HAKOM at the 11th Plenary Session of the European Regulatory Body for Postal Services

HAKOM’s experts took part  in the ERGP 's Plenary Session in Naples, and the major topic  of the meeting was the ERGP medium-term strategy for the period 2017-2019 and the cross-border delivery  package delivery in the system of e-commerce from the perspective of the end- users as well as the  further development of the  EU postal services market.
 
ZAGREB, 25 November 2016 – Following the invitation of the organizer   the Italian regulatory authority AGCOM (Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni), Naples hosted the 11th Plenary Session of the European Regulators Group for Postal Services - ERGP. On behalf of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) Marijan Bolarić, Council Member and Andrej Sardelić, Head of Postal Services Department took part in the meeting.

The major topic of the meeting was the ERGP medium-term strategy for the period between 2017-2019  and the cross-border package delivery  in the system of e-commerce from the perspective of end- users as well as the  further development of the  EU postal services market. The postal sector faces a series of structural changes such as: new needs and habits of the users of postal services deriving from the implementation of new knowledge and technologies, ubiquitous electronic substitution of traditional postal services and in recent years a very important development of e-commerce, representing a very important market connection among postal service providers, retailers and buyers of goods and services (postal service users).
 
In order to support the above mentioned development of the postal services, the focus of the Medium-Term Strategy ERGP is on the encouraging the use of the capacity of the postal network of the national postal service providers and the accompanying postal services, the promotion of new products and services, as well as on the further opening of the postal market and the impact of changes within the scope and viability of the universal service. In addition one of European Commission’s strategic initiatives, to develop a single digital market, is of great importance as well as indirect measures to remove cross-border barriers and further growth/development of e-commerce.