Supporters of the Montreal Convention predicted that once the treaty takes effect, other countries would sign on.
One of the crimes specified is violence aboard international aircraft (as defined in the 1971 Montreal Convention).
The Montreal Convention 1991 is an international agreement requiring manufacturers of explosives to do this.
It would govern passenger rights in international air travel for 70 years, before being replaced by the Montreal Convention in 2003.
The Montreal Convention and other treaties also use SDRs in this way.
The Montreal Convention, signed in 1999, replaced the Warsaw Convention system.
Montreal Convention was brought about mainly to amend liabilities to be paid to families for death or injury whilst on board an aircraft.
In the Commission proposal, reference is made to a number of articles from the Montreal Convention.
Her commitment to directly link EU legislation to the Montreal Convention appears to be the best solution by far.
Malta is a party to the Montreal Convention covering the trial of terrorists and has incorporated it within its own legislation.