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The Airports (Groundhandling) Regulations 1997

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Reciprocity

19.—(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a third country, with respect to access to the groundhandling or self-handling market:

(a)does not, de jure or de facto, grant suppliers of groundhan dling services and self-handling airport users from the United Kingdom or another Member State treatment comparable to that granted by the United Kingdom or, as the case may be, that other Member State to suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from that third country; or

(b)grant suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from that third country or from other third countries more favourable treatment than suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from the United Kingdom or another Member State

the Secretary of State may wholly or partially suspend the obligations arising from these Regulations in respect of suppliers of groundhandling services and airport users from that third country.

(2) The Secretary of State shall inform the Commission of any withdrawal or suspension of rights or obligations pursuant to paragraph (1) above.

(3) In this regulation “third country” means any country or territory other than the United Kingdom, any other Member State or Gibraltar.

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