The prices and fees for the services that fall under the range of the universal service must be:
- affordable and also enable all users to access the available services, regardless of their geographical position,
- cost-based, whereby they must encourage efficient provision of the universal service,
- offering the same types of services on the whole territory of the Republic of Slovenia, and
- transparent and non-discriminatory.
The procedure for changing the prices
Before changing the prices of the universal service, the universal service provider must first obtain approval from the Agency. It must publish the prices on its website and in its premises at least 7 days before they are implemented. Before issuing approval the Agency must verify whether the proposed prices are in accordance with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, and ensuring competition, and that they are formed in accordance with Article 35 of ZPSto-2, which details the price of the universal service.
The Agency must verify the proposal for changes to the prices and issue a decision within 30 days of receiving the proposal. It has the option of extending said deadline by 15 days if it requires additional data and calculations.
Between 2011 and 2019 the Agency approved the proposals from the universal service provider Pošta Slovenije, d.o.o., to change the prices of the universal service in domestic and cross-border traffic, as the following two tables show.
Prices of the universal postal service (A and B stamps) in domestic traffic (2011 - 2019)
Notes:
- As of 1 August 2014, the products ordinary letter up to 20 g and over 20 g up to 50 g were merged into one product - ordinary letter up to 50 g;
- as from 20.7.2016, the ordinary letter up to 20 g was changed to ordinary letter up to 50 g;
- prices are expressed in EUR excluding VAT.
Universal postal service prices (C and D stamps) in cross-border traffic (2010-2018)
Notes:
- As of 1.8.2016, the product ordinary letter up to 20 g was changed to ordinary letter up to 50 g;
- prices are expressed in EUR excluding VAT.
The services included in the universal postal service have been exempt from value added tax since 1 January 2011.The price list of all services included in the universal postal service is available on the website of Pošte Slovenije d.o.o.