Postcomm publishes observations on Royal Mail's letter

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Postcomm publishes observations on Royal Mail's letter "Proposed Changes to RMW Access Contracts (Zonal and National)"

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29 August 2008

Postcomm today publishes an observations document on Royal Mail’s industry letter, published on 13th August 2008, “Proposed Changes to RMW Access Contracts (Zonal and Access).

Postcomm welcomes Royal Mail’s consultation and hopes that Royal Mail and the wider industry will be able to work together to put in place appropriate terms for both zonally and nationally priced access to the Royal Mail network.

If agreed, these new arrangements could help to secure the provision of a strong and self-financed universal service in parallel with the development and sustainability of both access and end-to-end competition.

Notes to editors

1. Royal Mail’s consultation impacts on two Postcomm projects:

* The first project is Postcomm’s general review of zonal access pricing (under which Royal Mail charges a zonal price for delivering mail to the “final mile" for large customers and other postal operators).
* The second project concerns TNT Post UK Limited’s request to Postcomm for a direction under Condition 9 of Royal Mail's licence for two access products, both of which it requested to be zonally priced but with a two zone pricing structure.

2. Postcomm is asking Royal Mail to finalise its consultation initiated by the industry letter and to report its findings to Postcomm and the industry by the end of October 2008, and, if appropriate, to request modifications to its licence. If the consultation has not been concluded successfully during this period, Postcomm will reassess the need to propose a direction in relation to TNT Post's request for a different zonal access price structure. Should this be necessary we would expect to issue a proposed direction in December 2008.