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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9737

11 September 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Slovakian state postal monopoly must not be extended to hybrid mail

Brussels, 10/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced on Wednesday 10 September that it will not allow Slovakia to extend the monopoly enjoyed by the state postal service, thus preventing Slovak authorities from granting the hybrid mail monopoly to Slovenska Posta. These “provisional measures” by the Commission is a rare application of Article 86 of the Treaty. “Hybrid” mail is mail sent electronically to the service provider which prints the message and sends it...

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