Liberalisation in Ireland has already commenced and since the transposition of the Directives, the weight limit applying to postal items falling within the reserved area (and therefore not open to competition) has been reduced to 50g from 1 January 2006 with a price limit of two and a half times the basic tariff (currently 55c) for domestic and inbound international.
Dalībvalstis savā kopējā nostājā bija piekritušas vairumam Eiropas Parlamenta prasību, ko deputāti pauda pirmajā lasījumā, 2007. gada jūlijā.