Translation of "service de correspondance " (French → English) :

The net cost of universal service obligations is any cost related to and necessary for the operation of the universal service provision.

In other words, if the same undertaking has entered into several public service contracts, the accounts of the transport undertakings should specify which public compensation corresponds to which public service contract.

As regards services of general interest, this Directive covers only services of general economic interest, i.e. services that correspond to an economic activity and are open to competition.

As regards services of general interest, this Directive covers only services of general economic interest, i.e. services that correspond to an economic activity and are open to competition.

* The maximum part of the market reservable for the Universal Service Provider in each Member State be 350g in weight or five times the basic tariff of an item of correspondence;

(51) Since the objectives of the proposed action, namely setting a common level of universal service for telecommunications for all European users and of harmonising conditions for access to and use of public telephone networks at a fixed location and related publicly available telephone services and also achieving a harmonised framework for the regulation of electronic communications services, electronic communications networks and associated facilities, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore by reason of the scale or effects of the action be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt mea ...[+++]sures in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty.