No. The Commission is not proposing a cap on delivery prices, but introducing greater price transparency as a way to foster competition.

18. Notes the fragmentation of the European postal sector into national networks with poor interoperability and the lack of integration of road, rail and water transport; welcomes the steps already taken by delivery market operators to introduce arrangements geared more closely to the needs of online retailers and consumers, such as more flexible delivery and return options; calls on the Commission to continue to propose measures to encourage industry to improve interoperability and accelerate the roll-out of streamlined parcel dispatch and collection processes aimed at reducing costs, increasing economies of scale for delivery operators, encouraging the grouping of small shipments and hence quantity discounts for small traders, increasin ...[+++]g the availability and quality of delivery services, and offering affordable flexible shipping rates to consumers and businesses alike;

16. Notes the limited cross-border development of e-commerce by SMEs; encourages collaboration between SMEs as well as via their representative bodies to negotiate more advantageous delivery prices, notably through the introduction of shared online platforms, and to improve the quality of their services;

3. Notes the limited cross-border development of e-commerce by SMEs; encourages collaboration between SMEs as well as via their representative bodies to negotiate more advantageous delivery prices, notably through the introduction of shared online platforms, and to improve the quality of their services;

It has to be noted that prices rise slowly, uniformly, but they drop quickly, uniformly.

Applying a maximum cap is likely to lead to uniform wholesale prices set at the maximum permitted level.