Traduction de «postal terminal » (Anglais → Français) :

The new directive sends many positive signals about the quality of services within the European Union, such as availability and, not least, the loss of the monopoly enjoyed by national operators on postal items weighing less than 50 g. I was in favour of a solution which would not terminate the monopoly until December 2010, that is, two years later than the date proposed by the Commission.

However, given that the activities of some state owned postal operators might not be considered to be economic activities, thus preventing such refund, exemption with the right of deduction should be provided for any terminal dues within the meaning of Article 2(15) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service , in respect of the distribution of incoming cross-bord ...[+++]er mail from third countries.

This steady improvement is the result of the targets set by the Postal Directive and of the implementation, between all the EU USPs but one, of the REIMS terminal dues agreement (which introduced, as required by the Postal Directive, a direct connection between the level of remuneration to the USPs for delivering cross-border mail, and the achieved quality of service performance).

The European Commission has published a notice stating that it intends to authorise an agreement between postal operators under the competition rules of the EC Treaty and the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. The agreement is about how much the postal operator of the country of origin must pay the the postal operator of the country of destination for the delivery of cross-border mail (so-called "terminal dues").

15. terminal dues: the remuneration of universal service providers for the distribution of incoming cross-border mail comprising postal items from another Member State or from a third country;

5. INVITES THE COMMISSION: 5.1. to propose to the Council, before 1 July 1994, the measures necessary for the realization of the policy goals set out under 4.1 to 4.11 above with a view to implementing without delay a Community policy on postal services, particularly measures - containing the definition of the universal service, describing the obligations of the providers of the universal service and defining the services which could be reserved; - relating to the quality of the universal intra-Community service; - relating to technical standardization; 5.2. to base its proposals for future regulation of the postal services on measure ...[+++]s which are transparent, simple and easy to manage, to ensure the best possible conditions of monitoring and enforcement; 5.3. to contribute actively, on the basis of current proceedings and in co-operation with the Member States, to the definition of a clear framework for a new terminal dues system, bearing in mind the need to ensure satisfactory protection against deflections of trade based on abuse and to forward to the Council before 1 March 1994 any further action which could prove necessary in this area; 6. INVITES THE MEMBER STATES: 6.1. to support the above major policy goals; 6.2. to work in association with the Commission, particularly within the SOGP and a high-level committee of the authorities, in the implementation of a Community postal services policy in conformity with the above major policy goals; 6.3. to conduct, in association with their universal service providers, appropriate discussions in order to agree on a new terminal dues system, including steps to ensure compatibility with other systems".