Article 151. Postal services sector.

1. The provisions of the code apply to activities relating to the provision of: a) postal services; b) other services, other than postal ones, when they are provided by an entity that also provides postal services and provided that the latter do not concern activities directly exposed to competition on freely accessible markets, pursuant to article 143. 2. For the purposes of the code and without prejudice to the provisions of Legislative Decree 22 July 1999, n. 261 means: a) «postal item»: an item addressed in its definitive form at the moment in which it is taken over, regardless of its weight, which has as its object correspondence, books, catalogues, newspapers, periodicals and postal parcels containing goods with or without commercial value; (b) 'postal services': services consisting in the collection, sorting, transport and distribution of postal items, including both services falling within the scope of application of the universal service established pursuant to Directive 97/67 /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997, and of those which are excluded from it; c) «other services other than postal services»: the management services of postal services, before sending and after sending , including mail sorting services, and shipping services other than those referred to in letter a), such as the shipping of unaddressed advertising items. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023