Later in a press release Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said,"the regulation cannot be repealed so long as the threat of liquid explosives remains and we have not developed other methods of effectively controlling it ".
Komisārs Jacques Barrot vakar tomēr paskaidroja, ka Komisijai patlaban nav citu metožu šāda veida terorisma uzbrukumu aizkavēšanai, tāpēc tik ilgi, kamēr pastāv terorisma draudi, attiecīgo regulu nedrīkstētu atcelt.