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 [pic] | EUROOPA ÜHENDUSTE KOMISJON |Brüssel 20.10.2005KOM(2005) 510 lõplik2005/0212 (ACC)2005/0213 (ACC)EttepanekNÕUKOGU OTSUSEuroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel kokkuleppe sõlmimise kohtaEt tepanekNÕUKOGU MÄÄRUSmis käsitleb EÜ poolt üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 raames peetud läbirääkimiste tulemusel sõlmitud kokkuleppe rakendamist ja millega muudetakse tariifi- ja statistikanomenklatuuri ning ühist tollitariifistikku käsitleva määruse (EMÜ) nr 2658/87 I lisa(komisjoni esitatud)SELETUSKIRI1. Üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT) artikli XXIV lõike 6 sätted kohustavad tolliliidu laiendamise raames EÜd alustama läbirääkimisi kolmandate riikidega, kellel on läbirääkimisõigus mis tahes liituvas riigiga, et leppida kokku kompenseeriva täpsustuse suuruses juhul, kui EÜ välise tollitariifirežiimi vastuvõtmise tulemuseks on tariifi tõus üle taseme, millega liituv riik on ennast sidunud WTOs, „võttes arvesse sama tariifirea tollimaksude vähendamist teiste tolliliidu asutajaliikmete poolt“.2. Nõukogu volitas 22. märtsil 2004 komisjoni algatama üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõikele 6 vastavad läbirääkimised (KOM ettepanek 6792/04 WTO 34).3. Läbirääkimisi on peetud komisjoni juhtimisel, konsulteerides asutamislepingu artikliga 133 loodud komiteega ning nõukogu sätestatud läbirääkimisjuhiste raames.4. Komisjon pidas läbirääkimisi WTO liikmetega, kellel on läbirääkimisõigus erikontsessioonide tühistamiseks seoses Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendite tühistamisega Euroopa Ühendusega liitumise ajal.5. Läbirääkimiste tulemuseks on kokkuleppe sõlmimine Tai Kuningriigiga kirjavahetuse teel.6. Ettepanekuga palutakse nõukogul kokkulepe heaks kiita.2005/0212 (ACC)EttepanekNÕUKOGU OTSUSEuroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel kokkuleppe sõlmimise kohtaEUROOPA LIIDU NÕUKOGU,võttes arvesse Euroopa Ühenduse asutamislepingut, eriti selle artiklit 133 koos artikli 300 lõike 2 esimese lõigu esimese lausega,võttes arvesse komisjoni ettepanekutning arvestades järgmist:(1) Nõukogu volitas 22. märtsil 2004 komisjoni algatama läbirääkimisi teatud teiste WTO liikmetega üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 alusel Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi Euroopa Ühendusega ühinemise käigus.(2) Läbirääkimisi on peetud komisjoni juhtimisel, konsulteerides asutamislepingu artikliga 133 loodud komiteega ning nõukogu sätestatud läbirääkimisjuhiste raames.(3) Komisjon viis lõpule läbirääkimised Euroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel kokkuleppe sõlmimise kohta. Kokkulepe tuleks heaks kiita,ON TEINUD JÄRGMISE OTSUSE:Artikkel 1Ühendus kiidab käesolevaga heaks Euroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahelise kirjavahetuse teel sõlmitud kokkuleppe seoses erikontsesioonide kõrvaldamisega seoses Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendite tühistamisega nende Euroopa Ühendusega liitumise ajal.Kokkuleppe tekst on lisatud käesolevale otsusele.Artikkel 2Komisjon võtab käesoleva kokkuleppe rakendamise üksikasjalikud eeskirjad vastu käesoleva otsuse artiklis 3 sätestatud korras.Artikkel 31. Komisjonile on abiks määruse (EÜ) nr 1784/2003 artikliga 25 asutatud teraviljaturu korralduskomitee või vastav asjaomaste tooteturgude ühist korraldust käsitleva määruse vastava artikliga asutatud komitee.2. Kui viidatakse käesolevale lõikele, kohaldatakse otsuse 1999/468/EÜ artikleid 4 ja 7.Otsuse 1999/468/EÜ artikli 4 lõikes 3 ettenähtud ajavahemik on üks kuu.3. Väljapoole kõnealuse sätte lõiget 1 jäävates küsimustes on komisjonile abiks vastavalt nõukogu määruse (EMÜ) nr 2913/92 artiklile 247 asutatud tolliseadustiku komitee.4. Kui viidatakse käesolevale lõikele, kohaldatakse otsuse 1999/468/EÜ artikleid 4 ja 7.5. Otsuse 1999/468/EÜ artikli 4 lõikes 3 sätestatud tähtajaks kehtestatakse kolm kuud.Artikkel 4Nõukogu eesistuja on volitatud määrama isiku(d), kellel on õigus artiklis 1 viidatud kirjavahetuse teel sõlmitud kokkuleppele alla kirjutada ja see ühenduse suhtes siduvaks muuta.Brüssel, [...]Nõukogu nimeleesistujaKOKKULEPEEuroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel sõlmitud kokkulepeseoses kontsessioonide muutmisega Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendis nende Euroopa Ühendusega liitumise ajal.Euroopa Ühenduste kiriBrüssel,Lugupeetud...Euroopa Ühenduste (EÜ) ja Tai Kuningriigi vaheliste üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 ja artikli XXVIII alusel algatatud läbirääkimiste tulemusena, mis käsitlevad Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendite kontsessioonide muutmist Euroopa Ühendusega liitumise ajal, leppisid EÜ ja Tai Kuningriik kokku järgnevas, lõpetades läbirääkimised, mis algatati EÜ WTOle 19. jaanuaril 2004 saadetud teatisest tulenevalt vastavalt üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT, 1994) artikli XXIV lõikele 6.EÜ nõustub lisama EÜ 25 tolliterritooriumi loendisse kontsessioonid, mis sisaldusid ka eelmises, EÜ 15 loendis.EÜ nõustub lisama EÜ 25 loendisse kontsessioonid, mis sisalduvad kõnealuse kokkuleppe lisas.Tai Kuningriik aktsepteerib EÜ lähenemise põhikomponente kohustuste kohandamisel EÜ 15 ja Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi suhtes pärast EÜ hiljutist laienemist, mis on järgmised: ekspordikohustuste tasaarveldus; tariifikvootide tasaarveldus; omamaiste toetamiskohustuste liitmine.Käesolev kokkulepe jõustub päeval, mil EÜ ja Tai Kuningriik vahetavad kokkuleppekirjad, pärast seda, kui pooled on kokkulepet kaalunud vastavalt nende enda menetlustele. EÜ annab oma parima, et kehtestada asjakohased rakendusmeetmed enne 1. jaanuari 2006 ja igal juhul enne 1. juulit 2006.Euroopa ühenduste nimelKOKKULEPEEuroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel sõlmitudseoses soodustuste muutmisega Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendis nende riikide Euroopa Ühendustega ühinemise käigusTai Kuningriigi kiriBangkok,Lugupeetud...Viitan Teie kirjale, mille sisu on järgmine:„Euroopa Ühenduste (EÜ) ja Tai Kuningriigi vaheliste üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 ja artikli XXVIII alusel algatatud läbirääkimiste tulemusena, mis käsitlevad soodustuste muutmist Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi loendites nende riikide Euroopa Ühendusega liitumise käigus, leppisid EÜ ja Tai Kuningriik, et lõpetada läbirääkimised, mis algatati EÜ WTOle 19. jaanuaril 2004 saadetud teatisest tulenevalt vastavalt üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT, 1994) artikli XXIV lõikele 6, kokku järgmises:EÜ nõustub lisama EÜ 25 tolliterritooriumi loendisse soodustused, mis sisaldusid ka eelmises, EÜ 15 loendis.EÜ nõustub lisama EÜ 25 loendisse soodustused, mis sisalduvad kõnealuse kokkuleppe lisas.Tai Kuningriik aktsepteerib EÜ lähenemisviisi põhikomponente kohustuste kohandamisel EÜ 15 ja Tšehhi Vabariigi, Eesti Vabariigi, Küprose Vabariigi, Läti Vabariigi, Leedu Vabariigi, Ungari Vabariigi, Malta Vabariigi, Poola Vabariigi, Sloveenia Vabariigi ja Slovaki Vabariigi suhtes pärast EÜ hiljutist laienemist. Kõnealused kohustused on järgmised: ekspordikohustuste tasaarveldus, tariifikvootide tasaarveldus; omamaiste toetamiskohustuste liitmine.Käesolev kokkulepe jõustub päeval, mil EÜ ja Tai Kuningriik vahetavad kokkuleppekirjad pärast seda, kui pooled on kokkulepet kaalunud vastavalt nende enda menetlustele. EÜ annab oma parima, et kehtestada asjakohased rakendusmeetmed enne 1. jaanuari 2006 ja igal juhul enne 1. juulit 2006.