EC investigating whether Czech Post is getting too much state support

The European Commission has begun examining in detail whether the Czech Post is not receiving too much state compensation for providing a mandatory postal service.

The EU executive arm is examining whether the amount of up to CZK 7.5 billion provisionally earmarked for the period 2018 to 2022 does not violate EU state aid rules.

The Czech government approached the commission with a request for approval of the state support in January. Brussels is now responding to a complaint from two competing companies and may order the Czech Republic to limit the aid.

Already in November, the EC received a complaint from postal competitors that the amount for basic Czech postal services was too high.