BIEK Releases KEP Position Paper for the Federal Election

In its position paper ‘Impulses for 2021+: What the High-Performance Parcel Industry of Tomorrow Needs’, the Federal Association of Parcel and Express Logistics (BIEK) has defined key points that consolidate wishes, suggestions, and solutions for current and upcoming challenges in the courier, express, and parcel industry (KEP).

(Berlin) ‘KEP companies make an indispensable contribution to the supply of the economy and society with their high-quality services,’ explains BIEK Chairman Marten Bosselmann. ‘The Corona pandemic has made it even more visible: Even in times of crisis, the fast, flexible, and reliable service of parcel services is always dependable. In order for the parcel industry to continue to harness its potential as an innovation, economic, and job engine for Germany in the future, politics must create the necessary framework conditions and enable fair competition among parcel services both nationally and internationally. The prerequisites must be right so that companies can realize attractive jobs, comprehensive digitization, and effective environmental protection.’

The BIEK positions at a glance:

MODERN CITY LOGISTICS
Support innovative concepts

• Pass the Economic Traffic Act
  – Introduce new traffic sign ‘Loading Zone’
  – Create legal certainty for mobile micro-depots
  – Enable digital traffic management

• Increase traffic safety
• Further promote electromobility
• Consider logistics in planning law

ATTRACTIVE JOBS
Ensure good working conditions

• Counteract the shortage of skilled workers
• Treat companies equally regarding driving and rest times
• Enable modern working models
• Harmonize Sunday and holiday driving bans

SUSTAINABILITY AND FUTURE
Promote infrastructures, avoid bureaucracy

• Design CO₂ pricing fairly
• Establish European solutions for long trucks
• Ensure night flight operations
• Advocate for open borders as a basis for (supply) security
• Advance comprehensive broadband expansion
• Support consistent digitization of logistics
• Simplify customs processing

FAIR COMPETITION
Strictly separate regulation of letter and parcel shipments

• Separate business areas ‘Letter’ and ‘Parcel’
• Limit universal service to the letter area
• Exclude the shipment of goods as letter-like shipments
• Strengthen abuse supervision
• Consider functioning competition in fee regulation
• Sell federal shares in Deutsche Post

The position paper ‘Impulses for 2021+: What the High-Performance Parcel Industry of Tomorrow Needs’

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