Instrumenty prawne realizacji zadań regulacyjnych na rynku pocztowym
Regulatory instruments on the postal market

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the paper is to analyse regulatory instruments of the President of UKE in his capacity as the postal national regulatory authority. The authors distinguish regulatory instruments according to their purpose for ensuring the universal service or competition. The instruments ensuring the universal service involve: service provider designation, impact of the regulatory authority on the universal service provider, and financing of the universal service. In contrast, third party access to the postal infrastructure is considered as a regulation for competition. The paper shows that Polish Postal law focuses mainly on the universal service obligation, rather than on the competition on the postal market. Consequently, the President of UKE has a stronger regulatory power to ensure the provision of the universal service, rather than creating the conditions for effective competition in the postal sector. Such a situation differs from the Polish regulatory model used on other regulated markets. In conclusions, the authors propose to increase the regulatory power of the President of UKE to stimulate competition on the postal market.

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