The objectives of the proposa
l are to achieve an internal market for postal services through the removal of exclusive and special rights in the
postal sector and the setting of the full market-opening timetable, to safeguard a common
level of universal services for users in all EU countries and to set harmonised principles for the regulation of
postal services in an open market environment, with the aim of redu
...[+++]cing other obstacles to internal market functioning.