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[FYI] European Union postponed decision on removing barriers to Export of Crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Axel H Horns)
Fri May 26 00:28:52 2000
From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
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European Union postponed decision on removing barriers to Export of
Crypto
Jelle van Buuren 25.05.2000
The European Ministers of Foreign Affairs did not decide last monday
to remove all barriers to the export of crypto-products. The
ministers withdrew the proposal from their agenda.
A few days earlier, European Commissionair Liikanen of the
Information Society, announced the member states had reached
agreement on the sensitive issue and would formally agree on it
during their meeting on monday 22 ( European Union sets free export
of encryption products). France and the United Kingdom opposed the
rules for long time, but now seemed willingly to unblock the
decision. Opposition came also from the United States, which
pressured the European Union continually to withold the decision.
It is not clear why the decision has been postponed. Diplomats and
spokesmen said it was just a matter of too much items on the agenda
that had to be discussed.
The decision now is scheduled for the meeting
of june 13.
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