A steering committee addressed Tuesday a legal conundrum which has for many years led to postal services being kept running while under-utilized in some areas of the country, while they are over-taxed in more populous locations such as Tallinn. The proposed rationalization will reportedly not spell post office closures, however.
The group, consisting of representatives of state-owned postal carrier Omniva/Eesti Post, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet), found that postal service availability should be measured by its supported and supporting populace, rather than by number and density of post offices.
The working party also agreed that no distinction would be made between staffed post offices and parcel machines, as had been the case up to now.