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	Numbers of delivery points		Types of distribution
			Shared Distribution			Solus Distribution			With Newspaper			Sampling
	Gross number in M	Net number in M	Yes/ No	Days of Process time	Days of distr. time	Yes/ No	Days of Process time	Days of distr. time	Yes/ No	Days of Process time	Days of distr. time	Yes/ No	Days of Process time	Days of distr. time
Austria	4.14	3.34	√	10	5	√	10	5	√	1-3	1-3	√	10	5
Belgium	4.84	4.26	√	8	3	√	6	2	—	—	—	√	6	2
Czech Republic	4.43	4.21	√	3	1-2	√	5	1-2	√	5	1-2	v	10	1-2
Denmark	2.65	2.12	√	8	1-2	√	8	1-2	√	1-2	1-2	—	—	—
Finland	2.64	2.45	√	8	1-2	√	8	6	—	—	—	√	8	6
France	25	24	√	10	3	√	10	3	√	4	3	√	10	3
Germany	39.88	31.86	√	10	3	√	7	3	√	1	1	√	14	7
Greece	3.53	3.36	√	10	5	√	8	4	√	2	3	√	20	10
Hungary	4.3	4.2	√	5-7	3-5	√	5-7	3-5	—	—	—	√	as agreed	as agreed
Ireland	1.96	1.85	√	14	10	√	14	10	√	1	1-2	√	14	10
Italy	28.03	23.51	—	—	—	√	9	4	√	9	5	√	12	6
Netherlands	7.28	6.09	√	10	3	√	13	3	√	1	1	√	13	3
Norway	2.06	1.44	√	10	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	√	10	2
Poland	12.9	12.9	√	7	3	√	7	3	√	7	3	√	10	3
Portugal	4.55	4	√	8	5	√	8	5	√	8	5	√	8	5
Romania	7.3	7.3	—	—	—	√	15	10	—	—	—	√	25	20
Slovakia	1.77	1.72	√	5	2	√	5	2	√	5	2	√	10	4
Spain	17.3	12.1	√	13	10	√	17	14	√	17	14	√	13	10
Sweden	4.49	3.42	√	11	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	√	11	2
Switzerland	3.86	2.22	√	6	2-3	√	6	2-3	√	1	1	√	6	2-3
United Kingdom	26.6	26.5	√	17	3	√	30	15	√	17	3	√	30	15