%0 Journal Article %T Un an芍lisis de la transformaci車n del servicio universal y el 芍mbito reservado en las pol赤ticas de competencia del sector postal en la Uni車n Europea %A Pateiro Rodr赤guez %A Carlos %A Prado Dom赤nguez %A Javier %J Gesti車n y pol赤tica p迆blica %D 2010 %I Centro de Investigaci車n y Docencia Econ車micas %X the postal sector has suffered an intense process of transformation oriented towards creating a competitive frame in the european union (eu). being considered of general interest in the european directives, these define and delimit universal postal services (ups) and impose universal service obligations (uso). the first problem is financing the uso, solved through the allocation of a reserved scope or a compensating fund for the operator. like each member state presents its peculiarities from the starting point and throughout the whole process, the effects of opening up of the postal market can be very different. this work analyses the funding alternatives of the ups problem digging deeper into eu case, where some normative steps have been taken, both regarding the financing of the ups and the regulation of access to the network. %K universal postal service %K reserved scope %K access %K competition %K regulation %K liberalization. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-10792010000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en