# The Airports (Groundhandling) Regulations 1997, Regulation 19: Reciprocity

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a third country, with respect to access to the groundhandling or self-handling market:
(a) does not, de jure or de facto, grant suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from the United Kingdom ... treatment comparable to that granted by the United Kingdom ... to suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from that third country; or
(b) grant suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from that third country or from other third countries more favourable treatment than suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users from the United Kingdom ...
the Secretary of State may wholly or partially suspend the obligations arising from these Regulations in respect of suppliers of groundhandling services and airport users from that third country.
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(3) In this regulation “third country” means any country or territory other than the United Kingdom ... or Gibraltar.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2389/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/airports-groundhandling-regulations-1997/regulation-19
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