S.L. 254.1 Art. 64JGeneral access for the provision of postal services.

(1) A postal operator shall have a right and, when requested by another postal operator, an obligation to negotiate access with a view to concluding an agreement with each other for the purpose of providing postal services and shall serve a notice on the Authority upon the commencement of any such negotiations.

(2) The Authority shall, if so requested in writing by either party to the negotiations, specify the period within which the negotiations referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be completed.

(3) Where agreement is not reached within the period specified by the Authority under sub-regulation (2), the Authority, at its discretion and if so requested by either party to the negotiations, may take steps to resolve any dispute which may have arisen as a result of the failure to reach an agreement: Provided that the resolution of any such dispute shall be in accordance with procedures established and maintained by the Authority.

(4) A postal operator which acquires information from another postal operator before, during or after the process of negotiating access arrangements shall use that information solely for the purpose for which it was supplied, and shall respect at all times the confidentiality of information transmitted or stored. The received information shall not be passed on to any other person including any subsidiaries or partners, for whom such information could provide a competitive advantage.