| NOTAS: | "This report provides information on the experience of individual NRAs in the measurement and allocation of the delivery costs and some of the various projects undertaken by the NRAs and the USPs in order to determine an accurate estimation of those costs. The analysis started from the assumption that delivery is typically the most costly part of a universal service postal network and investigated the actual NRA experience starting from the proportion of the costs of delivery in the total costs. The average proportion is more than 40% and the individual cases range from 20% to 73%. With the intention to highlight the differences in the underlying operational organization and cost drivers, the report sets forth some of the intuitive factors that have an impact on the cost level and structure of the USP." |
