EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WARNS OVER CONFISCATED DUTY FREE ALCOHOL LAKE IN AIRPORTS
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLMEPs have attacked widespread confiscations at European Union (EU) airports of duty-free alcohol from transit passengers over new anti-terrorist rules. Regulations imposed after the UK bomb plot last year mean intra-EU flight passengers can only carry onboard liquids up to 100 millilitres, in sealed transparent plastic bags. But the rules do not cover drinks bought duty-free outside the EU, causing problems for passengers transiting via EU airports rather than flying direct to the EU. Irish MEP Avril Doyle said 20 tonnes duty-free products are ...
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