NACE H53 - Postal and Courier Activities

Activities

Postal Services Under Universal Service Obligation:

• Includes: Activities of postal services operating under a universal service obligation by one or more designated universal service providers. The activities include use of the universal service infrastructure, including retail sale locations, sorting and processing facilities, and carrier routes to pick up and deliver mail. The delivery can include letter post, in other words, letters, postcards, printed papers (newspapers, periodicals, advertising items, and so on), small packets, goods or documents. Also included are other services necessary to support the universal service obligation; pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic (national) or international) of letter post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by postal services operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport; collection of letter-mail and parcels from public letter boxes or from post offices

• Excludes: Postal giro, postal savings activities and money order activities

Activities

Multi-modal courier services:

• Includes: pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic (national) or international) of letter post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by businesses operating outside the scope of a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport; provision of home delivery services, including food.
• Excludes: Transport of freight; delivery of furniture, can include unpacking or installation; home delivery of prepared meals, if performed by the same unit which prepares the meals.

Activities

Intermediation service activities for postal and courier activities :

• Includes: the intermediation of postal and courier activities, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the postal and courier services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the postal and courier service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space); any intermediation service undertaken by third parties to postal service providers and offered to business and domestic (household) clients; operation of online platforms to allow people to book a food delivery
• Excludes: Provision of food delivery services; operation of online platforms for home delivery of prepared meals, if the delivery is carried out by the same unit which prepares the meals; monetary intermediation service activities (e.g. money transfer through post offices)