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PostEurop is the association of European public postal operators, one of the constituent unions of the
Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...
. PostEurop was created in 1993 to simplify the exchange of mails in Europe, a task previously undertaken by the
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on June 26, 1959, by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal ...
(CEPT, from its
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
acronym). A smaller but similar organization is the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation. PostEurop's headquarters are in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. Since 1993 PostEurop has co-ordinated the annual issue of Europa postage stamps, previously a CEPT function.


Members


See also

* Small European Postal Administration Cooperation


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* Postal organizations Universal Postal Union Organisations based in Brussels International organisations based in Belgium Organizations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Europe 1993 establishments in Belgium {{Europe-org-stub