Effective April 1, 2012, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) section 297.2 to reflect a new minimum threshold to qualify for a Global Expedited Package Services (GEPS) contract.
Consistent with Postal Regulatory Commission Order No. 1225, issued on February 10, 2012, we are revising our mailing standards to stipulate that, in order to qualify for a GEPS contract, a mailer must be capable, on an annualized basis, of paying at least $200,000 in international postage to the Postal Service, rather than $50,000 or 2,500 mailpieces as previously stated. The order and other related documents are available at www.prc.gov, Docket Number MC2012-8. In addition, we published a corresponding Federal Register final rule (Document Number 2012-05049, published 3-2-2012), which may be accessed at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/pdf/2012-5049.pdf.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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2 Conditions for Mailing
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290 Commercial Services
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297 Customized Agreements
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297.2 Qualifying Mailers
[Revise 297.2 to read as follows:]
To qualify for a GEPS contract, a mailer must be capable, on an annualized basis, of paying at least $200,000 in international postage to the Postal Service.
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We will incorporate this revision into the monthly update of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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