During the epidemic, the express delivery price of China Post increased a lot. Is it legal?

Legal. Due to the epidemic situation, after the signing of the contract, the objective situation changed greatly, resulting in the transportation cost exceeding the freight. If it continues to be implemented, it will bring losses and reflect fairness. In this case, you can ask for a change in the price.

Article 54 of the Contract Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if a obviously unfair contract is concluded, one party has the right to request the people's court or an arbitration institution to modify or cancel it.

Relevant laws:

Seven departments, including the Ministry of Transport and the State Post Bureau, jointly issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Safeguarding the Legal Rights and Interests of Express Delivery Groups, and put forward corresponding measures for unfair market competition and regional differentiated charge distribution. Subsequently, the State Post Bureau gave administrative guidance to major express delivery enterprises.

The State Administration of Market Supervision issued the Provisions on Administrative Punishment for Price Violations (Revised Draft for Comment), which brought the price competition in the express delivery industry into the scope of supervision and further strengthened supervision.

In response to the policy call, at the end of August, six express delivery companies, including Zhongtong, Tong Yuan, Shentong, Baishi, Dayun and Jitu, announced that the online delivery fee was 0. 1 yuan per ticket, hoping that by increasing the delivery fee, couriers could get reasonable and stable income and improve their service level.

"I didn't expect the price increase to be really implemented. Each ticket has gone up by 1 minute. If you are diligent, you can get more 600 yuan every month. "

A courier of Zhongtong said that the company launched the direct delivery policy from September 1. Every time the courier completes a single delivery, the commission is directly deposited into the personal account without going through the outlets. "My heart is more practical." The courier admitted that there were many express mails during the Double Eleven period, and the courier was under great pressure. It was a great encouragement for them to implement the price increase before this.

State Post Bureau: Realizing "Two No's" and "Three Guarantees" in Express Season

10 10/0/2 1 day, the State Post Bureau held a video conference on the mobilization and deployment of service guarantee in the peak season of 20021express delivery business to interpret the service guarantee work plan in the peak season of 20021express delivery business, requiring the whole system and industry to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and industry development, domestic market and international market, and front-end

According to reports, the peak season of express delivery business in 2002 1 year is 92 days from the beginning of the year to the eve of the Spring Festival in 2022 (February1). The peak season of express delivery business is a critical period of concentrated promotion by e-commerce, extensive participation by consumers and high attention from all walks of life. The express delivery industry is under great pressure.

The Postal Administration requires that postal express delivery enterprises should strengthen information docking with e-commerce platforms, implement the principle of "off-peak delivery and balanced promotion", do a good job of connecting with terminal service station enterprises and smart express box enterprises, maximize the role of terminal service stations, improve the use efficiency of smart express boxes, and alleviate the pressure caused by insufficient personnel. Before putting the box into the station, the user's consent should be obtained.

At the same time, we should take warm-hearted measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the courier brother. During the peak season service guarantee period, the whole system and the whole industry should focus on issues such as "whether the delivery fee will rise" and "whether the complaint screening channel will be built", formulate measures for the use of funds, terminal investment, conflict resolution mechanism and labor security, and implement the national policy of benefiting front-line employees as soon as possible to ensure the safety, stability and order of the peak season industry.