Brussels, 23/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission proposed a far-reaching aviation agreement with Chile, which the Council of Ministers is now invited to approve, to allow all EU airlines to fly to Chile from any EU Member State. It will not replace the bilateral agreements in place between the EU Member States and Chile but will bring them in line with EU law. It follows on the November 2002 rulings by the European Court of Justice, which recognised that nationality restrictions in bilateral air services agreements are contrary to EU law. Bilateral air services agreements between EU Member States and third countries need to make provision for non-discriminatory market access to all EU airlines.