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Document 52003XC0424(01)

    Quality standards for national mail of the fastest standard category set by Member States and published by the Commission in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 97/67/EC on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service

    OJ C 97, 24.4.2003, p. 6–6 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    52003XC0424(01)

    Quality standards for national mail of the fastest standard category set by Member States and published by the Commission in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 97/67/EC on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service

    Official Journal C 097 , 24/04/2003 P. 0006 - 0006


    Quality standards for national mail of the fastest standard category set by Member States and published by the Commission in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 97/67/EC on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service(1)

    (2003/C 97/03)

    The quality standards for national mail in each Member State have been established by Member States in relation to the time limit for routing measured from end to end(2) for postal items of the fastest standard category according to the formula D + n, where D represents the date of deposit(3) and n the number of working days which elapse between the date and that of delivery to the addressee.

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    (1) Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (OJ L 15, 21.1.1998, p. 14). As amended by Directive 2002/39/EC (OJ L 176, 5.7.2002, p. 21).

    (2) End-to-end routing is measured from the access point to the network to the point of delivery to the addressee.

    (3) The date of deposit to be taken into account shall be the same day as that on which the item is deposited, provided that deposit occurs before the last collection time from the access point to the network in question (or any other appropriate time defined by Member States). When deposit takes place after this time limit, the date of deposit to be taken into consideration will be that of the following day of collection.

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