“Mul on au teatada, et minu valitsus nõustub kirja sisuga.Tai Kuningriigi nimelLISA16042070: uus aastane tariifikvoot 2558 tonni, millest 1816 tonni on määratud Tai Kuningriigile, ülejäänud põhimõttel erga omnes , kvoodijärgne tariif on 0% kvoodiväline tariif on 24%.16042050: uus aastane tariifikvoot 2275 tonni, millest 1410 tonni on määratud Tai Kuningriigile, ülejäänud põhimõttel erga omnes , kvoodijärgne tariif on 0% kvoodiväline tariif on 25%.100610 (koorimata riis):uus aastane kvoot ( erga omnes ) 7 tonni, kvoodijärgne tariif on 15%.100620 (kooritud riis): uus aastane kvoot ( erga omnes )1634 tonni, kvoodijärgne tariif on 15%.100630 (pool-/täielikult kroovitud riis): 25516tonnine ( erga omnes ) aastase kvoodi tõus praeguses EÜ 15 kvoodis, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%.1200 tonnine eraldis Tai Kuningriigile liita praegusele EÜ 15 pool-/ täielikult kroovitud riisi kvoodile, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%.100640 (purustatud riis): 31788tonnine ( erga omnes ) aastase kvoodi tõus praeguses EÜ 15 kvoodis, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%.FINANTSSELGITUS |KUUPÄEV: 13/09/2005 |1. | EELARVERUBRIIK: 10. peatükk – Põllumajandussaaduste tollimaksud 12. peatükk – Tollimaksud | VAHENDID B 2005: 10,37 miljonit eurot |2. | JAOTIS: Nõukogu otsuse ettepanek, mis käsitleb Euroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel kokkuleppe sõlmimist seoses üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõikes 6 sätestatud kompenseeriva täpsustusega. |3. | ÕIGUSLIK ALUS: Asutamislepingu artikkel 133: |4. | EESMÄRGID: Järgida üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõiget 6 seoses tolliliidu laienemisega alates 1. maist 2004. |5. | FINANTSTAGAJÄRJED | 12-KUULINE PERIOOD (miljonites eurodes) | JOOKSEV EELARVEAASTA 2005 (miljonites eurodes) | JÄRGMINE EELARVEAASTA 2006 (miljonites eurodes) |5.0 | KULUD - EÜ EELARVEST MAKSTAVAD (TOETUSED/SEKKUMISED) - RIIGIASUTUSED - MUUD | - | - | - |5.1 | LAEKUMISED - EÜ OMAVAHENDID (LÕIVUD/TOLLIMAKSUD) - RIIKLIKUD | - | - 10,37 (1) | (1) |[n+2] | [n+3] | [n+4] | [n+5] |5.0.1 | KULUDE EELKALKULATSIOON | - | - | - | - |5.1.1 | KAVANDATUD TULUD | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) |5.2 | ARVUTAMISMEETOD: |6.0 | KAS PROJEKTI SAAB RAHASTADA JOOKSVA EELARVE ASJAKOHASES PEATÜKIS KAVANDATUD ASSIGNEERINGUTEGA? | ei kohaldata |6.1 | KAS PROJEKTI SAAB RAHASTADA ASSIGNEERINGUTE ÜMBERPAIGUTAMISEGA JOOKSVA EELARVE PEATÜKKIDE VAHEL? | ei kohaldata |6.2 | KAS ON VAJA TÄIENDUSEELARVET? | EI |6.3 | KAS ASSIGNEERINGUID ON VAJA KAVANDADA TULEVASTES EELARVETES? | EI |MÄRKUSED |SELETUSKIRI1. Viidatakse nõukogu otsusele XXXX seoses kokkuleppe sõlmimisega Tai Kuningriigiga pärast üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 raames peetud läbirääkimisi.2. Käesolev nõukogu määruse ettepanekuga rakendatakse kokkulepet, mille ühendus sõlmis.2005/0213 (ACC)EttepanekNÕUKOGU MÄÄRUSmis käsitleb EÜ poolt üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 raames peetud läbirääkimiste tulemusel sõlmitud kokkuleppe rakendamist ja millega muudetakse tariifi- ja statistikanomenklatuuri ning ühist tollitariifistikku käsitleva määruse (EMÜ) nr 2658/87 I lisaEUROOPA LIIDU NÕUKOGU,võttes arvesse Euroopa Ühenduse asutamislepingut, eriti selle artiklit 133,võttes arvesse komisjoni ettepanekut,[1]ning arvestades järgmist:(1) Nõukogu määruse (EMÜ) nr 2658/87 lõikega 1 on kehtestatud kaupade nomenklatuur, edaspidi "kaupade koondnomenklatuur", ja ühise tollitariifistiku kokkuleppelised tollimaksumäärad.(2) Oma otsusega XX/XXXX/EC, mis käsitleb Euroopa Ühenduse ja Tai Kuningriigi vahel kirjavahetuse teel kokkulepete sõlmimist, kiitis nõukogu ühenduse nimel heaks eelmainitud kokkuleppe, eesmärgiga lõpetada üldise tolli- ja kaubanduskokkuleppe (GATT 1994) artikli XXIV lõike 6 alusel algatatud läbirääkimised,ON VASTU VÕTNUD KÄESOLEVA MÄÄRUSE:Artikkel 1Määruse (EMÜ) nr 2658/87 I lisa muudetakse vastavalt käesoleva määruse lisale.Artikkel 2Käesolev määrus jõustub neli nädalat pärast Euroopa Liidu Teatajas avaldamist.Käesolev määrus on tervikuna siduv ja vahetult kohaldatav kõikides liikmesriikides.Brüssel, [...]Nõukogu nimeleesistujaLISAKombineeritud nomenklatuuri tõlgendusreeglitest olenemata on toote kirjelduse sõnastus vaid soovituslik ning järeleandmised on käesoleva lisa kontekstis kindlaks määratud käesoleva määruse vastuvõtmisel kehtivate CN-koodide raames. Kui osutatud on ex CN-koodidele, tuleb järeleandmine kindlaks määrata CN-koodi ja vastava kirjelduse kohaldamisega.Lisa 7 WTO tariifikvoodid, mis avatakse ühenduse pädevate ametiasutuste poolt (Kvoote kohaldatakse asjaomastes ühenduse sätetes ettenähtud tingimustel) |CN kood | Kirjeldus | Muud tingimused |Tariifiartikli number 16042070 | Tuuni, vööttuuni või muude liigi Euthynnus kalatoodete või –konservide koot (välja arvatud kalad tervena või tükkidena) | Uus aastane tariifikvoot 2558 tonni, millest 1816 tonni on määratud Tai Kuningriigile, ülejäänud põhimõttel erga omnes, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%, kvoodiväline tariif on 24%. |Tariifiartikli number 16042050 | Sardiini, pelamiidi, liigi Scomber scombrus või Scomber japonicus makrellitoodete või -konservide kvoot (välja arvatud tervena või tükkidena)- | Uus aastane tariifikvoot 2275 tonni, millest 1410 tonni on määratud Tai Kuningriigile, ülejäänud põhimõttel erga omnes, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%, kvoodiväline tariif on 25%. |Tariifiartikli number 100610 | Koorimata riisi kvoot | Uus aastane kvoot (erga omnes)7 tonni, kvoodijärgne tariif on 15%. |Tariifiartikli number 100620 | Kooritud riisi kvoot | Uus aastane kvoot (erga omnes)1634 tonni, kvoodijärgne tariif on 15%. |Tariifiartikli number 100630 | Pool- või täielikult kroovitud riis | 25516 tonnise (erga omnes) aastase kvoodi tõus praeguses EÜ 15 kvoodis, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%. 1200tonnine eraldis Taile liita praegusele EÜ 15 pool-/ täielikult kroovitud riisi kvoodile, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%. |Tariifiartikli number 100640 | Purustatud riisi kvoot | 31788tonnine (erga omnes) aastase kvoodi tõus praeguses EÜ 15 kvoodis, kvoodijärgne tariif on 0%. |[1] ELT C , , lk .


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 23.7.2005
 ES
 Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea
 C 182/15
 SENTENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE JUSTICIA
 (Sala Sexta)
 de 2 de junio de 2005
 en el asunto C-68/04: Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas contra República Helénica (1)
 («Incumplimiento de Estado - Directiva 2001/81/CE - Contaminantes atmosféricos - Techos nacionales de emisión»)
 (2005/C 182/28)
 Lengua de procedimiento: griego
 En el asunto C-68/04, que tiene por objeto un recurso por incumplimiento interpuesto, con arreglo al artículo 226 CE, el 13 de febrero de 2004, Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas (agentes: Sres. G. Valero Jordana y M. Konstantinidis) contra República Helénica (agente: Sra. N. Dafniou), el Tribunal de Justicia (Sala Sexta), integrado por el Sr. A. Borg Barthet (Ponente), Presidente de Sala, y los Sres. A. La Pergola y A. Ó Caoimh, Jueces; Abogado General: Sr. D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer; Secretario: Sr. R. Grass, ha dictado el 2 de junio de 2005 una sentencia cuyo fallo es el siguiente:
 1)
 Declarar que la República Helénica ha incumplido las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud del artículo 15, apartado 1, de la Directiva 2001/81/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 23 de octubre de 2001, sobre techos nacionales de emisión de determinados contaminantes atmosféricos, al no haber adoptado las disposiciones legales, reglamentarias y administrativas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a lo dispuesto en la citada Directiva.
 2)
 Condenar en costas a la República Helénica.
 (1) DO C 94, de 17.4.2004.


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text:
Martinas Haidegeris (; g. 1889 m. rugsėjo 26 d. Meskirche, Badene-Viurtenberge – 1976 m. gegužės 26 d. Freiburge, Vokietija) – vokiečių filosofas-egzistencialistas, hermeneutikos teoretikas, vienas reikšmingiausių XX a. mąstytojų, Marburgo universiteto profesorius.
 Biografija
 Jaunystė
 Lankė gimnaziją Konstancoje, Fribūre. M. Heideggerio šeima dėl nepritekliaus negalėjo leisti studijas universitete, todėl jis pradėjo lankyti Jėzuitų seminariją, iš kurios buvo pašalintas dėl paskaitų nelankymo, kadangi sirgo psichosomatine širdies liga.
 M. Heideggeris vedė Elfriede Petri 1917 m. kovo 21 d. Jų sūnus Jörgas gimė 1919 m.
 Studijos
 M. Heidegeris susidomėjo filosofija būdamas septyniolikos, kai bažnyčios pastorius davė jam Franco Brentano knygą „Būties prasmių įvairovė pagal Aristotelį“, kuri, nors ir buvo pakankamai sudėtinga, padarė didžiulį įspūdį jaunajam mąstytojui ir prisidėjo prie jo visą gyvenimą trūkusių egzistencijos prasmės tyrinėjimų. Filosofui taip pat darė įtaką Dostojevskis, Nyčė, Kirkegoras.
 Freiburgo universitete M. Heideggeris iš pradžių studijavo teologiją, bet po keturių semestrų, susidomėjęs Husserlio idėjomis, pradėjo studijuoti filosofiją, tačiau suartėjimas su Husserliu Heidegerio filosofijoje nepaliko jokio žymesnio pėdsako.
 1916–1927 m. M. Heideggeris nepublikavo jokių darbų, bet intensyviai studijavo Husserlio fenomenologiją, Shelerio filosofinę antropologiją, šv. Pauliaus, Augustino, Liuterio tekstus, kurie supažino jį su istoriniais pavyzdžiais ir kartu padėjo suvokti: būties prasmės negalima aiškinti keičiant senąją metafizinę ontologiją.
 Profesoriavimas
 1922–1928 m. paskirtas Marburgo universiteto profesoriumi, kuriame dėstė ir žavėjo visus neįtikėtinu talentu. Tuo pačiu metu mąstytojas rengė pirmąją savo knygą (daugelis jo publikacijų paremtos paskaitų medžiaga). 1927 m., paskatintas universiteto dekano, jis skubotai, galutinai neužbaigęs, atidavė savo rankraštį publikavimui, pavadindamas „Būtis ir laikas“.
 1928–1944 m. Heideggeris dėstė Freiburgo universitete, 1933 m. tapo rektoriumi, įstojo į nacių partiją, 1934 m. rektoriaus pareigybių atsisakė, tačiau partijos nariu išbuvo iki 1945 m. 1944 m. buvo pašauktas į atsargos kariuomenę.
 1945–1951 m. Vokietiją okupavusios jėgos dėl sąsajų su nacizmu neleido M. Heideggeriui grįžti ir toliau dėstyti universitete. Išėjęs į pensiją, 1952 m. mąstytojas išleido keletą esė ir interpretacijų, susijusių su istorijos filosofija, Nyčės studijomis (1961 m.). Paskutinis jo darbas – „Filosofijos klausimai“ (1969).
 Palaidotas gimtojo miesto Meskircho kapinėse.
 Filosofija
 Būties esmė
 M. Heideggerio filosofija yra vadinama klausimų filosofija. Anot Heideggerio, aptarinėjamas klausimas, kurį pateikia filosofija, yra apie „būties esmę“, tačiau ne apie „esaties esmę“. Kitus mąstytojus kaltina „būties užmarštimi“ ir bando rasti skirtumus tarp būties ir būtinybės.
 Būtis ir laikas
 Pirmuoju savo stebėjimu Heideggeris bandė įrodyti, kad daugiau kaip per du tūkstančius metų, filosofija patarnavo visoms būtybėms, kurios gali būti surastos pasaulyje (apimdamos „pasaulį" savarankiškai), bet užmiršo paklausti, koks „buvimas" yra savarankiškas. Tai ir yra „klausimas dėl būties esmės". Vienas svarbiausių šios įžvalgos šaltinių buvo Franz Brentano traktatas apie daugiareikšmio „būti“ naudojimą pagal Aristotelį. Tai buvo darbas, kuris paskatino Heideggerį paklausti, kokia vienybė sudaro „būti“ įvairovės pagrindą. Tuomet M. Heideggeris parašo savo veikalą „Būtis ir laikas“ (), cituodamas Platoną, kad Vakarų filosofija užmiršo „būti“. Šis kūrinys davė pagrindą tolesniems M. Heideggeio darbams.
 „Dasein”
 Antrasis veikalas, gaivinantis Heideggerio filosofiją, atsiranda dėl Edmundo Husserlio, filosofo, nesidominčio klausimais apie filosofinę istoriją, įtakos. Husserlis teigė, kad visa, kas filosofija galėjo ir turi būti, yra patirties apibūdinimas (vadinasi fenomenologinis šūkis, „į daiktus savarankiškai"). Bet Heideggeris tai ketino paaiškinti kitaip: anot jo, patirtis visada yra jau išdėstoma pasaulyje ir būduose kaip būti. Tokiu būdu Husserlio supratimas, kad visa sąmonė yra „tyčinė" (prasme, kad ji yra visada numatoma kažkieno kryptimi ir visada yra „apie" kažką) pervedama į Heideggerio filosofiją, tapdama mintimi, kad visa patirtis yra įkurta "rūpinimesi". Heideggeris tokiu būdu veda savo apibūdinimą patirties atžvilgiu „Dasein", būtybės, kuriai buvimas yra klausimas.
 „Būtyje ir Laike“ Heideggeris kritikavo abstrakčius ir metafizinius, tradicinius būdus sugriebti žmogaus egzistavimą, kaip racionalaus gyvūno, asmens, vyro, sielos, dvasios, ar temos. Dasein, tada, nėra numatytas būdas vesti „filosofinę antropologiją", bet greičiau galimybės salyga kažkam, kaip „filosofinė antropologija". Dasein, pagal Heideggerį, yra rūpinimasis. Filosofas teigia, kad Dasein, tai yra tas kas pasirodo atėjęs į pasaulį per daiktus ir į jo galimybes, apimdamas ir savo mirtingumo neišvengiamumą.
 Rūpestis
 Rūpestis dėl savo buvimo pasaulyje – tai išgyvenimas dėl savo nesavarankiškumo, dėl pasaulio duotumo, tarsi ne pats žmogus, o kažkas kitas tvarkytų jo likimą. Rūpestis dėl savęs, kaip siekiamojo savęs, – tai savęs projektavimas, bandant įveikti savo būtinį nesavarankiškumą. Rūpestis dėl savęs, kaip sambūvio su pasaulio esme, – tai bandymas įžvelgti save, neprarasti savęs tuose pavidaluose, kurie gimė gyvenimo tėkmėje. Rūpestis jungia žmogaus trukmę kaip praeitį, dabartį ir ateitį. Nuo to, kas rūpestyje vyrauja, žmogaus egzistencija gali būti netikra arba tikra. Netikra ji yra tuo atveju, jeigu joje akcentuojama dabartis. Tada žmogus susitapatina su jo aplinkos daiktais ir žmonėmis, jie uždengia jam horizontą, o susitapatinimas su kuo nors už savęs žmogų susvetimina patį sau, jis praranda save, tampa kažkuo, vidutinybe. Tikra egzistencija yra tada, kai žmogus pamato save tokį, koks jis yra – silpnas, baigtinis, bet esantis, ne egzistuojantis, būnantis. Tada žmogus gali atrasti savo baigtinumą kaip istoriškumą, savo nerimą – kaip laisvę, savo abejones – kaip mąstymą, kaip amžinybės siekimą ir galimybę. Rūpestis ir baimė dėl gyvenimo tampa prieinamas žmogaus jėgoms.
 Žurnalo „Der Spiegel“ interviu
 1966 m. rugsėjo 23-iąją, Heideggeris davė interviu ,,Der Spiegel’’ žurnalui, kuriame jis sutiko aptarti savo politinę praeitį. Pokalbio metu, M. Heideggeris gynė savo įsipainiojimą nacionalsocializme dviejais būdais: pirma, jis teigė, kad nebuvo jokios alternatyvos, sakydamas jog jis bandė apginti universitetą (ir mokslą apskritai) nuo politizavimo ir tokiu būdu turėjo rasti kompromisą su nacistine administracija. Antra, jis pamatė "pabudimą" ("Aufbruch"), kuris galėtų padėti surasti "naują nacionalinį ir socialinį metodą", bet dėl to persigalvojo 1934 m.
 Kūriniai
 (1927) Būtis ir laikas () – pagrindinis veikalas
 (1929) Kantas ir metafizikos problema ()
 (1929) Apie pagrindo esmę ()
 (1942) Platono mokymas apie tiesą ()
 (1955 – 1957) Tapatumas ir skirtumas ()
 (1955 – 1956) Pagrindo principas ()
 (1959) Ramumas ()
 (1959) Pakeliui į kalbą ().
 Literatūra
 Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz „Filosofijos istorija“ (III) (2003);
 Samuel Enoch Stumpf „Philosophy: history and problems“ (1989);
 Oxford university press „Philosophy“ (1995);
 Alois Halder „Filosofijos žodynas“ (2002);
 „Martynas Heidegeris“ (1992), Vilnius „Mintis“;
 Juozas Girnius „Heideggerio egzistencialinės filosofijos pagrindai“. – Vilnius, VDU leidykla, 2002.
 Hermeneutikai
 Vokietijos filosofai
 Fenomenologai


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text: b"Inspection Report: Review of Education Credentials\nInspection Report No. OIG-INS-28-03-05\nReview of Education Credentials\nUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT\nNational Labor Relations Board\nOffice of Inspector General\nMemorandum\nSeptember 26, 2003\nTo: Richard Siegel, Associate General Counsel\nCatherine McCoy Director, Human Resources Branch\nFrom: Jane E. Altenhofen\nInspector General\nSubject: Inspection Report No. OIG-INS-28-03-05: Review of Education Credentials\nWe initiated this inspection in July 2003 to verify that Agency personnel completed the\nhighest college degree listed in their Official Personnel File (OPF) and to determine if\nthe degree was obtained at an accredited educational institution. We also reviewed the\nAgency's training records to determine if the Agency funded training at nonaccredited\ncolleges or universities. We found that 441 of 454 employees completed the degree\nrequirements at an accredited United States college or university as indicated in their\nOPF.\nSCOPE\nWe reviewed the educational credentials of Agency personnel in positions other than\nattorney and administrative law judge as of June 17, 2003. We excluded individuals in\nattorney and administrative law judge positions from the universe of personnel because we\nreviewed the legal credentials of personnel in those positions in OIG-INS-18-01-01: Review\nof Bar Status. We also excluded student interns.\nWe collected information from OPFs, Human Resources' BRIO database, Security Branch\nfiles, and, in some cases, directly from the individual employee. We reviewed the Office\nof Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions;\nOPM's Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families; The Guide to Personnel Data Standards;\nOffice of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, Web site's information\nregarding regional institutional accrediting agencies; the Higher Learning Commission's\nDirectory of Accredited Institutions; and the American Bar Association's list of\naccredited law schools. We also reviewed the Agency's Fiscal Year 2001 training records.\nThis review was done in accordance with the Quality Standards for Inspections issued by\nthe President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency.\nBACKGROUND\nAn individual may qualify for a particular General Schedule (GS) grade level based upon\neither experience or education. When qualifying based upon education, successful\ncompletion of a 4 academic years leading to a bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree\nitself, at an accredited college or university, meets the GS-5 level requirement. A\nbachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or education at the graduate level at\nan accredited college or university is required for levels GS-7 through GS-11. A master's\nor equivalent graduate degree is generally required for the GS-9 level. Equivalent\ncombinations of education and experience may qualify a person for a particular grade level\nfor which both education and experience are acceptable.\nThe purpose of accreditation is to ensure that the education provided by institutions\nof higher education meets acceptable levels of quality. Although the U.S. Department of\nEducation does not accredit education institutions or programs, the Secretary of Education\nis required to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies. These\naccrediting agencies are private educational associations of regional or national scope\nthat have developed evaluation criteria and conduct peer evaluations to assess whether or\nnot those criteria are met. Educational institutions that request an accrediting agency's\nevaluation and that meet the agency's criteria are accredited by that agency. The U.S.\nDepartment of Education does not accredit institutions in foreign countries.\nIndividuals applying for a position with the Agency and employees competing for a merit\npromotion are required to submit an application. The application may be in one of three\nforms: OPM Optional Form (OF-612), Optional Application For Federal Employment; a resume;\nor other written format. The three types of applications each require that the individual\nlist the colleges and universities attended with information regarding the major(s) and\ntype and date of degree - if no degree was awarded the individual should indicate the\ncredits earned. If hired, this information is then made part of the person's Official\nPersonnel file and is coded in Human Resources' BRIO database.\nOnce an individual is offered a position, he or she is required to submit a\nQuestionnaire for Public Trust Position, Standard Form 85P or Standard Form 86. These\nforms also requires that the individual provide information regarding his or her\neducational credentials. A background investigation of the individual is then conducted by\nOPM.\nThe validity of educational credentials has recently been the subject of Congressional\ninterest. For the last 2 years, Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Governmental\nAffairs Committee, worked to expose problems with degrees from unaccredited colleges and\nuniversities. The Chairman also requested that the General Accounting Office investigate\nthe use of such degrees to obtain positions and promotions in the Federal government work\nforce.\nRESULTS\nWe verified the educational credentials for 454 employees who were coded in Human\nResources' BRIO database as having a college degree. For 36 employees we used a transcript\nas the means to verify the educational credentials. For the remaining 418 employees, we\ncontacted the college or university to determine if the employee completed the degree\nlisted and when the degree was completed. In most cases, the college or university was\nlisted in the employee's OPF. If the name of the college or university was not listed in\nthe OPF, we attempted to obtain that information from the security files. In three\ninstances, we contacted the individual directly to obtain the information. Using this\nprocess we were able to obtain degree information for all the employees. We also verified\nthat the college or university was accredited. The table below describes our results:\nEmployees\n454\nEmployees who did not complete the degree requirements\n2\nEmployees with degrees from colleges and universities not accredited\n2\nEmployees who completed the degree after the date indicated in OPF\n8\nEmployees with a degree from a foreign college or university\n1\nEmployees with erroneous degree information\n5\nColleges and universities accredited\n243\nWe initiated investigations of 12 employees who either did not complete the highest\ndegree indicated in his or her OPF, completed the degree after the date indicated on their\napplication, or attended a non-accredited school. Of the two employees who attended\nnon-accredited universities, one employee claimed a Bachelor of Science and the other\nclaimed a Juris Doctor. Seven of the eight employees who stated on the application that\nthe degree had been awarded when in fact the degree had not yet been completed, claimed a\ngraduate degree when applying for a Labor Relations Examiner position.\nDuring our review we discovered that several employees who had degree information in\ntheir OPF were not properly coded in Human Resources' BRIO database as having the degree.\nThese individuals completed the degree after being employed by the Agency and then claimed\nthe degree when competing for a merit promotion. We also found four instances were it\nappears that erroneous degree information was entered into Human Resources' BRIO database.\nWe reviewed the Agency's training records for Fiscal Year 2001. That review did not\ndisclose that the Agency paid for any courses at nonaccredited colleges or universities.\ncc: Board\nGeneral Counsel"


text: b' Office of Inspector General\n\n\n\n\nSeptember 22, 2005\n\nLARRY JONES, SENIOR PLANT MANAGER\nNORTHERN OHIO CUSTOMER SERVICE DISTRICT\n\nSUBJECT: Audit Report \xe2\x80\x93 Efficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, Processing and\n Distribution Facility (Report Number NO-AR-05-013)\n\nThis report presents the results of our review of the Canton, Ohio, Processing and\nDistribution Facility (Canton P&DF) in the Eastern Area (Project Number\n05YG011NO000). We assessed the efficiency of operations performed at the Canton\nP&DF. At management\xe2\x80\x99s request, we also examined the proposed consolidation of the\noutgoing mail processing operations in the Akron, Ohio, Processing and Distribution\nCenter (Akron P&DC). This is the third in a series of reports on mail processing\nefficiency in the Northern Ohio Customer Service District. We conducted these audits in\ncooperation with the Northern Ohio Customer Service District and the Eastern Area.\n\nWhile the Canton P&DF has improved efficiency, further opportunities exist for\nimprovement. Specifically, the Canton P&DF underused its mail processing machines\nand processed less mail per workhour than similar-sized facilities. The Postal Service\nhas a favorable business case for moving outgoing mail operations from the Canton\nP&DF to the Akron P&DC. Specifically, consolidation would reduce labor and\ndistribution costs, increase processing efficiency, potentially improve delivery service,\nand reduce workroom floor congestion. In addition, the Northern Ohio Customer\nService District may have more plants than necessary to process its current workload,\nwhich further supports the proposed consolidation. Improving the Canton P&DF\nefficiency and consolidating the network would reduce workhours by 202,000 and\npotentially upgrade service. This workhour reduction could produce a cost avoidance of\napproximately $64 million in labor savings over a 10-year period. We will report this\nfigure as funds put to better use in our Semiannual Report to Congress.\n\nWe made three recommendations in this report. Management agreed with our\nfindings, recommendations, and monetary impact and has initiatives in progress,\ncompleted, or planned addressing the issues in this report. Management\xe2\x80\x99s comments\nand our evaluation of these comments are included in the report.\n\x0cWe appreciate the cooperation and courtesies provided by your staff during the audit. If\nyou have any questions or need additional information, please contact Robert J. Batta,\nDirector, Network Operations - Processing, or me at (703) 248-2300.\n\n/s/ Mary W. Demory\n\nMary W. Demory\nDeputy Assistant Inspector General\n for Core Operations\n\nAttachments\n\ncc: Paul E. Vogel\n Alexander Lazaroff\n Kathleen Ainsworth\n Lauren Harkins\n Steven R. Phelps\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\n\n Executive Summary i\n\n Part I\n\n Introduction 1\n\n Background 1\n Objective, Scope, and Methodology 3\n Prior Audit Coverage 4\n\n Part II\n\n Audit Results 5\n\n Assessment of Resources at the Canton P&DF 5\n Recommendations 7\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s Comments 7\n Evaluation of Management\xe2\x80\x99s Comments 7\n\n Assessment of Consolidating the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s Outgoing Mail\n Processing Operations 8\n Recommendation 14\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s Comments 14\n Evaluation of Management\xe2\x80\x99s Comments 14\n\n Appendix A. Eastern Area Map 15\n Appendix B. Prior Audit Coverage 16\n Appendix C. Canton P&DF FYs 2002 and 2003 Actual and Target\n Productivity Levels and FY 2003 Potential Workhour\n Savings 17\n Appendix D. FY 2003 Group Five Plants Percentage Performance\n Achievement 18\n Appendix E. Canton P&DF Cost Avoidance (Funds Put to Better Use) 19\n Appendix F. FY 2003 Akron P&DC and Canton P&DF Mail Processing\n Capacity 20\n Appendix G. Canton P&DF and Akron P&DC First Handling Pieces 21\n (For the 8-Week Period Saturday, October 2, 2004 -\n Friday, November 26, 2004)\n Appendix H. FYs 2003 and 2004 Akron P&DC Standby Time 22\n Appendix I. Steubenville, Ohio, Main Post Office Overnight First-Class\n Mail Service Scores 23\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n Appendix J. Youngstown, Ohio, P&DC PLANET CODE Scans\n (For the Periods May 4 - June 4, 2004, and\n June 14 - July 13, 2004) 24\n Appendix K. FY 2004 Productivity for Customer Service Districts With\n Six Plants 25\n Appendix L. Management\xe2\x80\x99s Comments 26\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n Introduction The Office of Inspector General assessed the efficiency of\n mail processing operations at the Canton, Ohio, Processing\n and Distribution Facility (Canton P&DF) in the Eastern Area.\n This is the third in a series of efficiency audits covering the\n Northern Ohio Customer Service District. At management\xe2\x80\x99s\n request, we also examined the proposed consolidation of\n outgoing mail processing operations at the Canton P&DF\n into the Akron, Ohio, Processing and Distribution Center\n (Akron P&DC).\n\n Results in Brief While the Canton P&DF has improved efficiency, further\n opportunities exist for improvement. Specifically, the\n Canton P&DF underused its mail processing machines and\n processed less mail per workhour than similar-sized\n facilities.1\n\n These conditions existed because management adjusted\n actual workhours to the number of hours allocated by the\n budget process. Management had not evaluated\n operational efficiency through benchmarking operations\n against similar-sized facilities, evaluating machine\n utilization, or analyzing trends.\n\n In addition, the Postal Service has a favorable business\n case for moving outgoing mail operations from the Canton\n P&DF to the Akron P&DC. Consolidation would reduce\n labor and transportation costs, increase processing\n efficiency, potentially improve delivery service, and reduce\n workroom floor congestion. In addition, the Northern Ohio\n Customer Service District may have more plants than\n necessary to process its current workload, which further\n supports the proposed consolidation. Management had\n delayed the consolidation pending an independent\n assessment.\n\n Consequently, the Canton P&DF used more resources than\n necessary to process its mail volume. Improving the\n Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s efficiency and consolidating the network\n would reduce workhours by 202,000 and potentially\n\n\n\n1\n See Appendix D for a list of facilities with similar mail volumes to the Canton P&DF.\n\n\n\n\n i\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n upgrade service. This workhour reduction could produce a\n cost avoidance of approximately $64 million in labor savings\n over a 10-year period.\n\n Summary of We recommended the senior plant manager, Northern Ohio\n Recommendations Customer Service District, reduce mail processing\n operations at the Canton P&DF by 93,000 workhours. We\n also recommended a reduction of 109,000 workhours by\n consolidating the Canton P&DF outgoing mail operation into\n the Akron P&DC.\n\n Summary of Management agreed with our findings, recommendations,\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s and associated monetary impact. They agreed to reduce\n Comments workhours by 93,000 workhours over a 7-year period. They\n also agreed to periodically review operations at the Canton\n P&DF to evaluate operational efficiency to ensure efficient\n operations. They also agreed to consolidate Canton\n P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail processing operations with a further\n reduction in workhours of 109,000. Management\xe2\x80\x99s\n comments, in their entirety, are included in Appendix L of\n this report.