Fees payable for exercise of the activity of provider of postal services with respect to 2015 - correction of t2 contribution percentages

Calculation of fees due for the provision of postal services, pursuant to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of article 44 of the Postal Law¹

Correction of the value of the t2 contribution rate for 2015, further to the reception of information on relevant revenues for Polientrega, Lda. and Porta Notícias, Lda.

1. The submission of information by Polientrega, Lda. and Porta Notícias, Lda., on the value of relevant revenues in order to calculate the annual fee due for the provision of postal services in 2015, under paragraphs 2 and 3 of Annex IX to Administrative Rule No. 1473-B/2008, of 17 February, as amended by Administrative Rule No. 296-A/2013, of 2 October, requires the adjustment of the t2 contribution rate for 2015, resulting in the drawback of overcharged amounts, in proportion to the amount of relevant revenues used to calculate fees already settled. The correction of the value of relevant revenues and its impact on the t2 contribution rate, is demonstrated in calculations presented in the table below:

2015 (corrected)

Formula: t2 = (C (Year n) - T1 (Year n) n1(Year n) ) / ∑R2 (Year n-1);

C= Total costs resulting from the regulation of the activity, a value which corresponds to fees due to ANACOM for 2015 = 2,388,359 €;

∑R0 = Total amount of relevant revenues of bodies of step 0, for 2014 = 2,912,640 €;

T1 = Fee due by bodies of step 1 (relevant revenues < = 1,500,000 €) = 2,500 €;

n1 = Number of bodies of step 1 = 18;

∑ of relevant revenues of all postal service providers for 2014 = 794,929,482 €;

∑R1 = Total amount of relevant revenues of bodies of step 1, for 2014 = 9,302,222 €;

∑R2 = Total amount of relevant revenues of bodies of step 2, for 2014 = 782,714,620 €;

∑T1n1= 2,500€ x 18= 45,000 €;

t2 = Contribution rate to be paid by bodies of step 2 (relevant revenues > 1,500,000€) = (2,388,359 €- 45,000 €) / 782,714,620 €= 0.2994%;

a2 (Year n) = Part to be deducted in the calculation of fees due by bodies of step 2

a2 = t2 (Year n) X RLI2 – T1(Year n)  = 0.2994% x 1,500,001 € - 2,500 € = 1,991 €

T2 (Year n) = t2 (Year n)  x R2 (Year n-1) - a2  (the value of the fee to be settled for a regular year is obtained by applying the 0.2994% rate to relevant revenues of each operator of step 2 and deducting 1,991 €).

Given that 2015 is the 3^rd year of the transition period, the calculated value is applied the 0.60 coefficient, pursuant to paragraph 8 of article 9 of Administrative Rule No 296-A/2013.

2. The new t2 contribution rate requires, under paragraphs 2 and 3 of Annex IX to Administrative Rule No 1473-B/2008, of 17 February, the review of amounts settled in 2015 by postal service providers, a procedure which ANACOM will immediately put in place.