According to what is disposed on no. 3 of clause 9 of Concession Contract, the concessionaire is forced to develop, qualitative and quantitatively the public postal network, fulfilling, namely, the objectives to be fixed at the agreement of objectives of development of public postal network and the minimum services offering, so as to assure the levels of quality adequate to the services supported by them.
The no.1 of clause 15 establishes that by an agreement to be celebrated between ANACOM and a concessionaire, objectives of development of public postal network and objectives of minimum services offering, with advanced technical characteristics and resources.
In this context, answers are requested to the following questions.
Question 1
Considering, namely, the information made available in 2.6 on penetration of postal establishments, do you consider the existing number of post-offices, mail posts, pillar and mail-boxes for the purpose of gathering the mail, enough for the population needs, including population with special needs (PNE) ? Detail your answer according to your residential area and activity, in separate.
Question 2
Do you consider that the objectives of development of the public postal network should be defined, concerning namely, post-offices, mail posts, pillar and mail-boxes for the gathering of postal dispatch according to geographical dispersion and population density ?
Question 3
In this context, and in case of an affirmative answer to the previous question, do you consider the indicators presented on the following table to be enough or do you consider necessary to define other indicators? If you consider necessary to define other indicators, point out which ones and the reasons
| Average nr. of inhabitants per post-offices and mail posts [= resident population / post-offices + mail posts)] |
| Average covered area ( in Km2) per post-offices and mail posts |
| % of places with 1000 or more residents, with post-offices and mail posts |
| % of places with less than 1000 residents, with post-offices and mail posts |
| Average nr.. of inhabitants per pillar and mail boxes for gathering of mail dispatches [= resident population / pillar and mail boxes for gathering of mail dispatches ] |
| Average covered area ( in Km2) per pillar and mail boxes for gathering of mail dispatches |
Question 4
Which territory unit should be considered on the definition of values for the density of post-offices and mail posts? For example : national total, Continental Portugal and Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira, NUTS II 27https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=55156, NUTS III regions, district, council, parish, place, other.
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27 NUTS ? Nomenclature of Territorial Units for statistic purposes.
NUTS I ? Continente, R.A dos Açores e R.A da Madeira.
NUTS II ? Norte, Centro, Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Alentejo, Algarve, R.A dos Açores e R.A da Madeira.
NUTS III ? Minho-Lima, Cávado, Ave, Grande Porto, Tâmega, Entre Douro e Vouga, Douro, Alto Trás-os-Montes, Baixo Vouga, Baixo Mondego, Pinhal Litoral, Pinhal Interior Norte, Dão-Lafões, Pinhal Interior Sul, Serra da Estrela, Beira Interior Norte, Beira Interior Sul, Cova da Beira, Oeste, Grande Lisboa, Península de Setúbal, Médio Tejo, Lezíria do Tejo, Alentejo Litoral, Alto Alentejo, Alentejo Central, Baixo Alentejo, Algarve, R.A dos Açores e R.A da Madeira.
