31The postal services are defined in Article 2(1) of the Directive. That provision provides an exhaustive list of the services consisting in clearance, sorting, transport and delivery of postal items. Article 2(6) of the Directive gives a more detailed description of the definition of postal item. Neither Article 2 nor any other provision of the Directive mentions financial services which may also be provided by the postal services providers.
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