\n\n Overall Evaluation of Management\xe2\x80\x99s comments are responsive to the audit\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s findings. The comments indicate management is taking a\n Comments proactive approach to the implementation of our\n recommendations. Management\xe2\x80\x99s actions taken or planned\n should correct the issues identified in the report.\n\n\n\n\n ii\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n INTRODUCTION\n Background The Postal Service has 308 facilities with mail processing\n operations. These facilities process First-Class Mail in the\n domestic network and are divided into seven groups2\n ranked according to mail volume outlined in the\n Breakthrough Productivity Initiative (BPI). The Postal\n Service established the BPI to drive excess costs out of the\n organization while creating continuous improvement. The\n initiative is focused on four areas: transportation,\n purchasing, overhead, and operations, which includes mail\n processing operations. Chart 1 below shows the number of\n mail processing facilities in each group. The Canton, Ohio,\n Processing and Distribution Facility (Canton P&DF) is a\n Group 5 facility.\n\n Chart 1. Number of Facilities in Each Group\n\n\n\n Group 1\n Group 2\n Group 3\n Group 4\n Group 5\n Group 6\n Group 7\n\n GROUP 5 (Includes Canton P&DF)\n 47 PLANTS\n\n\n\n The Postal Service is attempting to rightsize its domestic\n network in response to decreased mail volume. Despite a\n 1-year increase in mail volume, the aggregate volume of\n First-Class Mail declined by nearly 5 percent, or 4 billion\n pieces, from fiscal years (FY) 1999 to 2004. In addition,\n the Postal Service projects that First-Class Mail volume\n will decrease by over one billion pieces during the next\n four fiscal years. Figure 1 shows these trends.\n\n\n\n\n2\n In FY 2001, BPI Group 1 plants processed at least 3 billion mailpieces, while Group 7 plants processed no more\nthan 456 million mailpieces.\n\n\n\n\n 1\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n Figure 1: First-Class Actual (FYs 1999-2004) and\n Projected (FYs 2005-2008) Mail Volume\n\n\n 106.00\n 104.00\n\n\n\n\n Volume (millions)\n 102.00\n 100.00\n 98.00\n 96.00\n 94.00\n 92.00\n 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008\n Fiscal Year\n\n Source: USPS Manager of Volume Analysis and Forecasting; USPS FY 2004 Annual Report\n\n\n The Transformation Plan states the Postal Service is\n committed to improving its operational efficiency by\n consolidating mail processing operations, when feasible. In\n addition, the President\xe2\x80\x99s Commission3 recommended\n optimizing the facility network by closing unneeded\n processing centers.\n\n The Canton P&DF is a Group Five facility in the Eastern\n Area (see Appendix A for a map of the Eastern Area). The\n Canton P&DF processes inbound4 and outbound mail5 for\n Canton, Ohio, and associate offices in the surrounding area.\n In FY 2003, the Canton P&DF processed approximately\n 661 million mailpieces, a 1.6 percent decrease from\n FY 2002. In FY 2003, the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail\n operations accounted for approximately 38 percent of its\n total mail volume. The Canton P&DF used approximately\n 13 percent of its total mail processing workhours to process\n this mail. The facility has 281 career employees and\n 8 casual6 employees.\n\n\n\n\n3\n The President\xe2\x80\x99s Commission on the United States Postal Service reported its findings on July 31, 2003.\n4\n Mail received by a Postal Service facility, most commonly for distribution and delivery within the delivery area of the\nreceiving facility.\n5\n Outbound or outgoing mail is sorted within a mail processing center and dispatched to another facility for additional\nprocessing and delivery.\n6\n Casual employees may be used as a limited-term supplemental workforce, but may not be employed in place of full\nor part-time employees.\n\n\n\n\n 2\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n Objective, Scope, and We assessed the efficiency of operations at the Canton\n Methodology P&DF and the proposed consolidation of the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s\n outgoing mail operation. In our analysis, we used FY 2003\n as the base year to maintain consistency with our prior\n efficiency audits of the Mansfield, Ohio, Post Office and the\n Akron, Ohio, Processing and Distribution Center (Akron\n P&DC).7 To assess efficiency, we observed mail processing\n operations; analyzed mail volumes, workhours, and machine\n use; interviewed Postal Service officials; and benchmarked\n achievement of target productivity with similar-sized facilities.\n We also reviewed applicable Postal Service handbooks and\n regulations, including Handbook M-32, Management\n Operating Data Systems (April 2000), applicable Postal\n Bulletins, and Title 39, United States Code (U.S.C.).\n\n At management\xe2\x80\x99s request, we also examined the proposed\n consolidation of the outgoing mail processing operations\n of the Canton P&DF into the Akron P&DC. We examined the\n potential consolidation from the perspective of transportation,\n delivery service, and capacity. We reviewed applicable\n network change guidelines, including Handbook PO-408,\n Area Mail Processing (AMP) Guidelines, April 1995.\n\n We relied on Postal Service data systems, including the\n Origin Destination Information System, the National\n Workhour Reporting System, the BPI Web site, the\n Management Operating Data System, Web Flash Reports,\n the Web Enterprise Information System, and the Web End-\n of-Run System to analyze mail volume and workhours. We\n checked the accuracy of data by confirming our analysis and\n results with Postal Service managers and found no material\n differences.\n\n This audit was conducted from December 2004 through\n September 2005, in accordance with generally accepted\n government auditing standards and included such tests\n of internal controls as were considered necessary under\n the circumstances. We discussed our observations and\n conclusions with management officials and included their\n comments where appropriate.\n\n\n7\n These three locations are in the Northern Ohio Customer Service District and will be directly affected by proposed\nconsolidations. Additionally, we used the same base year of FY 2003 to evaluate all three sites to determine whether\nadequate capacity existed at the Akron P&DC.\n\n\n\n\n 3\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n Prior Audit Coverage We have issued 16 audit reports on operational efficiency.\n As a result of these audits, the Postal Service has agreed\n to reduce workhours by 984,182. These reductions could\n produce a cost avoidance of about $311 million over\n 10 years. (See Appendix B for details.)\n\n\n\n\n 4\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n AUDIT RESULTS\n Assessment of Resources at the Canton P&DF could be used more\n Resources at the efficiently. Specifically, the Canton P&DF:\n Canton P&DF\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Underused its mail processing machines.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Processed less mail per workhour than similar-sized\n facilities.\n\n Title 39, U.S.C. Chapter 4, Section 403 (a) states, \xe2\x80\x9cThe\n Postal Service shall plan, develop, promote, and provide\n adequate and efficient postal services . . . .\xe2\x80\x9d\n\n Although efficiency had improved,8 Postal Service managers\n had not evaluated operational efficiency through\n benchmarking operations against similar-sized facilities,\n evaluating machine utilization, or analyzing trends.\n Consequently, the Canton P&DF used more workhours than\n necessary to process its mail volume.\n\n Mail Processing The Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s mail processing machines were not\n Machines being fully used based on a comparison of machine\n performance to established targets. The Canton P&DF had\n not achieved target productivity levels for FYs 2002 and\n 2003 for any of its automated mail processing operations.\n (See Appendix C.) Target productivity levels are based on\n total pieces of mail that could be processed for each\n workhour of an operation. In FY 2002, the Canton P&DF\n achieved 59 percent of its overall target productivity levels.\n That number slipped to 57 percent in FY 2003. (See\n Appendix D.)\n\n Achieving established productivity levels could reduce\n workhours. For example, the mail processing barcode\n sorting operation achieved 38 percent of its national target\n level in FY 2003. If this operation achieved 75 percent of\n the national target level, the Canton P&DF could save over\n 23,000 processing workhours. By achieving 73 percent of\n target productivity in all operations, the Canton P&DF could\n reduce workhours by over 93,000. This will result in an\n\n\n8\n The Canton P&DF reduced mail processing (Function 1) workhours by over 37,000 from FYs 2002 to 2003.\n\n\n\n\n 5\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n associated economic impact of almost $33 million over\n 10 years. (See Appendix E.)\n\n Comparison to Canton P&DF is generally less efficient than similar-sized\n Similar-sized Facilities facilities.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 In FY 2003, the Canton P&DF achieved 57 percent\n BPI target productivity. This was 16 percentage\n points below the 73 percent average for similar-sized\n facilities. (See Appendix D for a chart comparing the\n Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s target productivity levels with similar-\n sized facilities for FY 2003.)\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 In addition, 44 out of 47 similar-sized facilities, or\n 94 percent, came closer than the Canton P&DF to\n achieving their target productivity goals in FY 2003.\n Also, 40 of these similar-sized facilities are operating\n at 65 percent of target productivity or better.\n\n Cause and Impact on Management of the Canton P&DF had addressed\n Operations operational efficiency by reducing workhours from prior year\n usage. As a result, they reduced FY 2003 workhours by\n 8 percent from FY 2002, while volume decreased by\n 1.6 percent. However, Postal Service managers did not\n evaluate operational efficiency by comprehensively\n benchmarking operations against similar-sized facilities,\n evaluating machine utilization, or analyzing trends.\n\n In addition, observations at the Canton P&DF showed that\n employee productivity could be improved. For example, we\n found:\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Excessive idle time at many operations because of\n insufficient workload.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Excess handling of mail because of insufficient work\n space.