Overview
- The Monopolkommission publicly submitted a formal statement to the Bundesnetzagentur criticizing a mid‑October draft that would let Deutsche Post raise average postal rates by up to 20.35 percent for 2027–2028.
- Deutsche Post has translated the draft ceilings into concrete requests, including raising the domestic standard letter from €0.95 to €1.15 from January 1.
- The advisory body argues the regulator accepts many of Deutsche Post’s claimed 'lasten' or costs, in particular costs tied to a hypothetically optimized filial, or branch, network.
- The Monopolkommission warns that recognizing those filial costs inflates allowed tariffs and creates a risk that universal‑service customers would indirectly subsidize other Deutsche Post business units, harming competitors.
- The Bundesnetzagentur must now review the Monopolkommission’s submission and decide whether to revise its cost method, reject filial costs, or commission a neutral re‑calculation before issuing a final price ceiling.