TRANSFERRING AIR PASSENGERS STILL FACE DUTY FREE PERFUME CONFISCATION OVER SAFETY CONCERNS
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AIRPORTS Council International (Europe) has advised that air passengers arriving in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland with duty free perfumes purchased at non-EU airports or on non-EU airlines still cannot take these products onto connecting flights. This is despite an EU regulation 915/2007 passed last year on security standards enabling transferring passengers to retain their purchases.
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AIRPORTS Council International (Europe) has advised that air passengers arriving in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland with duty free perfumes purchased at non-EU airports or on non-EU airlines still cannot take these products onto connecting flights. This is despite an EU regulation 915/2007 passed last year on security standards enabling transferring passengers to retain their purchases.
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