Chapter 3, December 9
Postal services
Postal legislation
Current Icelandic Legislation
• Directive nr. 97/67/EC and 2002/39/EC implemented with Postal
Services Act No 19/2002 and amendment 136/2002
• The Post- and Telecommunication Administration Act 81/2003
• Regulation No 313/2005 on accounting and financial separation
of postal operators
• Regulation No 364/2003 of Universal Service and the execution
of postal services
• Rules No 504/2003 on location, setup and security standards for
public postal offices
Secondary Law
• Regulation No 313/2005 on accounting and financial separation
of postal operators
• Regulation No 364/2003 of Universal Service and the execution
of postal services
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Five day service
Scheme for compensation fund
Quality standards
Rules for location of letter boxes
• Rules No 504/2003 on location, setup and security standards for
public postal offices
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Number of inhabitants in the area
Size of the area
The possibilities to seek service elsewhere
Transportations in the area
number of transactions in that particular post office
Overview of the number of letters covered by exclusive
rights, 2005 – 2009
60.000.000
50.000.000
40.000.000
30.000.000
20.000.000
10.000.000
0
2005
Source: Íslandspóstur hf.
2006
2007
2008
2009
Domestic within one day of posting
Capacent - Quality Survey Domestic: D + 1
100%
90%
89%
88%
2006
2007
86%
85%
2008
2009
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Domestic within three days of posting
Capacent - Quality Survey Domestic: D + 3
100%
99%
99%
100%
2006
2007
2008
2009
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Directive 2008/6/EC
• The directive is not yet transposed into Icelandic legislation
– Not adopted into the EEA agreement
– Icelandic authorities find it necessary to postpone the
implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC
• Derogation from Article 2 of the Postal directive
• Exceptional circumstances
– Small population
– Geographical conditions
» Rural
» Island
– Cost of service in rural areas
Time plan
– The work to transpose the directive into Icelandic legal framework
has begun
– PTA is investigating
• Criteria and methods used by Iceland Post for division of revenue and
service into different operations accounts
• Cost from providing universal service
– Unfair burden
– Net cost
• Financing of universal service
– A law proposal to be ready in 4Q 2011, pending on when the
directive is adopted into the EEA agreement
– Adoption before 31 December 2012
Administrative capacity
• Ministry of Communication
• Post- and Telecom Administration
– Four divisions
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The Legal Division (5)
The Analytical Division (5)
The Technical Division (6)
Administration (7)
NRA independence
• The director appointed for a fixed 5 year term at a time
– Salaries and terms decided by independent committee
• Provisions of the government act apply to the appointment
• Provisions of the government employee act apply to the
appointment
– Cannot be expelled unless a serious breach of the act can be established
• The provisions of the directive apply to the NRA”s finance
• No interference by the Ministry of day to day
operations/decisions
Appeal committee
• Appeal committee on post- and telecommunications decisions
• Appeal process mechanism effective and in a timely manner