# 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, Division Part A:: Definition of the universal service obligations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Universal service obligations refer to the obligations referred to in Article 3 placed upon a postal service provider by a Member State which concern the provision of a postal service throughout a specified geographical area, including, where required, uniform prices in that geographical area for the provision of that service or provision of certain free services for blind and partially-sighted persons.
Those obligations may include, among others, the following:
a number of days of delivery, superior to those set in this Directive,
accessibility to access points, in order to satisfy the universal service obligations,
the tariffs affordability of the universal service,
uniform prices for universal service,
the provision of certain free services for blind and partially-sighted persons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1997/67/annex/I/part/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1997-67/annex-I/part-A
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