The rules concerning the tariffs for postal services were modified, the prices being fully liberalized. A draft decision to this effect was approved by the Cabinet on September 3, IPN reports.

Under the new provisions, all the postal service providers will have equal rights and obligations and the tariffs for postal services will be applied uniformly all over the country’s territory. Until September 1 this year, the universal postal service provider “Moldova’s Post Office” benefitted from preferential tariffs, the other postal operators having the obligation to set a tariff that was at least three times higher than the preferential tariff.

There were approved minimum requirements concerning the laying out of areas offered by service providers in places of international postal exchanges. This way, the postal service providers will be able to subject international post to customs control in areas laid out according to requirements. Of all the 57 postal service providers registered in Moldova, only 12 have places of international postal exchanges and a period of six months is offered to them for setting up such  places according to the new requirements.