EU Ops policy or Company policy?
Lexoncd quote:-" If true as stated the aircraft involved in the Valencia diversion were as all fuelled according to the legal requirements then the issue they should have addressed isn't about a specific airline but about the JAR fuel policy applying to all airlines."
Any airline can take MORE fuel than the minimum required by the regulations, (RTOW and MTOW limits apply).
Airlines which operate strictly in accordance with the regulations are operating to the LOWEST minimum standard acceptable by law, whether fuel policy or FTLs, for example.
There is always room for improvement, but it costs.