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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8257

18 July 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
Given risk of discrimination between European ports, Commissioners Bolkestein, Lamy and Palacio call for global agreement with United States on security of containers transported by boats

Brussels, 17/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner responsible for customs issues Frits Bolkestein, in agreement with Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio, took stock on Wednesday before the Commission of the effect of the programme set in place by the United States for ensuring the security of containers transported by sea, given the threat of terrorism.

In the context of this "Container Security Initiative" announced after the attacks of 11...

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