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‘‘(6) simplicity of structure for the entire schedule and simple, identifiable relationships between the rates or fees charged the various classes of mail for postal services; ‘‘(7) the importance of pricing flexibility to encourage increased mail volume and operational efficiency; ‘‘(8) the relative value to the people of the kinds of mail matter entered into the postal system and the desirability and justification for special classifications and services of mail; ‘‘(9) the importance of providing classifications with extremely high degrees of reliability and speed of delivery and of providing those that do not require high degrees of reliability and speed of delivery; ‘‘(10) the desirability of special classifications for both postal users and the Postal Service in accordance with the policies of this title, including agreements between the Postal Service and postal users, when available on public and reasonable terms to similarly situated mailers, that— ‘‘(A) either— ‘‘(i) improve the net financial position of the Postal Service through reducing Postal Service costs or increasing the overall contribution to the institutional costs of the Postal Service; or ‘‘(ii) enhance the performance of mail preparation, processing, transportation, or other functions; and ‘‘(B) do not cause unreasonable harm to the marketplace. ‘‘(11) the educational, cultural, scientific, and informational value to the recipient of mail matter; ‘‘(12) the need for the Postal Service to increase its efficiency and reduce its costs, including infrastructure costs, to help maintain high quality, affordable postal services; (13) the value to the Postal Service and postal users of promoting intelligent mail and of secure, sender-identified mail; and ‘‘(14) the policies of this title as well as such other factors as the Commission determines appropriate. ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products shall— ‘‘(A) include an annual limitation on the percentage changes in rates to be set by the Postal Regulatory Commission that will be equal to the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers unadjusted for seasonal variation over the most recent available 12-month period preceding the date the Postal Service files notice of its intention to increase rates; ‘‘(B) establish a schedule whereby rates, when necessary and appropriate, would change at regular intervals by predictable amounts; ‘‘(C) not later than 45 days before the implementation of any adjustment in rates under this section, including adjustments made under subsection (c)(10)— ‘‘(i) require the Postal Service to provide public notice of the adjustment; ‘‘(ii) provide an opportunity for review by the Postal Regulatory Commission;

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