European deputies adopted, on July 12, 2007, the report on the directive bill amending the 97/67 directive concerning the conclusion of the Community's postal services' interior market. Pushing back to December 31, 2010 – two years – the date of the total opening of the postal services' competition proposed by the European Commission, the report introduces several dispositions strengthening the recognition of social aspects. (Ref. 070632)
The report adopted in a first reading by European deputies, after the Commission’s vote on June 18, brings substantial amendments to the Commission’s proposition, especially on the date to which the postal market will be totally open to competition, the payment of universal services and working conditions. Given the disagreements on these questions within the council between two groups of member States, and the important changes brought by the Parliament, the text has little chance of being ado
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