In February 2008 approval was given to the draft order on the fees applicable to operators of postal services subject to authorization, which would be published in Diário da República, 2nd Series, no. 104 of 30 May.
This draft resulted from the fact that the amount paid by the entities holding authorisations issued by ICP-ANACOM for services in competition had been found to be, in most cases, disproportionate to the volume of revenue generated.
It was therefore decided to redefine the fees payable by operators authorised to exercise the postal activity, in line with the distribution of the costs of postal regulation undertaken by this Authority, deducted from the consideration of costs associated with monitoring and supervising the provision of the universal postal service, based on the relevant turnover of service providers.
This order had retroactive effect from 01 January 2007 regarding the implementation of the annual fee for operators who hold an authorization for the exercise of the postal activity.
