You can rely on us to ensure the smooth delivery of your parcels during the festive season
La Poste is pulling out all the stops and deploying a unique combination of logistics, distribution, post office reception and digital services to provide the best possible support to its customers for this upcoming peak period.
As in previous years, Colissimo is implementing human and operational resources plan to ensure the successful delivery of parcels at Christmas time. Up to 4 million parcels will be delivered every day thanks to state-of-the-art hubs, 70,000 drivers and delivery staff throughout the country, a range of services tailored to your customers and 100% carbon-neutral deliveries: Colissimo is the ideal partner to support your business.

More than ever, the preparation of your shipments is the key to ensuring responsible and successful deliveries. Here's a list of tips we'd like to share with you as the 2021 holiday season approaches :
- Take the utmost care with parcel packaging and labelling to ensure that your parcels arrive safely.
- For your international shipments, check out our various tools available on the Colissimo Box: volumetric weight, delivery time and customs fee calculators.
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Track your parcels using the Parcel Tracking Tool
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Consult the information published on the Colissimo Box (weather conditions, service alerts, etc.)
But above all, remember to hand over your parcels no later than the dates below :
France
French overseas departments and territories (DOM/TOM) |
Economic Colissimo overseas service (Zone OM1) and non-standard parcels |
Colissimo overseas service |
|
Last posting date |
|
Guadeloupe |
13 November |
11 December |
French Guiana |
6 November |
11 December |
Martinique |
13 November |
11 December |
Mayotte |
2 November |
11 December |
New Caledonia |
tbc |
tbc |
Réunion |
2 November |
11 December |
French Polynesia |
tbc |
7 December |
Saint Martin |
13 November |
11 December |
Saint-Barthélémy |
13 November |
11 December |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
6 November |
11 December |
For Europe and other major export destinations, the last posting dates are as follows:
Destination |
Last posting date for items leaving France |
Germany |
20 Dec. |
Austria |
20 Dec. |
Belgium |
20 Dec. |
Bulgaria |
16 Dec. |
Croatia |
16 Dec. |
Cyprus |
16 Dec. |
Denmark |
20 Dec. |
Estonia |
17 Dec. |
Spain |
20 Dec. |
Spain - islands |
16 Dec. |
Finland |
16 Dec. |
Greece |
16 Dec. |
Hungary |
17 Dec. |
Ireland |
16 Dec. |
Iceland |
16 Dec. |
Italy |
20 Dec. |
Latvia |
17 Dec. |
Lithuania |
17 Dec. |
Luxembourg |
20 Dec. |
Malta |
16 Dec. |
Norway |
16 Dec. |
Netherlands |
20 Dec. |
Poland |
17 Dec. |
Portugal |
20 Dec. |
Portugal - islands |
16 Dec. |
Czech Republic |
17 Dec. |
Romania |
16 Dec. |
United Kingdom |
16 Dec. |
Slovakia |
17 Dec. |
Slovenia |
17 Dec. |
Sweden |
17 Dec. |
Switzerland |
17 Dec. |
Rest of the world |
07-déc |
KPG Network |
11-déc |
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and thank you once again for placing your trust in us.
Colissimo, your choice for a more responsible and successful delivery.