COUNCIL BACKS EU-RUSSIA SIBERIA OVERFLIGHT FEES DEAL
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved the agreement struck between the European Commission and Russia over limiting fees charged for Siberian overflights on routes to and from EU airports. The deal limits previous high charges and will come into force on September 1, having been signed at the oncoming EU-Russia summit in Samara, Russia, on May 18.
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved the agreement struck between the European Commission and Russia over limiting fees charged for Siberian overflights on routes to and from EU airports. The deal limits previous high charges and will come into force on September 1, having been signed at the oncoming EU-Russia summit in Samara, Russia, on May 18.
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