Success for Espace Voyageur

Created on 21st of February 2006

On 22 December 2005, the French Parliament approved an amendment to a transport bill which provides a legal basis for the Espace Voyageur concept in French domestic law.

This was a significant achievement by the trade in France, following concerted efforts over the past five years to secure legal recognition for Espace Voyageur. It represents a major step forward in the process of securing recognition from all relevant authorities that travel retail and duty free sales do constitute a separate and distinct market from domestic retailing. This development has been welcomed by the whole travel retail trade across Europe, and work will now begin on establishing whether the Espace Voyageur concept can be similarly adopted in other EU Member States.

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