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June 2000

The MG PTT (the mutual benefit society of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones) traditionally destined for the employees of Post Office and Telecoms, change of name, by becoming Mutuelle Générale, and of statutes, by opening to new categorizes of workers.

1st January 2003

Opening to competition for the upper 100 g mail. (Second postal Directive in 2002)

2005

The law on postal deregulation; a postal credit establishment is created; the Proriol amendment provides for the presence of postal service within 5 km of all French citizens.

20 May 2005

Deregulation postal law in order to open the full postal markets.

2006

After creating the circulation of non-liquid currency (the 1817 mandate), bringing the concept of popular savings to the provinces (the National Savings Bank in 1881), making the check available to the population at large (the postal checking account in 1918), and participating in the rise of public credit offerings (the postal Visa card in 1982-83), the French Post Office incorporates the Postal Bank as of 1 January and assumes the status of a bank.

1st January 2006

Full market opening for the upper 50 g mail (Second postal Directive).

March 2006

From groupings of different postal services like SNTP, SPP (philatelic service of La Poste) and ITVF (printing house of stamps of La Poste) was born Phil@post, subsidiary company of La Poste Group, under the head direction of the Courrier.

1st March 2010

The French Post Office, Groupe La Poste, changes their statutes to become a 100% public capital limited company : La Poste S.A.

1st January 2011

End of the monopoly of mail established in 1801. The hexagonal market, whatever the kind of mail, is open to the concurrence (third postal UE directive).

May 2011

Greenovia is a new wholly owned subsidiary of La Poste Group which propose an expertise in the automobile fleets resources (electrical cars particularly) to the others companies or local communities.