For det andet mener Frankrig, at La Poste siden 1990 har foretaget en gradvis udskiftning af de tjenestemandsansatte med overenskomstansatte inden for de grænser, der er fastsat i 1990-loven, idet den har erstattet de tjenestemænd, der er gået på pension, med overenskomstansatte og gradvis er holdt op med at ansætte tjenestemænd.
France also takes the view that civil servants have, in fact, been gradually replaced by private-law employees at La Poste since 1990, subject to the limitations imposed by the 1990 Law, with private-law employees being recruited to take over from retiring civil servants and with the recruitment of civil servants being cut back gradually.