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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Application of the Postal Directive2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060201.19.3-214"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-01-Speech-3-2152
lpv:speaker	lp:Guntars Krasts2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK (2004-07-20--2008-06-09)3 member; UEN (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; ECON (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"The goal of liberalising the postal sector by 2009 is real and achievable. Results in the Member States where postal reform has been more rapid demonstrate this fact. It is difficult to understand why the report stresses that as a result of competition in the postal sector former employment levels have not always been preserved. The goal of postal reform is not preserving jobs, nor of course reducing them. Jobs can also be lost without liberalisation – as a result of technological modernisation, for instance. We should not look at industry reform from the viewpoint of the postal sector as a business. The development of the postal business and its adjustment to new market conditions are business management issues. The fundamental goal of the restructuring of the postal sector is to better meet consumers’ interests, by giving inhabitants of the European Union the opportunity to receive a universal service. At the same time, however, the post should not remain simply an industry for the maintenance of the universal service. We should not forget that the majority of postal services customers – in fact over 90 per cent – are business customers, whose requirements of the postal sector may be different. A broad spectrum of high-quality postal services needs to be developed, in order for the industry not only to survive but also to develop. The range of postal services increasingly interacts with other sectors such as financial services, advertising and commerce. The future of postal services will be dependent on such successful interactivity. Postal sector development is one of the engines for the European Union’s economic development, productivity and competitiveness. Unfortunately, progress in the direction of a common European Union postal market remains slow."@en1

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