S.I. No. 94/2007 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 78) Scheme 2007

1. Postal Packet

€5.00

Up to 100 g

Registration service provides for compensation up to €320

€5.50

250 g

In respect of postal packets sent to an address in Ireland

€6.50

500g

(a) For an additional payment of €4.00, maximum compensation to €1,500

€9.00

1 kg

(b) For an additional payment of €5.00, maximum compensation to €2,000

€11.50

2 kg

FOURTH SCHEDULE

POSTAIM SERVICE - RATES OF POSTAGE (€)

More Than 50g

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Description of postal packet

Weight

Limit of Size

Volume Requirement

Volume Requirement

Volume Requirement

Volume Requirement

2,000

75,001

250,001

500,000+

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-

-

75,000

250,000

500,000

Items posted in the Postaim Service

51 - 100g

(1)

✱

Minimum dimensions

90mm × 140mm × .18 mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.

Maximum dimensions

162mm × 235mm × 5mm.

0.42

0.40

0.38

0.37

(2)

✱

Minimum dimensions

0.69

0.65

0.63

0.63

90mm × 140mm × .18mm, with a tolerance of 2mm

Maximum dimensions

300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.

(3)

✱

1.86

1.86

1.86

1.86

Minimum dimensions

70mm × 100mm (In roll form: Length and twice diameter; 170mm, greatest dimension not less than 100mm).

Maximum dimensions

Length, width and depth combined 900mm greatest dimension not exceeding 600mm, with a tolerance of 2mm (In roll form: Length and twice diameter; 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm) with a tolerance of 2mm.

✱

Where a letter falls within more than one of (1) (2) or (3) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

101 - 250g

(1)✻

0.99

0.95

0.93

0.93

251 - 500g

Minimum dimensions

90mm × 140mm × .18mm.

Maximum dimensions

300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.

1.27

1.22

1.19

1.19

501 – 1kg

1.69

1.60

1.56

1.56

(2)✻

101 - 250g

Minimum dimensions

70mm × 100mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 170mm, greatest dimension not less than 100mm).

2.40

2.40

2.40

2.40

251 - 500g

3.40

3.40

3.40

3.40

501 – 1kg

5.46

5.46

5.46

5.46

Maximum dimensions

Length, width and depth combined: 900 mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 600mm, with a tolerance of 2mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm).

✻ Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

Given under the common seal of An Post this 28 day of Feb, 2007.

Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto

Director

Director/Secretary

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Scheme applies to the Inland Post Service and shall be operative from the 1

st

day of March, 2007. It changes the rates of postage for items and certain services outside of the reserved area as defined in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 616 of 2002). It provides for changes in certain discounts with effect from 1

st

March, 2007. It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for Postaim Services above 50 grammes.

2. A

“Flat”

is a postal packet with the following dimensions

Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions specified at 1 above:-

Minimum dimensions

90mm × 140mm × .18mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.

Maximum dimensions

300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.

3. A

“Packet”

is a postal packet with the following dimensions

Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions specified at 1 or 2:-

Minimum dimensions

70mm × 100mm × 25 mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 170mm, greatest dimension not less than 100mm).

Maximum dimensions

Length, width and depth combined: 900 mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 600mm, with a tolerance of 2mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm) with a tolerance of 2mm.

4. An

“An Post Mail Centre”

means the Dublin Mail Centre, the Portlaoise Mail Centre, the Athlone Mail Centre or the Cork Mail Centre.

5. An

“An Post Office of Acceptance”

means those offices designated for the purposes of this Scheme by An Post, in any location.

6.

“Deferred Processing”

means sortation at least one business day after the postal packet enters the public postal network.

7.

“Pre-sorted”

means items pre-sorted according to the required pre-sort specifications supplied from time to time by An Post.

THIRD SCHEDULE

REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS

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Description of item

Charge

Limit of Weight

Maximum Compensation

6. Deferred processing pre-noon, 85% auto-sort

0.13

0.19

0.26

0.31

0.35

Presentation of in excess of 350 postal packets bearing a franking impression approved by An Post or presentation of in excess of 2000 postal packets bearing a prepaid Ceadunas stamp at An Post office of Acceptance

7. Deferred processing pre-noon, >0% auto-sort

0.09

0.09

0.12

0.17

0.20

For the purposes of this table

8. Regulation 15 of Scheme No. 74 is hereby repealed.

9. Regulation 10 of this Scheme applies to postal packets in respect of which agreements are made with An Post in order to achieve cost savings for An Post and the sharing of those cost savings with senders.

10. There shall be charged and paid upon postal packets posted to which this Scheme applies the rates specified at Item 1 in the First Column of the First Schedule to the Principal Warrant. Subject to the terms of the agreement agreed by the sender and An Post and this Scheme, a sender shall benefit from the discount per postal packet specified in the Second Schedule to this Scheme. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation 10 of the Principal Warrant, all postal packets to which this Regulation applies shall bear a prepaid Ceadunas stamp or franking impression approved by An Post.

11. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.

12. The First Schedule to Scheme No. 36 is hereby amended by the substitution of the entries therein contained relating to postal packets weighing more than 50g (as inserted by Regulation 7 of Scheme No. 76) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE

RATES OF POSTAGE

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Description of Postal Packet

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Rate of Postage (€)

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Limit of Size

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Limit of Weight

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Conditions

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 94 of 2007

INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 78) SCHEME 2007.

S.I. No. 94 of 2007

INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 78) SCHEME, 2007.

An Post, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 70 of the Postal and Telecommunications Act 1983 (No. 24 of 1983) as amended by Regulation 8(4) of the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 616 of 2002), hereby makes the following Scheme