BRUSSELS COMPLAINS OF FOOT-DRAGGING OVER EU AVIAITON DEALS
April 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of bilateral civil aviation agreements negotiated by the European Union (EU) have remained unenforced because some EU member states have failed to ratify their terms. The European Commission has issued a report branding this "unfortunate", noting this "has the consequence of delaying their entry into force". The agreements concerned were struck with the United States, Canada, Morocco, Jordan, Georgia and (collectively) the western Balkans - all ex-Yugoslav countries plus Albania. That latter agreement, said the ...
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