You can rely on Swiss Post – at least most of the time. More than 80 percent of letters reach the recipient the very next working day, and this is what German postal law has so far required. But things are moving, because the law is about to be amended. And the previous 80 percent rule could also fall. At least that’s what the key points for the amendment that the Federal Ministry of Economics presented on Thursday provide. According to this, the previous delivery time specification for letters is “hardly helpful”. After all, the sender can never be sure whether his letter will arrive the next day or whether it belongs to the remaining 20 percent. A longer term could replace this “E plus 1” requirement, but with greater binding force. For example, the rule that more than 95 percent of letters are delivered within three working days. This is to be flanked by stronger sanction options by the Federal Network Agency. She had recently registered an increasing number of complaints about late letters. And Swiss Post itself would also like to get rid of the tiresome one-day rule. If it were up to her, letters would no longer necessarily be delivered on Mondays either. However, there is nothing about this in the key points. Instead, it should be easier for competitors to enter the letter market. Regulation, including postage, is to become stricter. However, this is still only in the corner points. The consultation on this is just beginning.
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