The European Regulators Group for Postal Services is an advisory group to the European Commission. It facilitates consultation and cooperation between the independent National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in EU countries, and between NRAs and the Commission to help consolidate the internal market for postal services and ensure the consistent application of the postal/parcel legislation.
We are collecting information about the measures taken by the postal sector as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the operational impact of the pandemic.
• Measures adopted by postal services due to the Covid-19 outbreak (updated 20 June 2020).
The European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP) is composed of NRAs from EU countries. The Commission, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority, NRAs from European Economic Area countries (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) and EU candidate countries participate as observers to the group.
Participation takes place at the level of heads of the NRAs and the chair is elected from the membership. The Commission provides the secretariat to the group.
The ERGP work programme for 2020 was adopted during the ERGP plenary on 29 November 2019.
The work programme is organised based on the 3 strategic pillars of the medium term strategy 2020-2022
According to the medium term strategy, in all activities stemming from strategic pillars I, II and III, ERGP will focus on
The implementation of the 2020 work programme is entrusted to ERGP work groups, composed of experts from national regulatory authorities.
Since it was established, the ERGP has played an important role in postal reform and oversight. Comprehensive information about the ERGP meetings and publications is available here.
| Date | More information | Documents adopted |
|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2020 | The ERGP held its 18th Plenary meeting online, under the chairmanship of Dr Spyros Pantelis, Vice-Chair of the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), supported by the Vice-Chair Mr João Cadete de Matos, Chairman of Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM). For more information on the plenary meeting see the ERGP PL I (20) 15 press release. | |
| 29 November 2019 | The ERGP held its 17th Plenary meeting in The Hague – The Netherlands, under the chairmanship of Mr João Cadete de Matos, chairman of ANACOM (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações). For more information on the plenary meeting see the ERGP PL II (19) 49 press release (PDF, 673 KB) | Report on cross-subsidisation practices - ERGP PL II (19) 40 (PDF, 1MB) Report on core indicators - ERGP PL II (19) 37 (PDF, 4 MB) ERGP Work Programme 2020 - ERGP II (19) 11 WP2020 (PDF, 612 KB) Report on public consultation on ERGP Work Programme 2020 - ERGP II (19) 27 (PDF, 382, KB) Report public consultation on the Draft ERGP MTS 2020-2022 ERGP PL II (19) 26 (PDF, 129 KB) Medium Term Strategy 2020-2022 ERGP PL II (19) 7 (PDF, 269 KB) |
| 28 June 2019 | The ERGP held its 16th Plenary meeting in São Miguel – Azores, under the chairmanship of Mr João Cadete de Matos, chairman of ANACOM, supported by the vice-chairs, Mr Jack Hamande (BIPT/IBPT) and Mr Spyros Pantelis (EETT). For more info on the plenary meeting see 2 press releases: ERGP PL I (19)17 Press release Plenary I Portugal (PDF, 463 KB) and ERGP PLI (19)18 Press release Opinion on Future Regulation (PDF, 539 KB). |
Opinion on the review of the regulatory framework - ERGP PL I (19)12 (PDF, 818 KB) |
| 29 November 2018 | On 29 November, the ERGP Held its 15th Plenary meeting in Belgrade under the chairmanship of Mr Jack Hamande, Member of the Council of the Belgian Institute for Communication and Post (BIPT/IBPT). For more info on the plenary meeting, see the press release. See also the presentation, Assessment of EU parcel delivery markets from the ERGP open workshop in Belgrade on 28 November 2018. | Report on allocation of delivery costs - ERGP (18) 42 ERGP work programme 2019 [ERGP PL (18) 46] Report on the public consultation on the ERGP work programme 2019 [ERGP PL (18) 47] ERGP Report on the quality of service, consumer protection and complaint handling 2017 - an analysis of trends [ERGP (18) 44] Flash of the ERGP Report on quality of service, consumer protection and complaint handling - an analysis of trends [ERGP (18) 44b] ERGP Report on core indicators for Monitoring the European Postal Market (2018) [ERGP (18) 45] Flash of the ERGP Report on core indicators for monitoring the European Postal Market [ERGP (18) 45b] |
