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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7871

29 December 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/postal services
Council not able to reach agreement on continued liberalisation of postal services - Commission sticks to proposal but several ministers have already buried it

Brussels, 28/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Telecom Council, which met last Friday in Brussels under the chairmanship of the French Minister for Industry, Christian Perret, was not able to reach an agreement on the Commission's proposal to pursue liberalisation of postal services (see EUROPE of 23 December, page 8). In the present state, only 3% of the postal market will remain open to competition. The Commission hopes for additional liberalisation of 20% of the postal market from 2003 and...

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