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 The current configuration and lack of space in the\n Delivery Bar Code Sorter area did not allow for\n additional tray racks. More tray racks would enable\n additional multiple zones to be run concurrently,\n which would increase productivity.\n\n\n\n\n 6\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n Consequently, the Canton P&DF was using more workhours\n than necessary to process its mail volume.\n\n Recommendations To improve efficiency, we recommend the senior plant\n manager, Northern Ohio Customer Service District:\n\n 1. Reduce 93,000 workhours at the Canton Processing\n and Distribution Facility by the end of FY 2012; this\n will result in an associated economic impact of almost\n $33 million over 10 years.\n\n 2. Evaluate operating efficiency and staffing at the\n Canton Processing and Distribution Facility to\n determine whether further workhour adjustments are\n necessary based on workload.\n\n\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s Management agreed with our finding, recommendations,\n Comments and associated monetary impact. They agreed to reduce\n workhours by 93,000 workhours over a 7-year period. They\n also agreed to periodically review operations at the Canton\n P&DF to evaluate operational efficiency to ensure efficient\n operations.\n\n Evaluation of Management\xe2\x80\x99s comments are responsive to the audit\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s finding. The comments indicate management is taking a\n Comments proactive approach to the implementation of our\n recommendations. Management\xe2\x80\x99s actions taken or planned\n should correct the issues identified in the finding.\n\n\n\n\n 7\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n Assessment of The Postal Service realized that excess processing capacity\n Consolidating the exists within the domestic mail processing network of the\n Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s Northern Ohio Customer Service District. To better use this\n Outgoing Mail capacity, the Postal Service is considering consolidating the\n Operations Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing operations into the Akron P&DC.\n The Postal Service requested that the Office of Inspector\n General independently examine the proposed consolidation\n of outgoing mail.\n\n We concluded the Postal Service has a favorable business\n case9 to move outgoing mail operations from the Canton\n P&DF to the Akron P&DC. Consolidation would reduce\n labor and transportation costs, increase processing\n efficiency, potentially improve delivery service, and reduce\n workroom floor congestion. We also found that the Northern\n Ohio Customer Service District may have more plants than\n necessary to process current workloads.\n\n Title 39, U.S.C. Chapter 4, Section 403 (a) states, \xe2\x80\x9cThe\n Postal Service shall plan, develop, promote, and provide\n adequate and efficient postal services . . . .\xe2\x80\x9d Further,\n Handbook PO-408 sets forth guidelines to make changes to\n the processing network.10\n\n Because of the sensitive and public nature of\n consolidations,11 management has not implemented the\n proposed Canton P&DF consolidation. Management\n wanted an independent review to assess the possible\n effects of the consolidation. As a result of not consolidating\n Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing operations, the Northern Ohio\n Customer Service District used more resources than\n necessary to process its mail volume.\n\n Labor and The Postal Service has a favorable business case to\n Transportation Costs transfer outgoing operations from the Canton P&DF. Under\n the plan, the Canton P&DF would transfer about 251 million\n\n9\n A favorable business case is defined as actions that improve the economics and operational efficiency of the Postal\nService.\n10\n Handbook PO-408 provides a framework for changes to the mail processing network; states that changes should\nsupport the Postal Service\xe2\x80\x99s strategic objectives and make optimum use of available resources; and establishes\nmanagement\xe2\x80\x99s accountability for making decisions about area mail processing facilities.\n11\n Many communities and labor unions oppose consolidation for fear of job loss, loss of community identification with\nthe Postal Service\xe2\x80\x99s postmark, and possible negative effects on local businesses. This opposition, as with the\nproposed Mansfield Post Office consolidation, sometimes results in public protest and requests for congressional\nintervention.\n\n\n\n\n 8\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n pieces, or 38 percent of its mail, to the Akron P&DC.\n This would allow the Canton P&DF to reduce its total\n workhours by an additional 109,000. More specifically, the\n Canton P&DF could reduce:\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 85,000 craft workhours.12\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 6,000 supervisor mail processing workhours.\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 12,000 in-plant support workhours (8,000 supervisor\n and 4,000 clerk workhours).\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 6,000 maintenance workhours, since some of the\n machines would be relocated, eliminating the need\n for associated maintenance.13\n\n In addition, the Canton P&DF could reduce transportation\n costs of $26,000 a year by changing or eliminating routes.14\n\n The economic impact of these reductions could produce a\n cost avoidance of over $30 million over 10 years. (See\n Appendix E for details.)\n\n Management stated workhour savings could be\n accomplished through attrition.15 Under the proposed\n consolidation plan, no Canton P&DF career craft employees\n would lose their jobs. Management stated they will follow\n appropriate contract provisions for career, transitional, and\n casual employees.\n\n Mail Processing Consolidating the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail operations\n Efficiency into the Akron P&DC would be more efficient. Specifically,\n the consolidation would allow the Akron P&DC to use\n excess capacity, take advantage of more efficient and\n\n\n\n\n12\n The Akron P&DC would need approximately 20,800 workhours to process this workload, based on the AMP Plan.\nOur recommendation of 85,000 workhours accounts for these additional hours as well as the 28,000 workhour\nsavings in FY 2004. These workhour savings should allow the Canton P&DF to achieve 74 percent of overall BPI\ntargets.\n13\n Maintenance workhours would not materially increase at the Akron P&DC. The Akron P&DC would receive only\ntwo additional Advanced Facer Canceler Systems, and these would require minimum preventive maintenance.\n14\n Some savings are associated with transportation if consolidation occurs; however, we did not consider them\nmaterial to the audit.\n15\n By FY 2012, 152 mail processing (Function 1) employees at the Canton P&DF will be eligible to retire. This\nequates to approximately 274,000 workhours.\n\n\n\n\n 9\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n economical mail processing capabilities, and reduce the\n standby time16 hours.\n\n We found the Akron P&DC has excess capacity. During\n FY 2003, the Akron P&DC processed over 1.2 billion\n mailpieces and has the capacity to process more than\n 500 million additional mailpieces per year. The Canton\n P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail operations accounted for more than\n 251 million (38 percent) of its total mailpieces processed in\n FY 2004. This shows that the Akron P&DC can readily\n process Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail. Appendix F shows\n the Akron P&DC\xe2\x80\x99s and Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s mail processing\n capacities.\n\n We also found that increases in mail volume improve\n productivity at the Akron P&DC. For example, on Saturday,\n the Akron P&DC already processes all outgoing mail for the\n Canton P&DF and three other facilities with no increase in\n workhours. This is a 52 percent increase in productivity\n compared to the Akron P&DC\xe2\x80\x99s weekday average. For\n example, the Akron P&DC processes 1,008 first handling\n pieces (FHP)17 per workhour on Saturday, compared to the\n average 652 FHP per workhour it processes Monday\n through Friday. Appendix G displays the Saturday\n productivity increases at the Akron P&DC.\n\n Standby Time Processing the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail can reduce\n the Akron P&DC\xe2\x80\x99s standby time by having more mail to\n process. In FY 2004, the Akron P&DC used an average of\n 452 hours of standby time per accounting period.18 (See\n Appendix H.)\n\n Delivery Service Delivery service would potentially improve for areas serviced\n by both the Canton P&DF and the Akron P&DC by modifying\n the service area and transportation network. Table 1\n illustrates the Akron P&DC\xe2\x80\x99s and the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s current\n delivery service standards and the impact the proposed\n consolidations would have on delivery service.19 Table 1\n16\n Handbook M-32 states that standby time is used for personnel in mail processing, customer services, and delivery\nservices who cannot be gainfully employed.\n17\n FHP is a letter, flat, or parcel that receives its initial distribution in a Postal Service facility.\n18\n In prior observations at the Akron P&DC, we found that many employees were not engaged in productive work\nbecause of sporadic mail volume.\n19\n This anticipated improved delivery service is a result of the more effective transportation network that exists at the\nAkron P&DC.\n\n\n\n\n 10\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n shows six site combinations which would potentially change\n from two-day to overnight service.\n\n Table 1. Delivery Service Standards\n\n Akron, Ohio, P&DC Canton, Ohio, P&DF\n\n Current Proposed Current Proposed\n Ohio Service Two- Two- Two- Two-\n Overnight Overnight Overnight Overnight\n Area Day Day Day Day\n\n Akron X X X X\n Canton X X X X\n Cleveland X X X X\n Columbus X X X X\n Lima X X X X\n Steubenville X X X X\n Toledo X X X X\n Youngstown X X X X\n\n Note: Service benefit gained if consolidation of Mansfield, Ohio, Main Post\n Office\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail volume is implemented.