See also: Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services as last amended by Directive 2008/6/EC, Article 7(1), establishes that Member States shall not grant or maintain in force exclusive or special rights for the establishment and provision of postal services. Under the national law, there is no monopoly with respect to parcels. The postal sector was fully liberalized since 1 January 2012.