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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9340
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/canada/transport

Commission proposes negotiating an “Open Skies” agreement with Canada

Brussels, 09/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed opening negotiations with Canada on an “Open Skies” agreement, the aim of which would be to set up an Open Aviation Area without access restrictions and with a high degree of harmonisation of regulation. The Commission believes that such an agreement would lead to the virtual doubling (from 8 to 14 million) of passenger numbers travelling between the EU and Canada. It also believes that the significant...

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