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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8180

27 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Council asks Commission to extend public backing for airline insurance for two months

Brussels, 26/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Transport Council has encouraged the Commission to extend by two months the system allowing Member States to publicly back the "war" and "terrorism" insurance coverage of their air lines, a system set up after the 11 September attacks. Commissioner de Palacio said that she was planning to extend the scheme until 31 May 2002. The United Kingdom and Luxembourg called for the scheme to be extended until 19 May, to match the measures put in place by the...

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