EU's McCreevy complains to France, Germany, 6 other states over postal services
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BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy has complained to France, Germany and six other member states over lack of competition in their postal services markets, his spokesman said.
The other countries are Austria, Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia, the spokesman said.
'The commissioner sent a letter to all 27 member states on postal services,' he said, adding that McCreevy singled out eight countries for criticism.
EU countries have to implement the European Commission's liberalisation measures by Dec 31, 2010.
The spokesman confirmed that Dutch group TNT NV has filed a formal complaint with the commission against minimum wages in the German postal industry.
The commission is concerned about the minimum wages and a VAT exemption enjoyed by German mail incumbent Deutsche Post World Net AG.
The German government last autumn decided to make minimum wages paid at Deutsche Post mandatory for the whole industry.
TNT claims that the German government is violating EU regulations that ensure free and fair competition among EU members operating across borders.
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Re: EU's McCreevy complains to EU states over postal service
Just like in Holland... NOT! I hope TNT don't try to use their monopoly to curb competition when it eventually arrives in their country.TrueBlueTerrier wrote:.
TNT claims that the German government is violating EU regulations that ensure free and fair competition among EU members operating across borders.
Glasgow driver.
Q. Who exactly are the Competition?
A. People who'll post a letter for you.
Q. Who exactly are the Competition?
A. People who'll post a letter for you.
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If you're stuck in an office in Brussels looking at a computer screen all day, you can easily lose touch with reality and statistics become the most important thing in the world.
Some parts of Europe have (had, in the case of the UK) a better postal service than others. Someone has decided that's not fair, and that the quickest way to find the lowest common denominator would be to enforce competition in the postal sector.
We'll all have a bad service then, and there'll be a lot of effort required by the Unions to try to retain reasonable working conditions, but it'll be the same throughout Europe so the statistics will look good. The bureaucrats will be happy....
I think it would be a good plan to ban full-time office work. It's a mental health hazard. Put all European committee workers and strategy planners on part-time contracts, so that they'll have to get second, non-office jobs to make ends meet. That should give them a more rational outlook on life.
Some parts of Europe have (had, in the case of the UK) a better postal service than others. Someone has decided that's not fair, and that the quickest way to find the lowest common denominator would be to enforce competition in the postal sector.
We'll all have a bad service then, and there'll be a lot of effort required by the Unions to try to retain reasonable working conditions, but it'll be the same throughout Europe so the statistics will look good. The bureaucrats will be happy....
I think it would be a good plan to ban full-time office work. It's a mental health hazard. Put all European committee workers and strategy planners on part-time contracts, so that they'll have to get second, non-office jobs to make ends meet. That should give them a more rational outlook on life.