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P o S T AL S u r V e i L L AN C e PoSTAL SurVeiLLANCe iNCLuDeS THe FoLLoWiNg: 176 CoMPreHeNSiVe, NATioNAL HuNgariaN postal Market postal service SuPerViSioN oF THe providers SCHeDuLeD iNSPeCTioN oF AreAS AFFeCTiNg BroAD segMeNts of users exeCuTioN oF ADDiTioNAL, geNeral adMiNistrative iNspectioNs AD HoC AuDiTS oF SerViCe ProViDerS BASeD oN Market surveillaNce reports a gloBal postal network for At present, 176 postal service the liberalisation, the postal mail over a century providers are listed in the certi- market has become multi-player market: besides the universal fied public records, of which one The Universal Postal Union (UPU) unites zrt. – provides universal postal service provider, the open market service provider – Magyar Posta postal Union was established in 1874 with vices mean that the designated offer postal services related to the world’s postal service providers provides an opportunity for and their regulatory authorities. The services. universal postal ser- other business associations to postal mails. The first “licensed universal postal service provider is Hungary among its founding mem- required to provide universal postal postal service provider” – CityMail bers. In accordance with the law, in services in a predefined quality and Hungary Kft. – received its service the operative work of Universal Postal license in 2015, and is now entitled at affordable prices to all users, ir- surveillaNce Union Hungary is represented by the respective of geographical location, to accept, forward and deliver State Secretary for National Financial in the territory of Hungary. packages below 2 kg. Services and Postal Affairs, the NMHH and the universal service provider Postal surveillance also includes After the postal market was (Magyar Posta Zrt.). Comprising 192 member countries, the regulatory ac- ment of the postal market and the role was significantly expanded tivity of the international organisation liberalised in 2013, the Authority’s the monitoring of the develop- preparation of market analyses significantly in the wake of the ensures the seamless operation of the postal market liberalisation and statistical summaries. Based global postal network and the delivery in 2013: changes in legislation on this output, the professional of postal services to consistently high transformed the range of postal field draws up regulatory pro- standard across the world. market participants, their licensing posals and participates in the changed, and their registration social consultation of the relevant now falls within the competence legislative materials. of the NMHH. Thus, as a result of 23