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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8175

20 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/immigration
Closure of Commission enquiry on border restrictions at Gibraltar-Spanish border

Brussels, 19/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - After having addressed a letter (on 30 October 2000) to the Spanish authorities to investigate whether the checks at the La Linea border point had been disproportionate (following a number of complaints by travellers) and therefore incompatible with Community law, the Spanish government has declared that these controls were "necessary and proportionate". The Spanish authorities explained that travellers were only expected to show their passports or...

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