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"Mr President, first of all, I agree with the security measures. It is fine to talk about citizens’ rights, but safety is of paramount importance, and the most fundamental right of any passenger is the right to, and the guarantee of, travel safety. I genuinely believe that the people who are talking most and criticising the regime in place would be the very first in here if we had another 9/11.
But there is a problem, Commissioner, because every single day thousands and thousands of litres of duty free alcohol, perfumes and make up are confiscated, as has been said, from transit air passengers arriving at EU airports. These passengers have broken no law whatsoever in bringing these products into the EU – products that can be found in any high street shop in any part of the UK, Ireland or elsewhere in the EU. They are confiscated because of the aviation security rules that were introduced on 6 November, and this has resulted in significant falls in sales. Many of these items being confiscated are well known nationwide. We are talking about, for example, worldwide brands, which include, as has been said, Irish whiskey and Scotch whisky, French perfume, Finnish vodka and Spanish wine; I could go on. Furthermore, many of the third country duty free outlets are European. As has been said by my colleague Mrs Doyle, Ireland’s Aer Rianta owns shops in the United States, Russia, Canada and the Gulf States among others. Germany’s Heinemann owns duty free shops in Turkey, South Africa and the Balkans. Spain’s Aldeasa group has duty free outlets in South America.
However, solving the transfer passenger problem is relatively simple, as has been said by my Scottish colleague. The travel retail industry and producers have proposed that airports with large passenger flows into Europe introduce the same airport and airport retail supply chain security that exists in the EU. Once recognised by the EU, this would allow passengers departing from these airports and transferring at an EU airport to use a standard tamper-evident bag, just as passengers do within the EU itself. Mutual recognition of airport security standards between the EU and non-EU countries is the solution. Will the Commission consider taking action along these lines as a matter of urgency?"@en1
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