Programme and Presentations
18th Königswinter Postal Seminar
9 - 10 December 2019, Hirschburg, Königswinter, Germany
Monday, December 9
12:00 | Welcome & Registration | |
12:30 | Lunch | |
Session 1: International mail markets & UPU | ||
13:30 | Results of the 2019 UPU Third Extraordinary Congress & international mail markets | |
14:50 | International mail: market trends, opportunities, and challenges in Spain | |
15:30 | Coffee Break | |
Session 2: Overcoming borders: Customs and VAT on postal imports | ||
16:00 | EU customs procedures and import VAT: On the way to 2021 | |
16:40 | Import VAT on low value items: the Swedish Experience | |
19:30 | Reception at Hirschburg | |
20:00 | Dinner |
Tuesday, December 10
Session 3: Improving efficiency in delivery | ||
09:00 | Delivering letters and parcels in Europe: Trends & challenges in postal operations | |
09:40 | Procurement of universal services in Finland | |
10:20 | Adapting to changing market conditions - alternate day delivery in Norway | |
11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 4: Experience from regulators Chair: Antonia Niederprüm, Senior Economist, WIK | |
11:30 | Postal service in Spain: Market trends and regulatory challenges | |
12:10 | What has been the experience of giving Royal Mail more commercial freedom? | |
12:50 | Lunch | |
| Session 5: Future directions for postal regulation | |
14:00 | Reforming the Postal Act in Germany | |
14:40 | NRA experience with implementing the Postal Directive | |
15:20 | Concluding Remarks | |
15:30 | Coffee / Seminar ends |