
Article 1 
Directive 2004/17/EC shall not apply to contracts awarded by contracting entities and intended to enable the following services to be carried out in Sweden:

((a)) large sorted non-priority shipments in metropolitan areas;
((b)) domestic standard business to business parcel services;
((c)) domestic standard business to consumer parcel services;
((d)) domestic express and courier parcel services;
((e)) domestic pallet services (also called light goods services);
((f)) third and fourth party logistics;
((g)) philatelic services; and
((h)) international parcel services.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 2008.
For the Commission
Charlie McCREEVY
Member of the Commission