COMMISSION ‘PROMISES’ OCTOBER END TO DUTY-FREE SEIZURES FROM US/CANADA FLIGHTS
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) travel industry council claims assurances from the European Commission that EU airports will stop confiscating from October duty-free drinks from air passengers taking connecting flights within Europe commencing in the US and Canada. This pledge emerged in a meeting between newly appointed EU transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani and European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) president Frank O'Connell. The ETRC wants a deal, because the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) recently approved the use of Security Tamper ...
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