Communication from the Commission and the European Parliament: Guidelines for the development of Community postal services

The European Commission released on 2 June 1993 its proposal to develop a single market for postal services. The decision to put forward a draft Directive was a result of the understanding that the performance of the postal service was causing a number of problems, which justified action at a Community level.

This proposal was preceded by a Green Paper which was adopted by the Commission in June 1992, which was produced at the request of the Council of Ministers in September 1989. There was also a consultation period in which the Commission collected opinions and positions from different stakeholders.

EUR-Lex: COM(1993)247: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:1993:247:FIN

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