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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9246

4 August 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Commission recommends greater transparency on taxes and charges imposed on users to finance transport security

Brussels, 03/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - Those who use air transport services in the EU Member States bear a large part of the costs related to air transport security. Such was the finding highlighted in a report on the financing of security measures in air and maritime transport, adopted on 3 August by the European Commission. The report is highly critical of the lack of transparency concerning taxes and charges imposed on users, and of both internal and external competition distortion. We...