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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 12:14 pm
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Originally Posted by jhayes_1780
If it was a non-starter the advocate general (granted the opinion was non-binding) would have issued a recomendation against it (FWIW, I agree it flies in the face of the Convention as well).

However, we really don't know til it recieves its ruling from the EU court.
Why is it that when the US wanted to impose its new security regulations on flights out of other countries into the US, that was reasonable, but now that the EU wants to impose its new emissions regulations on flights out of other countries into the EU, that's an infringement of our sovereignty? Seriously, I want to know; can someone explain this to me?
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