International market reviews

January 2009
European stamp price comparison at January 2009 (pdf, 118KB) 
8 April 2008
National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) Project Team paper to Committee of European Postal Reform (CERP) Plenary May 2006. (pdf 34KB)
Phase 2 CERP NRA Project May Plenary 2007. (pdf 84KB)
28 February 2008
European stamp price comparisons at January 2008. 
14 December 2007
Post Office networks abroad, executive summary (pdf, 1.27MB).  This is Postcomm's third report on post office networks abroad, which provides an update on developments since 2005.  It looks at the common issues faces by post office networks abroad and how governments and postal operators have tackled them.         
27 July 2007
Eurostat (external website) report for the European Commission: Postal services in Europe - Issue number 12/2007 (external website). Includes data from European universal service providers for 2004 and 2005. 
September 2006 
European stamp price comparisons for 2006 (January 2006, plus September 2006 updates). 
August 2006
Postcomm factsheet - 'The European debate' (pdf, 54KB)(One of a series of downloadable factsheets on key issues in the postal services market).
10 November 2005
Postcomm supports European Commission consultation on the postal sector and calls on stakeholders to make their views known. 
13 October 2005
Post Office networks abroad, executive summary (pdf, 338KB).  This is Postcomm's second report on Post Office networks abroad, which provides an update on developments since 2003. It provides an update and overview of the common issues faced by post office networks abroad and how governments and postal operators have tackled them. 
August 2005 
Postcomm’s brief on developments in liberalising countries (pdf, 116KB).  Covers universal services, licensing and Post Office network issues in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
July 2005 
Development of competition in the European postal sector. Study by ECORYS for the European Commission (external website). Link also lists various other EC reports on the postal services sector.
November 2002 
Postcomm's advice to the Secretary of State on the European Postal Directive (pdf, 272KB).  Details of the results of Postcomm's consultation on how best to implement the directive.  More information on the Postal Services Directive is in the legal framework section of the site.