European Union signs aviation agreement with Paraguay

On the 22 February 2007, The European Union signed an aviation agreement with Paraguay, which removed nationality restrictions in the bilateral air services agreements and thereby allowed European airlines to operate flights between any EU Member State and Paraguay.

The agreement was signed in Brussels by Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot in charge of Transport, German Permanent Representative in the EU Wilhelm Schönfelder and the Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rubén Ramírez Lezcano. The agreement demonstrated that there is an external dimension of the single European market for air transport.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between Paraguay and the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-paraguay-and-the-eu/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air services http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-conclusion-of-the-agreement-between-the-european-community-and-the-republicof-paraguay-on-certain-aspects-of-air-services/

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