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The European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP) held its first Plenary meeting for 2023, under the chairmanship of Mr Petros Galides, Deputy Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation (OCECPR), supported by the Vice-Chairs Dr. Spyros Pantelis, Vice-President of the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), and Mr Dan Sjöblom, Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS).

The Plenary discussed and approved the ERGP’s Draft Work Programme (WP) for 2024, which was prepared by considering the three strategic pillars of the ERGP Medium Term Strategy (MTS) 2023-2025. The Draft WP 2024 will be submitted for public consultation from 6 July until 6 October 2023. The Plenary also constructively discussed the Future of ERGP and agreed to discuss it further.

The Plenary adopted the following documents:

- ERGP PL I (23) 7 – ERGP Report on future needs of the USO.

- PL I (23) 13 – Report on the application and implementation of the Regulation on cross-border parcel delivery services.

The reports will be made public on the ERGP website. Additionally, the Plenary took note that the work of all sub-groups is advancing as foreseen.

On 22 June, prior to the Plenary, the ERGP held an internal Workshop on “Megatrends and the future postal regulatory framework”. The workshop identified the relevant megatrends and discussed how their evolution may drive the EU postal sector over the next two decades. The results feed into the forward-looking study that the European Commission is preparing after Council Decision (EU) 2022/1327 of 26 July 2022.

About the ERGP

The ERGP (European Regulators Group for Postal Services) is composed of the 27 national regulatory authorities (NRAs) for postal services of the EU, as well as national regulatory authorities from countries of the European Economic Area and countries with candidate status to join the EU. The ERGP advises and assists the Commission on the development of the internal market for postal services and on the consistent application in all Member States of the regulatory framework for postal services. 

(AP/ECHR)