New rules end confiscation of duty-free liquids bought at Singapore airport from transfer passengers

13 December 2007 the European Commission adopted a regulation allowing air passengers arriving from Singapore and transferring at an EU airport to take duty-free liquids on-board their connecting flights. When changing planes in the EU, these passengers will no longer be obliged to abandon liquids bought at Singapore airport and carried in their cabin baggage.

Last summer the Commission adopted a regulation which allows exemptions from the prohibition for liquids bought in the airports of a third country. Due to the modification, exemptions may be granted if the liquid is obtained from outlets located in an airside area beyond the point where boarding passes are controlled or in a security restricted area in an airport situated in a third country listed by the European Commission if the tamper-evident bag in which the liquid is placed displays satisfactory proof of purchase on airside at the third country airport within the preceding thirty-six hours. Singapore Changi Airport is the first airport, listed by the European Commission.

This Regulation will enter into force 3 January 2008 .