Brussels, 28/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The quality of postal services has improved since the 1997 directive on the postal services took effect, says the European Commission in a report published this week. It does, however, observe a mitigated effect on employment in the sector.
This report assesses Directive 97/67, that prepared the sector to open up to competition by defining the universal service and "reserved areas", and imposing the creation of independent regulatory authorities. The...