INDUSTRY SECTOR

POST

The postal sector is at a key point in its evolution.  Former postal administrations are converting into corporate businesses and increasingly operating with commercial imperatives.  Competition is gradually being introduced into the European postal sector in line with a framework Community harmonisation, and independent National Regulatory Authorities are applying ex ante regulatory approaches to ensure the universal postal service, promote competition in the market and control dominant suppliers.

In this period of rapid sector development, careful economic and regulatory analysis is crucial for all interested stakeholders, including market players, regulatory bodies and Ministries.  Regulatory economists can help to advise about the impact of potential policy choices and to resolve disputes between companies, regulators and interested parties.

Europe Economics has a strong expertise in postal economics and regulation.  The firm advises on the likely impact of regulatory policy and provides corresponding expertise in regulatory economics, developing detailed cost models and advising regulators and operators on a number of issues connected with the introduction of competition, competition law and the regulation of the dominant supplier.

Europe Economics benefits from a unique expertise and senior experience in international, European Community and national postal economic regulation and combines this with a detailed specialist understanding of, and facility with, the underlying sector economics. For example, the firm helped establish the national regulatory framework for postal services in Ireland.