varies from one Member State to another, geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries in the EU can be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in remote areas;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that geographical coverage and accessibility to universal services for parcel deliveries can be improved, especially for vulnerable consumers and those in remote areas, towns and municipalities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls the fundamental role of the universal service obligation (USO) in the postal sector with regard to the development of a fair single market for citizens and consumers; notes the trend towards a narrower scope for the USO
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the findings of the Commission’s public consultation on cross-border parcel delivery; notes that the Commission intends to launch measures in 2016 to improve price transparency and enhance regulatory oversight of parcel delivery;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Underlines the potential role of EU funding mechanisms such as Horizon 2020 and the European Structural and Investment Funds in facilitating innovation in postal and delivery services including e-commerce options of benefit for consumers, the environment and SMEs and solutions with social inclusion and accessibility objectives;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that the Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive and the online
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that the Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive and the online dispute resolution platform may benefit consumers and businesses in cross-border transactions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that the Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive and the online dispute resolution platform may benefit consumers and businesses in cross-border transactions; calls for further mechanisms for adequate consumer redress in postal services to be introduced
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Highlights that the Alternative Dispute Resolution Directive and the online dispute resolution platform may benefit consumers and businesses in cross-border transactions; calls for further mechanisms for adequate consumer redress in postal services to be introduced
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Draws attention to the fact that large companies hold the lion’s share of the market in the postal sector; urges the Commission to facilitate access for SMEs in that sector both to the internal market and to third country markets;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Is convinced that consumers should be able to easily compare the performance of different postal operators, including price, coverage and speed of delivery;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to launch measures addressing the non-transparent system of terminal dues in order for consumers and businesses, in particular SMEs, to be able to reap the benefits of a true single market for postal services;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Recalls that the European Parliament invited the Commission to explore the possibilities of creating a Pan-European Trustmark for e-Commerce, and whether such a Trustmark could also contribute to ensuring quality and reliability for integrated delivery services;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls the fundamental role of the universal service obligation (USO) in the postal sector with regard to the development of a fair single market for citizens
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to launch measures in the first half of 2016 to improve price transparency and regulatory oversight of cross-border parcel delivery; Calls on the Commission to address properly all problems that consumers and businesses face in the delivery market, in particular unsatisfactory delivery times, lack of information or lack of clarity concerning liability for loss or damage;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Regrets that national competition in the letter and parcel markets in Member States has not fully expanded across the European Union despite full market opening across the European Union by 2013; highlights that high prices of cross- border parcel delivery, lack of transparency, affordability and accessibility are some of the biggest obstacles for consumers and retailers in online trade across the European Union; notes that affordable and reliable parcel delivery services without unjustifiable inconsistencies are important in realising the full potential of the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Notes that the development of cross- border postal services within the European Union could benefit from the creation of platforms for distribution services, from the launch of price comparison websites, improvement of ‘track and trace’ systems and other such initiatives which promote consumer awareness;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Notes that cooperation between postal national regulatory authorities (NRAs), the Commission, competition authorities, consumer protection bodies, e-retailers and all operators in cross-border delivery should be encouraged to improve the functioning of the postal sector;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the liberalisation of postal services will result in a growth in competition, better use and allocation of resources, a reduction in tariffs and a substantial increase in the quality of services provided, at a far more affordable price;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Draws attention to the fact that Member States are bound by a fundamental obligation to provide basic public postal services ('universal service obligation); notes the current trend towards reducing the range of postal services available as a result of technological change, i.e. the development of electronic means of communication, which is reducing demand for traditional postal services and changing customer expectations; takes the view that, in the face of this trend, discussions will need to be held on the scope of the universal service obligation laid down under Directive 97/67/EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the Commission’s confirmation that the Postal Services Directive does not require any particular ownership structure
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the Commission’s confirmation that the Postal Services Directive does not require any particular ownership structure for universal service providers (USPs); believes that USPs should
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