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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8015

27 July 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/customs
Commission calls on France to refrain from imposing customs controls on light aircraft on intra-Community flights

Brussels, 26/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent France a reasoned opinion asking it to amend its legislation that requires pilots of light aircraft to land at airports which have a customs office, or to submit a 24 or 48 hour notice even for intra-Community flights. It considers this legislation (a ruling of 20 April 1998) to be contrary to Customs Regulation 3295/91, which prohibits controls and formalities on luggage for travellers on intra-Community flights, except...

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