Un análisis de la transformación del servicio universal y el ámbito reservado en las políticas de competencia del sector postal en la Unión Europea

  1. Pateiro-Rodríguez, Carlos 1
  2. Prado-Domínguez, Antonio Javier 1
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

Journal:
Gestión y política pública

ISSN: 2448-9182,  1405-1079

Year of publication: 2010

Volume: 19

Issue: 2

Pages: 187-237

Type: Article

SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-79953772720 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

The postal sector has suffered an intense process of transformation oriented towards creating a competitive frame in the European Union (EU). Being considered of general interest in the European Directives, these define and delimit universal postal services (ups) and impose universal service obligations (uso). The first problem is financing the uso, solved through the allocation of a reserved scope or a compensating fund for the operator. Like each member state presents its peculiarities from the starting point and throughout the whole process, the effects of opening up of the postal market can be very different. This work analyses the funding alternatives of the ups problem digging deeper into EU case, where some normative steps have been taken, both regarding the financing of the ups and the regulation of access to the network.

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