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Swiss arrivals moves a step closerSwiss arrivals moves a step closer
15-Nov-2006
SWITZERLAND. Swiss airport retailers came a step closer to an estimated SFr20-23m ($16-18.4m) windfall earlier this month, when the Swiss Federal Council voted in support of changing legislation to allow the introduction of arrivals duty-free stores
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The vote reverses an earlier decision, in which the government said that flaunting its non-EU, duty-free status could anger its EU member neighbours.
The reversal was prompted by several factors,........
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