Press Release: A European action plan to strengthen air cargo security

Vice-President Siim Kallas and Commissioner Cecilia Malmström presented on 2 December 2010 at the Transport Council and Home Affairs Council, as agreed with the Belgian Presidency, a European action plan to strengthen air cargo security. The action plan is a response to the recent discovery of explosive devices concealed in air cargo originating from Yemen. The action plan will allow the emergency security measures put in place by several EU Member States to be replaced by a joint EU approach to address the new threat caused to civil aviation.

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ESO: Background Information: Memo: The EU action plan on air cargo security http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-the-eu-action-plan-on-air-cargo-security/

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