Da den tyske lovgiver syntes at være af den opfattelse, at de regulerede prisers daværende størrelse opfyldte betingelserne i PostG 1997, blev det besluttet, at priserne frem til 1999 skulle forblive på niveauet fra 1997.
As the German legislator appeared to consider that the current level of regulated prices fulfilled the requirements of PostG 1997, he decided that the prices were to be kept at the existing level of 1997 until 1999.