On 4 October the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURE) decided, unanimously, to take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over Regulation 915/2007 concerning the confiscation of duty free liquids at EU
On 4 October the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURE) decided, unanimously, to take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over Regulation 915/2007 concerning the confiscation of duty free liquids at EU airports for passengers arriving from third countries.
– Letter from Ignasi Guardans, MEP, ALDE group to chair of LIBE Committee (pdf): following which the Committee for Civil Liberties (LIBE) wrote to the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI)
– Opinion of the parliament’s Legal Service (pdf): to the Legal Affairs Committee
– Regulation 915/2007 (pdf)
Background:
– European Parliament resolution on liquids ban on planes (5 September 2007, pdf) Ten Recommendations including: “Calls upon the Commission to review urgently and – if no further conclusive facts are brought forward – to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1546/2006 (introduction of liquids onto aircraft)”
– Series of questions put down by five party groups in the European Parliament to the European Commission (link)
– Amendment to the main Regulation made by the European Commission without any consultation with the European or national parliaments: Commission Regulation (1546/2006) laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Official Journal of the EU, censored version) which says: “ANNEX: In accordance with Article 1 the annex is secret and shall not be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.”
– Full-text of the censored Annex (pdf)