Taking into consideration:
a) The proposal for objectives of postal network density and minimum services provided, presented by CTT on 18.07.2017, under paragraph 5 of base XV of the Universal Postal Service Concession;
b) The analysis of the referred proposal, undertaken in the preceding chapters;
c) That by determination of 27.07.2017, the Management Board of ANACOM approved a Draft Decision on the referred objectives of postal network density and minimum services provided, which was submitted to the prior hearing of CTT (pursuant to paragraph 6 of base XV of the Concession and articles 121 et seq. of the Administrative Procedure Code) and to the consultation of users (under the referred paragraph 6 of base XV of the Concession);
d) Contributions received in the scope of the referred prior hearing and user consultation procedures, the analysis of which is laid down in the “Report of the prior hearing of CTT and consultation of users on the Draft Decision on the objectives of postal network density and minimum services provided”,
the Management Board of ANACOM, in the exercise of powers provided for in paragraph 1 h) and i) of article 8 of its Statutes, approved by Decree-Law No. 39/2015, of 16 March, as well as in paragraph 1 a), f) and o) of article 9 of the same Statutes, and in paragraph 1 of article 8 of Law No. 17/2012, of 26 April (as amended by Decree-Law No. 160/2013, of 19 November, and by Law No. 16/2014, of 4 April), to fulfil and comply with objectives and principles established in paragraph 2 a), b) and d) of article 2 of the referred Law and under paragraph 6 of base XV of the Bases of the Universal Postal Service Concession, approved by Decree-Law No. 448/99, of 4 November, republished with amendments in annex to Decree-Law No. 160/2013, of 19 November, hereby determines:
1. To approve the “Report of the prior hearing of CTT and consultation of users on the Draft Decision on the objectives of postal network density and minimum services provided”, which is an integral part of this decision;
2. That objectives and rules of postal network density and minimum services provided, presented by CTT by letter of 18.07.2017, under the terms and for the purpose of paragraph 5 of base XV of the Universal Postal Service Concession, still fail to fully meet user needs under the current legal framework, as far as indicators and objectives of opening hours of postal establishments are concerned;
3. To set objectives and rules of postal network density and minimum services provided, in Annex 2 hereto.
- Annex 1 - European experiences https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=392520
- Annex 2 - Objectives of postal network density and minimum services provided https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=392521
