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
(CEPT, from its
French
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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
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.
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
References
External links
*
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
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