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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9637

8 April 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
EU27 reaches political agreement on airport charges

Luxembourg, 07/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - At their Council meeting in Luxembourg on 7 April, EU transport minsters reached political agreement on a draft directive on airport charges, unveiled by the European Commission in January 2008. Despite reservations voiced by Luxembourg, the draft agreement stipulates that the directive should cover all airports with annual traffic of more than 5 million passengers and also the largest airport in each member state (see Europe 9556). The latter measure...

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