Due to the labour intensive nature of the sector and in order to limit the administrative burden on small parcel delivery service providers who are only active on a national or regional market, a threshold of fewer than 50 persons should be applied, based on the number of persons who were working for the service provider over the previous calendar year and who were involved in the provision of parcel delivery services in the Member State in which the provider is established, unless that provider is established in more than one Member State.
De bharr gur earnáil dlúthshaothair í an earnáil agus chun go mbeadh teorainn leis an ualach riaracháin a bheadh ar sholáthraithe beaga seirbhísí seachadta beartán nach bhfuil gníomhach ach ar mhargadh náisiúnta nó ar mhargadh réigiúnach, ba cheart tairseach is lú ná 50 duine a chur i bhfeidhm, bunaithe ar mheánlíon na ndaoine a bhí ag obair don soláthraí seirbhíse le linn na bliana féilire roimhe sin agus a raibh baint acu le soláthar seirbhísí seachadta beartán sa Bhallstát ina bhfuil an soláthraí bunaithe, ach amháin má tá an soláthraí sin bunaithe i níos mó ná aon Bhallstát amháin.