country reports on liberalisation and privatisation processes forms of regulation in the german postal services sector kathrin drews wirtschafts und sozialwissenschaftliches institut wsi deliverable 1 for project public impact quality employment productivity pique cit5 2006 028478 strep june may 2009 funded by european commission s 6th framework programme workpackage lead partner catholic university leuven dissemination level restricted november der hans böckler stiftung straße 39 d 40476 düsseldorf tel 0049 211 7778 239 fax 250 thorsten schulten boeckler de www contents i introduction market structure 2 before 3 steps 4 current remaining challenges 8 11 instruments during process problems 15 actors ownership 16 role government other stakeholders 18 19 conflicts 20 conclusion outlook 22 references 24 ii list tables table