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. As of 1 January 2013, the Czech postal market was fully liberalized and the Czech Post (Česká Pošta) lost its monopoly on letters weighing less than 50 grams.