The exclusive postal license to commercially deliver letters of up to 50g of the Österreichische Post AG expired in January 2011, when the market was fully liberalized.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. 