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Technical and operational issues
with multiple designated
operators in one country
Postal Technology Center
CA C 1 RIPG on 09.04.2014

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DO
A
DO
B
DO
C
Country A Country B
Posting/collection
At the post office, only the country of destination is known, not the operator
of destination.
How to identify the operator that will receive EMSEVT event A and B?
Or ?
Operational and technical issues

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Item identifier (S10)
The item identifier contains only the country code of origin of the item.
For mail sent in transit, missent mail and mail received outside receptacle, the
operator of origin cannot be identify unless EDI messages were exchanged.
 Impact in the accounting, EDI transmissions and performance reports.
Operational and technical issues
DO
A
DO
B
DO
C
Country A Country B

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International Mail Processing Centre (IMPC)
The two first characters of the IMPC codes correspond to the country hosting
the IMPC.
 Difficulties to identify the owner of the IMPC as it could be any operator
within the country.
Operational and technical issues
KGFRUA Kirghiz Post J1CKGA Letters
KGFRUB Kirghiz Post J1CKGA Parcels
KGFRUC Kirghiz Post J1CKGA EMS
KGFRUD Kirghiz Post J1CKGA Empty bags
KGFRUE Kyrgzy Exp. J1CKGB Letters / Parcels / Empty bags
Kirgizstan

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BA QM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country code “BA”
QN
Solution proposed:
Allocate country codes to all designated operators

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• IMPC BAOMOD / BASJJA
• S10 AA000000000BA
• EDI BAxxx
BA
BH Post
• IMPC QMBNXA
• S10 AA000000000QM
• EDI QMxxx
QM
Poste Srpske
• IMPC QNOMOA
• S10 AA000000000QN
• EDI QNxxx
QN
HP Mostar

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BA
QM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country code “BA”
QN
International mail flow
IMPC BAOMOD / BASJJA
S10 AA000000000BA
EDI BAxxx
IMPC QMBNXA
S10 AA000000000QM
EDI QMxxx
IMPC QNOMOA
S10 AA000000000QN
EDI QNxxx

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BA
QM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country code “BA”
QN
International mail flow
Transit of international mail (à découvert and closed transit)

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BA
QM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country code “BA”
QN
International or domestic mail flow

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Benefits:
+ EDI messages sent to the correct mailboxes
+ International accounting performed with each operator
+ No ambiguity with the item identifiers and IMPC codes
+ Performance reports generated per operator
+ Inward land rates calculated per operator
+ No changes in the item identifier structure (S10)

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Constraints:
Transit mail received by an operator of a country with final
destination another operator of the same country has to be
forwarded according the UPU regulations for à découvert and
closed transit mail.
 Creation of fake countries

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Issues:
⁻ Solution still to be found for the posting/collection issue in
case of multiple operators competing within the same country.
⁻ Other issues?