📋 Tender Overview
Clearer provider concept changed weight limit for light goods and shared responsibility for managing the postcode system. These are some of the changes the Ministry of Transport and Communications is now proposing in the Postal Act. On 1 January 2016 the new Postal Act entered into force. After gaining some experience with the new law the Ministry of Transport and Communications proposes some changes.Among other things it is proposed to clarify the concept of provider in order to remove uncertainty about who are providers under the Postal Act. As part of the implementation of the Parcel Post Ordinance it is proposed to change the weight limit for light goods from up to 20 kg to up to 31.5 kg. Furthermore the Ministry proposes to repeal the provision which has not yet entered into force that a user complaints board be established for postal cases as the scope of complaints is relatively low and the Consumer Agencys processing of postal cases takes into account consumer considerations and EU requirements for complaints. Some complaints are proposed that Nkom should process.It is also proposed to transfer part of the responsibility for the management of the public postcode system from Posten Norge AS to Nkom. The Ministry proposes a division of responsibilities for the administration between Nkom and providers with a delivery obligation. In addition it is proposed to repeal the Postal Acts provision that providers must require a police certificate when offering a position that entails processing of postal items.
