Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. M. GIL-ROBLES
For the Council
The President
J.-C. JUNCKER
(1) OJ C 322, 2. 12. 1995, p. 22, and
OJ C 300, 10. 10. 1996, p. 22.
(2) OJ C 174, 17. 6. 1996, p. 41.
(3) OJ C 337, 11. 11. 1996, p. 28.
(4) OJ C 42, 15. 2. 1993, p. 240.
(5) OJ C 48, 16. 2. 1994, p. 3.
(6) Opinion of the European Parliament of 9 May 1996 (OJ C 152, 27. 5. 1996, p. 20), Council Common Position of 29 April 1997 (OJ C 188, 19. 6. 1997, p. 9) and Decision of the European Parliament of 16 September 1997 (OJ C 304, 6. 10. 1997, p. 34); Decision of the European Parliament of 19 November 1997 and Decision of the Council of 1 December 1997.
(7) OJ L 95, 21. 4. 1993, p. 29.
(8) OJ L 109, 26. 4. 1983, p. 8. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 96/139/EC (OJ L 32, 10. 2. 1996, p. 31).
ANNEX
Quality standards for intra-Community cross-border mail
The quality standards for intra-Community cross-border mail in each country are to be established in relation to the time limit for routing measured from end to end (*) for postal items of the fastest standard category according to the formula formula D + n, where D represents the date of deposit (**) and n the number of working days which elapse between that date and that delivery to the addressee.
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The standards must be achieved not only for the entirety of intra-Community traffic but also for each of the bilateral flows between two Member States.
(*) End-to-end routing is measured from the access point to the network to the point of delivery to the addressee.
(**) The date of deposit to be taken into account shall be the same day as that on which the item is deposited, provided that deposit occurs before the last collection time notified from the access point to the network in question. When deposit takes place after this time limit, the date of deposit to be taken into consideration will be that of the following day of collection.