Luxemburg, 13/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 13 June, the Council authorised the European Commission to open negotiations with Australia and New Zealand on comprehensive air agreements. These agreements aim to open up air markets between the EU and Australia and between the EU and New Zealand, bring mutual recognition of standards of safety, security, and air traffic management and, a new point, bring the same environmental standards into the agreements, i.e. the greenhouse gas...