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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by lexande
Do you have a source for this? Many times when I have passed through security in the US, UK and elsewhere, the security personnel specifically asked people to finish the contents of their water bottles etc so that the empty bottles could be brought through. The rules at http://www.tsa.gov/311/index.shtm are not clear either way, but I would be surprised if TSA employees were giving specific instructions to break the rules.
US rules and EU rules are slightly different. I understand that you can take empty bottles under US rules. I was told that any container capable of holding more than 100ml of liquids is not allowed under EU rules. Can't quote a source, but that's what I've been told.
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