| 29 June 2018 | On 29 June, the ERGP Held its 14th Plenary meeting in Oslo under the chairmanship of Mr. Jack Hamande, Member of the Council of the Belgian Institute for Communication and Post (BIPT/IBPT). For more info on the plenary meeting, see the press release. | ERGP PL (18) 27 (839 KB) |
| 30 November 2017 | On 30 November 2017 the ERGP held its 13th Plenary meeting in Bonn under the chairmanship of Prof. Angelo Marcello Cardani, President of the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) of Italy. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release. | ERGP PL (17) 47 (5 MB), ERGP PL (17) 44 (1 MB), ERGP PL (17) 38 (1 MB), ERGP PL (17) 36b (494 kB), ERGP PL (17) 36 (3 MB), ERGP PL (17) 35b (443 kB), ERGP PL (17) 35 (2 MB), ERGP PL (17) 34 (742 kB), ERGP PL (17) 13 (482 kB) |
| 23 June 2017 | On 23 June 2017 the ERGP held its 12th Plenary meeting in Budapest under the chairmanship of Prof. Angelo Marcello Cardani, President of the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) of Italy. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release. | |
| 25 November 2016 | On 25 November 2016 the ERGP held its 11th plenary meeting in Naples under the chairmanship of Veselin Bozhkov, Chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) of Bulgaria. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release. | ERGP (16) 16 (480 kB); ERGP (16) 35 (1 MB); ERGP (16) 36 (1 MB); ERGP (16) 37 (2 MB); ERGP (16) 38 (3 MB); ERGP (16) 41 (934 kB); ERGP (16) 45 (403 kB); ERGP (16) 46 (754 kB); |
| 1 July 2016 | On 1 July the ERGP held its 10th plenary meeting in Bulgaria, under the chairmanship of Veselin Bozhkov, Chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC). The Plenary meeting was preceded by an open Stakeholder Workshop. For more info on the plenary meeting and the workshop see the press release (158 kB) | |
| 3 December 2015 | ERGP held its 9th plenary meeting on 03 December 2015 in Brussels, under the chairmanship of Feliksas Dobrovolskis, Director General of the Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT). For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (454 kB). | ERGP (15) 26 (1 MB); ERGP (15) 27 (1 MB) - Annex (44 kB); ERGP PL (15) 28 (744 kB); ERGP (15) 33 (277 kB); ERGP PL (15) 34 (578 kB) |
| 2 July 2015 | ERGP held its 8th plenary meeting on 2 July 2015 in Vilnius, under the chairmanship of Feliksas Dobrovolskis, Director General of the Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT). For more info on the plenary meeting see the summary of discussions and decisions (160 kB). | |
| 20 November 2014 | ERGP held its 7th plenary meeting on 20 November 2014 in Bucharest, under the chairmanship of Catalin Marinescu, Chairman of the Romanian regulatory authority (ANCOM). For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (423 kB). | |
| 25 June 2014 | ERGP held its 6th plenary meeting on 25 June 2014 in Lisbon, under the chairmanship of Catalin Marinescu, Chairman of the Romanian regulatory authority (ANCOM). For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (315 kB). | |
| 21 November 2013 | ERGP held its 5th plenary meeting on 21 November 2013 in Luxembourg, under the Chairmanship of Jack Hamande, Chairman of BIPT. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (39 kB). | |
| 27 June 2013 | ERGP held its 4th plenary meeting on 27 June 2013 in Rome, under the Chairmanship of Catalin Marinescu, President of ANCOM. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (113 kB). | ERGP (12) 28 Rev 1 (540 kB); ERGP (12) 29 (1 MB); ERGP (12) 33 (822 kB) |
| 22 November 2012 | ERGP held its 3rd plenary meeting on 22 November 2012 (59 kB) in Stockholm, under the chairmanship of Göran Marby Director General of PTS. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (14 kB). | ERGP (12) 30 (889 kB); ERGP (12) 31 (446 kB); ERGP (12) 32 (280 kB); ERGP (12) 36) (541 kB) |
| 24 November 2011 | ERGP held its 2nd plenary meeting on 24 November 2011 in Paris (60 kB), under the chairmanship of Joëlle Toledano, ARCEP Executive board member. For more info on the plenary meeting see the press release (113 kB). | ERGP (11) 16 Rev. 1 (268 kB) ERGP (11) 17 Rev. 1 (1 MB) |
| 1 December 2010 | The European Regulators Group for Post (ERGP) held its 1st meeting on 1 December 2010 following its establishment on 10 August 2010 by the European Commission. | Rules of Procedure (37 kB) Work Programme for 2011–2012 (36 kB) |
