Second Schedule — POSTAL SERVICES ACT

(Article 17(2))

The universal service in the context of the provision of postal services for the

purposes of this Act means

(a) that on not less than five (5) working days a week, save in

circumstances deemed exceptional by the Authority, there shall be at

least

(i)

one (1) clearance of postal articles; and

(ii)

one (1) delivery to the home or premises of every person in

Malta or, as the Authority considers appropriate, under such conditions as

it may determine from time to time, to appropriate installations

Provided that the Authority may determine the working days

when the universal service is to be provided;

(b) that as a minimum the following services are provided

(i)

the clearance, sorting, transport and distribution of postal

articles up to two kilograms (2kg) in weight;

(ii)

the clearance, sorting, transport and distribution of parcels

up to ten kilograms (10kg) in weight

Provided that parcels received from other Member States of

the European Union and other countries which are signatories to the

Universal Postal Convention of the Universal Postal Union, and weighing

up to twenty kilograms (20kg), are delivered throughout Malta;

(iii)

services for registered articles;

(iv) services for insured articles within Malta and to and from all

countries which, as signatories to the Universal Postal Convention of the

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Universal Postal Union, declare their willingness to admit such items

whether reciprocally or in one (1) direction only;

(v)

services free of charge for the blind or partially sighted

persons as may be determined by the Authority; and

(vi)

a basic counter service throughout Malta.

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