Granice wolności operatora wyznaczonego w określaniu sposobu świadczenia pocztowych usług powszechnych
The scope of the [designated] operator’s freedom to shape the manner of providing the universal postal service

Summary/Abstract: The article looks at research into the scope of the [designated] operator’s freedom to shape the manner of providing the universal postal service. The author indicates first of all the fixed elements of the universal postal service. Presented next is the discretionary power of the EU Member States in shaping the manner of providing these services, as set out by the Postal Directives. The article goes on to present the Polish regulations regarding the parameters of the universal postal service. The author considers the current model of shaping the parameters of the universal postal service as being unadjusted to market conditions, and is particularly critical of the low involvement of the designated operator in shaping the method of providing these services. According to the author, the proper legal form in which the market regulator operates is through administrative acts, which should be used when setting variable parameters of the universal postal service with the participation of the designated operator. For de lege ferendaapplications, the author includes the need to provide definitions in the [Polish] Postal Law, in relation to the issue of ‘post office’ and ‘registered post’.

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