From a state administration, run by a ministry (the PTT), the group was transformed into an industrial and commercial public establishment in 1991, then into a public limited company in 2010. Since March 2020, Caisse des Dépôts has been La Poste group's majority shareholder, holding 66% of its capital, with the remaining 34% held by the French State.
This original model enables La Poste group to carry out four public service missions entrusted to it by the French government under the law of July 2, 1990, and which forge its identity:If La Poste group occupies a special place in the hearts of the French, it's because it has embodied useful, everyday service for 600 years.
From a state administration, run by a ministry (PTT), the group was transformed into an industrial and commercial public establishment in 1991, then into a public limited company in 2010. Since March 2020, Caisse des Dépôts has been La Poste Group's majority shareholder, holding 66% of its capital, with the remaining 34% held by the French State.
This original model enables La Poste group to carry out four public service missions entrusted to it by the French government under the law of July 2, 1990, and which forge its identity:
La Poste's contribution to regional planning and development
It is an activity carried out under the control of a public authority, in this case the State, with the aim of satisfying a need in the general interest.
La Poste is there for the French people 6 days a week. It collects and delivers mail and parcels throughout France. It contributes to the continuity of a high-quality press and the dissemination of the ideas it develops. And it guarantees access to essential banking services for all.
The fulfilment of these missions is enshrined in the company contract between La Poste and the French State, which is renewed every five years. The aim ? To offer local services in line with the key principles of public service: equality, continuity and mutability.
La Poste is changing and remains La Poste. It is expanding, investing postal workers with new functions, and innovating with a single aim: to simplify life for the French.