1. Moderator dr Nikola Trubint Madrid 1-2 June 2017
52 nd Plenary meeting EC proposal for new Regulation on cross-border parcel delivery
Moderator
dr Nikola Trubint
Madrid 1-2 June 2017

2. Short overview
Green paper consultation on the cross border parcel delivery (cross border issues and e - commerce needs)
EC - Roadmap for completing the single market for parcel delivery
2016 EC adopted a proposal for regulation on cross border parcel delivery services

3. Basic elements
For business costs of delivery are the greatest barriere (initiative) for growth of activities
High delivery and return costs are consumers greatest concern when shopping online cross border
The new and specific role of postal regulators in liberalized market (regulation as a support for growth of postal industry)
Tool for achieving one of EC priorities – Digital single market

4. Ms Sarah Barraclough – European Commision
Educational backgroung- degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics as well as master degree in Politics – Oxford University
Government of UK – held a range of position uncluding Private Secretary to the Minister of Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs.
Current responsibilities - Legal Officer in the European Commission, DG for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Current focus - managing a comprehensive study on parcel markets in Europe as well as the Commission's proposal for a regulation on cross-border parcel delivery.

5. Mr Cord Luederman - ERGP
Lawyer : full German degrees + Master Stellenbosch University, South Africa
12 years of experiance in regulatin of network industries (BNetzA ) :
legal advisor in the energy department,
spokesperson and communications officer for telecommunications regulation
legal advisor and deputy head of section "International Postal Issues"
with ERGP for last three years, including
Co-chair of Working Group ‘’End to end competition Access regulation ‘’
Co-chair of Working Group ‘’ European cross-border e-commerce parcels delivery ‘’

6. Mr Mark van der Horst Director of EU affairs UPS – Europa
Mark holds a Masters Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB (Belgium).
Between September 2006 and January 2008, Mark worked at the UPS Public Affairs office in Washington DC
EEA – Board member

7. Forum Conclusions I (proposal)
Growht of postal industry in the future is going to be a result of growth of commercial activities
The EU digital single market is one of the priorities of EC and good starting point for growth of postal industry. The proposal for new regulation on cross border parcel delivery is very important step in this process
The role of NRA in liberalized markets is to create and control the implementation of regulation as a support for growht of postal industry

8. Forum Conclusions II (proposal)
Postal operators need to improve the operational efficency and integrate their networks for the purpose of growht of postal industry (affordable prices of cross border parcel delivery as much as it is possible)
The convergention process between the Electronic Communication and Postal markets is in progress. The results are new services in line with customer needs and for sure the good basis for growht of postal industry