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Oct 04, 2010 (newstodate): The EU Commission has given Bulgaria two months to ensure fair access for providers of ground handling at Sofia Airport.
The European Commission considers that Bulgaria is maintaining a monopoly on the ground handling market at its main airport in Sofia and has therefore sent this so-called reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures.
If Bulgaria fails to bring its house in order, complying with the directive, the case may be referred to the EU's Court of Justice.
Directive 96/67/EC requires Member States to ensure that the market in ground handling services is open, so that any service provider can supply services at any European airport handling more than two million passengers or 50,000 tons of freight a year.
In 2009, the airport's passenger volume reached 3.13 mio passengers, while a total of 15,212 tonnes of cargo was handled.
The European Commission considers that Bulgaria is maintaining a monopoly on the ground handling market at its main airport in Sofia and has therefore sent this so-called reasoned opinion under EU infringement procedures.
If Bulgaria fails to bring its house in order, complying with the directive, the case may be referred to the EU's Court of Justice.
Directive 96/67/EC requires Member States to ensure that the market in ground handling services is open, so that any service provider can supply services at any European airport handling more than two million passengers or 50,000 tons of freight a year.
In 2009, the airport's passenger volume reached 3.13 mio passengers, while a total of 15,212 tonnes of cargo was handled.