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Estonia reaches agreement on new rules concerning EU cross-border parcel delivery

BC, Tallinn, 14.12.2017.Print version
Estonia as the presidency of the Council of the European Union on December 14th evening reached a preliminary agreement with the European Parliament on new rules concerning cross-border parcel delivery, reports LETA/BNS.

"We are happy to announce that a provisional deal on parcel delivery has been reached with the European Parliament. Thank you all, who helped us get there," Clyde Kull, deputy head of the Estonian representation to the EU, said on social media.

 

The agreement was reached at a trilogue meeting of the Council of the EU, European Commission and the European Parliament held in Strasbourg, where the plenary session of the European Parliament is underway. Estonia as the presidency will head the Council of the EU until January.

 

The new rules will make the cross-border parcel delivery tariffs more transparent and give regulators more powers to monitor the cross-border parcel delivery market, it is said on the Estonian EU presidency website.

 

More transparent cross-border delivery rates will encourage consumers to choose from a wider range of products and to buy more online. They will also offer new possibilities for retailers, especially for small businesses which do not have the bargaining power to negotiate better rates.

 

This is an important achievement for the Estonian EU presidency in launching a common digital market. Minister of Entrepreneurship Urve Palo said in October that Estonia during the presidency is hoping to agree with the European Parliament on abolishing geoblocking, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and parcel delivery regulation.

 

Abolishing geoblocking was agreed on in November, but an agreement concerning the Audiovisual Media Services Directive has not been reached yet.






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