\n Source: Canton P&DF AMP\n\n The Northern Ohio Customer Service District has previously\n realized service improvements as a result of prior\n consolidations. For example, the Steubenville, Ohio, Main\n Post Office consolidation20 resulted in improved delivery\n service. Specifically:\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Postal Service testing in the Origin Destination\n Information System from FY 2003 through June 2005\n indicates that service improved for the customers in\n the Steubenville, Ohio, Main Post Office service area.\n The average overnight First-Class Mail delivery score\n increased from 95 to 96 percent. (See Appendix I.)\n\n\n\n\n20\n The Steubenville, Ohio, Main Post Office\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail operations consolidated into the Youngstown, Ohio,\nP&DC.\n\n\n\n\n 11\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Postal Service testing after the consolidation showed\n that 99 percent of First-Class Mail met delivery\n service standards. (See Appendix I.) Appendix J\n shows high delivery service scores of the internal\n Postal Service testing of First-Class Mail.\n\n Based on this data, we concluded that delivery service\n improved after the consolidation. In our opinion, this could\n also potentially occur if the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail\n operations were moved to the Akron P&DC.\n\n Workroom Floor Space By moving the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing operation to the\n Akron P&DC workroom floor, congestion would be reduced\n or possibly eliminated. We found crowded conditions\n throughout the Canton P&DF facility, including the dock,\n staging areas, and various work stations. The Canton P&DF\n cannot concurrently and efficiently process both inbound\n and outbound mail volumes. Illustration 1 shows the\n congested floor space. This congestion results in additional\n workhours, since mail containers often receive numerous\n handlings and numerous set-ups are required to\n accommodate the processing of both inbound and outbound\n mail.\n Illustration 1\n\n\n\n\n Congested floor space during tour transition between incoming and outgoing\n operations (February 2, 2005, 9:30 p.m.).\n\n\n\n\n 12\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n Northern Ohio Customer When compared to other districts with six plants, the\n Service District Plants Northern Ohio Customer Service District had the lowest\n productivity,21 which indicates that this customer service\n district has more plants than necessary to process its\n workload. (See Appendix K.) In addition, as shown in\n Table 2, these plants are located in close proximity\n (within 100 miles) to the Akron P&DC, which facilitates\n consolidation efforts.22\n\n Table 2. Distances Between Plants in District\n Facility Name Distance From Akron Plant\n Akron P&DC 0 miles\n Canton P&DF 20 miles\n Mansfield Main Post 62 miles\n Office\n Cleveland P&DC 37 miles\n Youngstown P&DC 49 miles\n Steubenville Main 83 miles\n Post Office\n Note: The Steubenville Main Post Office was consolidated into the Youngstown\n P&DC in March 2004.\n Source: MapQuest\n\n Further, at the state level, the Northern Ohio Customer\n Service District has one plant for every 2,500 square miles,\n compared to the rest of Ohio, which has a plant for every\n 5,000 square miles. The rest of Ohio includes the two major\n metropoltan areas of Columbus and Cincinnati, and has a\n larger population base than the Northern Ohio Customer\n Service District, which contains one major metropolian area,\n Cleveland. The Northern Ohio Customer Service District\n also processes four billion fewer mailpieces per year than\n the other six Ohio plants.23 This indicates that the Northern\n Ohio Service District may have excess plants.\n\n\n\n\n21\n Productivity is based on total pieces handled per workhour.\n22\n The close proximity of the Northern Ohio Customer Service plants minimizes transportation changes and maintains\nthe operational window of time necessary to process mail to meet service standards.\n23\n The Northern Ohio Customer Service District serves a population of 3.7 million and has 6 processing plants, a\nterritory of 15,000 square miles, and an annual volume of 6 billion mailpieces. The rest of Ohio serves a population\nof 11.2 million and has 6 processing plants, a territory of 30,000 square miles, and an annual volume of 10 billion\nmailpieces.\n\n\n\n\n 13\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n Reason and Impact of Because of the sensitive and public nature of consolidations,\n Consolidation management has not implemented the proposed Canton\n P&DF consolidation. Management wanted an independent\n review to assess the possible effects of the consolidation.\n As a result of not consolidating Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing\n operations, the Northern Ohio Customer Service District\n used more resources than necessary to process its mail\n volume.\n\n Recommendation We recommend the senior plant manager, Northern Ohio\n Customer Service District:\n\n 3. Consolidate outgoing mail operations into the Akron\n Processing and Distribution Center, resulting in an\n additional 109,000 workhour reduction at the Canton\n Processing and Distribution Facility. The economic\n impact of this workhour reduction is more than\n $30 million over 10 years.\n\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s Management agreed with our finding, recommendation, and\n Comments associated monetary impact. Management agreed to\n consolidate Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing mail processing\n operations with a further reduction in workhours of 109,000.\n\n Evaluation of Management\xe2\x80\x99s comments are responsive to the audit\n Management\xe2\x80\x99s finding. The comments indicate management is taking a\n Comments proactive approach to the implementation of our\n recommendation. Management\xe2\x80\x99s actions taken or planned\n should correct the issues identified in the finding.\n\n\n\n\n 14\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-05-AR-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n APPENDIX A\n\n EASTERN AREA MAP\n Erie\n Eastern AreaNorthern Ohio 155,157-168\n ERIE 167\n 169\n 188\n\n Wilkes-Barre\n Scranton\n\n 184-5\n Central PA\n 169-176,177-179, 182,\n 184-188, 195-196\n 164-5 186-7\n Williamsport 183\n 439, 440-449\n 163\n CLEVELAND\n 440-1 New\n 158\n 177\n 178\n 182\n 180-1 Philadelphia\n Lehigh Valley\n Toledo Castle 168\n 434-6\n Youngstown 162 179\n Reading 189 Metro\n Columbus 448-9\n AKRON\n 442-3 444-5\n 161 160\n 157\n Altoona HARRISBURG 195-6\n 194 180-1, 183, 189-194\n\n\n\n\n 2\n 170-1 PHILADELPHIA\n 430-433,437-438,456-457\n\n\n\n\n 0-\n Mansfield\n\n\n\n\n 19\n Southeastern\n 458 Canton 166\n Lima 446-7 PITTSBURGH Johnstown\n LANCASTER\n 193 SOUTH\n 150-2 156 159 JERSEY\n 433 Steubenville Greensburg 172 173-6\n 080-1,3\n\n\n\n\n ,4\n 439 197-8\n\n\n\n\n 082\n Zanesville 153 154 155 Wilmington\n Wheeling\n 260 254 199\n 453-5 437-8\n COLUMBUS 265\n 430-2 267\n Dayton\n\n Cincinnati 457\n Clarksburg\n\n 263-4 Pittsburgh\n 261 268\n 410, 434-436,450- CINCINNATI Chillicothe 150-154,156, 260\n 455,458-459,470 470\n 450-2 456 250-3 266\n 262\n South Jersey\n CHARLESTON 080-084,197-199\n 410\n Ashland\n Appalachian\n Huntington 249 240-243, 245-259, 261-268\n 411-2 255-7\n 471\n 258-9 Lynchburg\n 476-7 LOUISVILLE Lexington\n Evansville\n 400-2\n 403-6\n 413-4 415-6\n 247-8\n Bluefield 245 Greensboro\n Roanoke\n 240-1\n 270-279, 286\n 246\n 423 427 417-8 279\n 424 243\n London\n 242 278\n 425-6 407-9\n Bowling Bristol Rocky\n Green GREENSBORO\n 275-7\n Raleigh Mount\n 421-2\n Paducah\n 286\n 420 Hickory 270-4\n Kinston\n\n Asheville\n CHARLOTTE\n Fayetteville\n 285 Mid-Carolinas\n 280-2\n 287-9 283\n 280-285, 287-289, 297\n 297\n Kentuckiana 296\n Greenville\n 293 284\n\n 400-409,411-418,420-427,471,476-477 295\n 290-2 Florence\n District & P&DC\n COLUMBIA\n P&DC/P&DF/CSF\n\n Greater South Carolina L&DC\n 290-296 BMC\n 294\n AMC/AMF\n Charleston\n REC\n\n 11/14/03\n\n\n\n\n 15\n\x0c Efficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n APPENDIX B\n\n PRIOR AUDIT COVERAGE\n\n\n Report Issue Workhour Monetary\n Audit Number Date Savings Impact\nSan Francisco, CA ISC AMRU NO-AR-05-012 9/06/2005 7,757 $2.6 million\nLos Angeles, CA ISC24 NO-AR-05-011 6/17/2005 85,000 $26.1 million\nLos Angeles, CA ISC AMRU25 NO-AR-05-010 4/28/2005 5,450 $1.8 million\nAkron, OH P&DC26 NO-AR-05-009 3/30/2005 235,000 $74 million\nMansfield, OH Main Post Office NO-AR-05-004 12/08/2004 52,000 $17.2 million\nNew York ISC NO-AR-04-009 9/24/2004 320,000 $98 million\nNew York ISC AMRU NO-AR-04-011 9/24/2004 30,000 $9.3 million\nSan Francisco, CA ISC and GSA27 Facility NO-AR-04-006 3/31/2004 120,000 $44.2 million\nOakland, CA ISC and Regatta Facility NO-AR-04-007 3/31/2004 25,000 $8.8 million\nSpringfield, VA BMEU28 NO-AR-04-004 2/09/2004 2,775 $969,893\nColumbia, MD BMEU NO-AR-04-002 12/26/2003 3,960 $1.4 million\nSouthern MD BMEU NO-AR-04-001 12/24/2003 20,240 $8.4 million\nSan Francisco, CA BMEU AO-AR-03-002 9/25/2003 18,000 $6.9 million\nLos Angeles, CA BMEU AO-AR-03-001 7/31/2003 28,000 $9.3 million\nSeattle, Minneapolis, and Des Moines BMEU CQ-AR-03-001 3/28/2003 15,053 $588,730\nColorado/Wyoming Performance Cluster BMEU CQ-AR-02-001 9/26/2002 15,947 $1 million\nTotal Savings 984,182 $311 million\n\n\n\n\n 24\n International Service Center.\n 25\n Air Mail Records Unit.\n 26\n Processing and Distribution Center.\n 27\n General Services Administration.\n 28\n Business Mail Entry Unit.\n\n\n\n\n 16\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n APPENDIX C\n\n CANTON P&DF FYS 2002 AND 2003 ACTUAL AND TARGET PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS\n AND FY 2003 POTENTIAL WORKHOUR SAVINGS\n\n\n\n (TPH per FY 2003 Potential\n Productivity Achieved Percent\n FY 2003 Workhour) Workhours at Workhour\n Major Operations of Target\n Workhours 100 Percent of Savings at\n (TPH/Workhour)\n BPI BPI Target 100 Percent BPI\n FY 2002 FY 2003\n Target\nFlat Sorting Machine\n 9,040 447 365 562 65% 5,871 3,169\n1000\nAutomated Flat Sorting\nMachine 100 26,936 1,809 1,965 2,113 93% 25,049 1,887\n\nDelivery Barcode\n 32,061 8,086 9,673 10,634 91% 29,164 2,897\nSorter\nMulti Line Optical\n 10,424 8,139 7,660 8,372 91% 9,538 886\nCharacter Reader\nMail Processing\n 47,248 4,566 3,636 9,448 38% 18,182 29,066\nBarcode Sorter\nAdvanced Facer\n 4,788 15,913 14,726 20,890 70% 3,375 1,413\nCanceler\n\nSource: Breakthrough Productivity Initiative (BPI) Web site\n\n\n\n\n 17\n\x0c Percent Performance Achieved\n\n\n\n\n 0%\n 20%\n 40%\n 60%\n 80%\n 100%\n 120%\n MID-HUDSON PDC\n\n WHITE RIVER JUNC PDC\n\n CANTON PDF\n\n\n\n\n 57%.\n CHARLESTON PDC\n\n SCRANTON PDF\n\n\n\n\n Source: BPI Web page\n KCKS PDC\n\n FREDERICK PDF\n\n ROCKY MOUNT PDF\n\n READING PDF\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n Efficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio,\n\n\n\n\n SAGINAW PDC\n\n CHAMPAIGN PDF\n\n YOUNGSTOWN PDF\n\n EVANSVILLE PDF\n\n DAYTONA BCH PDF\n\n SAVANNAH PDF\n\n HUNTSVILLE PDF\n\n EUGENE PDF\n ACHIEVEMENT TO BREAKTHROUGH\n\n\n\n\n FARGO PO\n\n CHARLOTTESVILLE PDF\n\n EAST TEXAS PDC\n GROUP 5 AVERAGE IS 71.8% PERFORMANCE\n\n\n\n\n FLINT PDC\n RANKED 45TH OUT OF 47 GROUP 5 PLANTS AT\n PRODUCTIVITY INITIATIVE TARGET. CANTON IS\n\n\n\n\n TOPEKA PDF\n\n ASHEVILLE PDF\n\n MOBILE PDC\n\n BILLINGS PO\n\n GARY PDC\n\n GREEN BAY PDC\n\n PEORIA PDF\n APPENDIX D\n\n\n\n\n EL PASO PDC\n\n SIOUX FALLS PO\n\n ROCKFORD PDC\n\n\n\n\n18\n PENSACOLA PDC\n\n LAKELAND PDC\n\n BAKERSFIELD PDC\n\n ATHENS PO\n\n CHARLESTON PDF\n FY 2003 GROUP FIVE PLANTS\n\n\n\n\n GAINESVILLE PDF\n NO-AR-05-013\n\n\n\n\n COLUMBIA MO PDF\n\n WAUSAU PDF\n\n QUAD CITIES PDF\n\n SALEM PDF\n PERCENTAGE PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT\n\n\n\n\n LINCOLN PDF\n\n STATEN ISLAND PDF\n\n OXNARD PDF\n\n SAINT CLOUD PO\n\n FT WAYNE PDC\n\n AUGUSTA PDF\n Note: The BPI was established by the Postal Service to drive costs out of the organization while creating continuous improvement.\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n APPENDIX E\n\n CANTON P&DF COST AVOIDANCE\n (FUNDS PUT TO BETTER USE)\n\n\n\n Recommended Action Time Frame: Ten Fiscal Years\n and Workhour\n Employee Category Reduction Discounted\n Impacted Undiscounted Savings\n Savings (Net Present\n Value)\n Efficiency improvement: 93,000 $42,992,501 $32,792,942\n mail processing clerks29\n Consolidation:\n supervisors30 14,000 $6,139,409 $4,463,898\n Consolidation:\n 89,000 $33,887,695 $24,639,374\n mail processing clerks31\n Consolidation: maintenance 6,000 $2,367,659 $1,721,499\n clerks32\n Total 202,000* $85,387,264 $63,617,713\n* Workhours calculated by multiplying number of positions by 2,000 workhours per staff year.\n\nNotes:\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Cost avoidance was based on FY 2004 workhours and calculated using the workhour\n reduction multiplied by the fully loaded labor rate.\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Labor cost was escalated at 3.1 percent.\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Net present value was calculated using the discount rate of 5 percent.\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Fully loaded labor rates are based on the Postal Service\xe2\x80\x99s FY 2005 published rates.\n \xe2\x80\xa2 Labor cost escalation was based on the Postal Service\xe2\x80\x99s FY 2005 published Decision\n Analysis Factors.\n\nFunds Put to Better Use: Funds that can be used more efficiently by implementing\nrecommended actions.\n\n\n\n\n29\n Pay Level 5.\n30\n Pay Level 17.\n31\n Pay Level 5, including two in-plant support clerks.\n32\n Pay Level 6.\n\n\n\n\n 19\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n APPENDIX F\n\n FY 2003 AKRON P&DC AND CANTON P&DF\n MAIL PROCESSING CAPACITY\n\n\n\n\n 1,500,000\n\n 1,200,459\n Total Pieces Handled\n\n\n\n\n 579,240\n 1,000,000\n\n\n\n 660,596\n\n\n 500,000 284,056\n\n\n\n\n Additional Mail They Could Work\n 0\n\n\n Akron Mail They Work\n\n Canton\n\n\n\n\n Source: BPI Web page\n\n Note: The Akron P&DC has the capacity to process the Canton P&DF\xe2\x80\x99s outgoing\n mail operations, which total over 251 million pieces annually.\n\n\n\n\n 20\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n APPENDIX G\n\n CANTON P&DF AND AKRON P&DC FHP\n\n (For the 8-Week Period Saturday, October 2, 2004 -\n Friday, November 26, 2004)\n\n\n 1,200.00\n\n\n\n\n 1,000.00\n\n\n\n\n 800.00\n FHP per workhour\n\n\n\n\n 600.00\n\n\n\n\n 400.00\n\n\n\n\n 200.00\n\n\n\n\n 0.00\n Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday\n\n Akron Canton\n\n\n\n\n Source: Web Management Operating Data System (Web MODS)\n\n Note: A FHP is a letter, flat, or parcel that receives its initial distribution in a\n Postal Service facility.\n\n\n\n\n 21\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n APPENDIX H\n\n FYS 2003 AND 2004 AKRON P&DC\n STANDBY TIME\n\n 1000\n\n\n 900\n\n\n 800\n\n\n 700\n Operation 340 workhours\n\n\n\n\n 600\n\n\n 500\n\n\n 400\n\n\n 300\n\n\n 200\n\n\n 100\n\n\n 0\n May FY2003\n\n\n\n\n May FY2004\n Nov FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Mar FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Nov FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Mar FY2004\n Oct FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Dec FY2003\n\n\n Jan FY2003\n\n\n Feb FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Apr FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Jun FY2003\n\n\n Jul FY2003\n\n\n Aug FY2003\n\n\n Sep FY2003\n\n\n Oct FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Dec FY2004\n\n\n Jan FY2004\n\n\n Feb FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Apr FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Jun FY2004\n\n\n Jul FY2004\n\n\n Aug FY2004\n\n\nSource: Web Enterprise Information System (WebEIS) Sep FY2004\n\n\n\nNote: Handbook M-32 states that standby time is used for personnel in mail processing,\ncustomer services, and delivery services who cannot be gainfully employed.\n\n\n\n\n 22\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n APPENDIX I\n\n STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, MAIN POST OFFICE\n OVERNIGHT FIRST-CLASS MAIL SERVICE SCORES\n\n\n\n 120\n\n\n\n 100\n Percent On Time Overnight Delivery\n\n\n\n\n 80\n\n Date of Steubenville outgoing mail consolidation into Youngstown\n was March 1, 2004\n 60\n\n\n\n 40\n\n\n\n 20\n\n\n\n 0\n Jul FY2003\n\n Aug FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Jul FY2004\n\n Aug FY2004\n Feb FY2003\n\n\n\n Apr FY2003\n\n May FY2003\n\n Jun FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Sep FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Feb FY2004\n\n\n\n Apr FY2004\n\n May FY2004\n\n Jun FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Sep FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Feb FY2005\n\n\n\n Apr FY2005\n\n May FY2005\n\n Jun FY2005\n Oct FY2003\n\n Nov FY2003\n\n\n\n Jan FY2003\n\n\n\n Mar FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Oct FY2004\n\n Nov FY2004\n\n\n\n Jan FY2004\n\n\n\n Mar FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Oct FY2005\n\n Nov FY2005\n\n\n\n Jan FY2005\n\n\n\n Mar FY2005\n Dec FY2003\n\n\n\n\n Dec FY2004\n\n\n\n\n Dec FY2005\n\n\n\n\n Steubenville, OH\n\n\n\nSource: Origin Destination Information System\nNote: Percentage per month recorded in the Origin Destination Information System that met\novernight delivery standards.\n\n.\n\n\n\n\n 23\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n APPENDIX J\n\n YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, P&DC PLANET CODE** SCANS\n (For the Periods May 4 - June 4, 2004, and June 14 - July 13, 2004)\n\n\n Total\n Facility ZIPCode Score On Time Failed\n Pieces\n\n Steubenville, Ohio 439 98.98% 490 485 5\n Youngstown SCF* 444 98.77% 81 80 1\n Youngstown, Ohio 445 99.75% 805 803 2\n TOTAL 99.42% 1,376 1,368 8\n * Sectional Center Facility\n\nSource: Planet Code Scans (Internal Postal Service Testing)\n\n**PLANET CODES are used to track letter-sized mailpieces electronically.\n\nNote: This chart shows that delivery service scores exceeded the national service goal of 95 percent for the Youngstown, Ohio, P&DC and\nSteubenville, Ohio, Main Post Office service area after consolidating Steubenville\xe2\x80\x99s outbound mail on March 1, 2004.\n\n\n\n\n 24\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n APPENDIX K\n\n FY 2004 PRODUCTIVITY FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE\n DISTRICTS WITH SIX PLANTS\n\n 2500\n\n\n 2000\n TPH Per WORKHOUR\n\n\n\n\n 1500\n\n\n 1000\n\n\n 500\n\n\n 0\n Northern Ohio Greater Sacramento Central Illinois North Florida Tennessee Van Nuys\n Michigan California California\n\n\nSource: BPI Web page\nNote: Productivity is calculated by dividing TPH by total workhours\n\n\n\n\n 25\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n APPENDIX L. MANAGEMENT\xe2\x80\x99S COMMENTS\n\n\n\n\n 26\n\x0cEfficiency Review of the Canton, Ohio, NO-AR-05-013\n Processing and Distribution Facility\n\n\n\n\n 27\n\x0c'


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 Euroopa Liidu Teataja
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 17. märtsil 2010 esitatud hagi — Lidl Stiftung versus Siseturu Ühtlustamise Amet — Vinotasia (VITASIA)
 (Kohtuasi T-124/10)
 2010/C 134/74
 Hagiavaldus esitati saksa keeles.
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 Hageja: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Saksamaa) (esindajad): advokaadid M. Schaeffer ja A. Marx)
 Kostja: Siseturu Ühtlustamise Amet (kaubamärgid ja tööstusdisainilahendused)
 Teine menetluspool apellatsioonikojas: Vinotasia GmbH (Koblenz, Saksamaa)
 Hageja nõuded
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 tühistada Siseturu Ühtlustamise Ameti (kaubamärgid ja tööstusdisainilahendused) neljanda apellatsioonikoja 14. jaanuari 2010. aasta (asi 1054/2008-4) otsus;
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 rahuldada 30. juunil 2006 esitatud vastulause nr B 1 027 947 osas, milles see puudutab vastulausete osakonna 30. mai 2008. aasta otsust;
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 mõista kohtukulud ja Siseturu Ühtlustamise Ameti (kaubamärgid ja tööstusdisainilahendused) neljandas apellatsioonikojas toimunud menetluse kulud välja Siseturu Ühtlustamise Ametilt;
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 teise võimalusena peatada menetlus kuni lõpliku otsuse tegemiseni 17. märtsil 2010 Saksa Patendi- ja Kaubamärgiametile varasema saksa kaubamärgi nr 302 15 015 „VINOSTASIA” vastu esitatud tühistamisavalduse suhtes.
 Väited ja peamised argumendid
 Ühenduse kaubamärgi taotleja: hageja.
 Asjaomane ühenduse kaubamärk: sõnamärk „VITASIA” kaupadele klassides 29, 30, 31, 32 ja 33 (taotlus nr 4.691.101).
 Vastulause aluseks oleva kaubamärgi või tähise omanik: Vinotasia GmbH.
 Vastulause aluseks olev kaubamärk või tähis: saksa sõnamärk „VINOTASIA” nr 302 15 015 kaupadele ja teenustele klassides 32, 33 ja 35.
 Vastulausete osakonna otsus: rahuldada vastulause osaliselt.
 Apellatsioonikoja otsus: jätta kaebus rahuldamata.
 Väited: määruse (EÜ) nr 207/2009 (1) artikli 8 lõike 1 punkti b rikkumine, kuna vastandatud kaubamärkide vahel ei esine segiajamise tõenäosust.
 (1) Nõukogu 26. veebruari 2009. aasta määrus (EÜ) nr 207/2009 ühenduse kaubamärgi kohta (ELT L 78, lk 1).