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From NewsScan: new EU export rules...

------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: cryptography@c2.net Subject: From NewsScan: new EU export rules... From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> Date sent: 28 Apr 2000 14:13:26 -0400

>From NewsScan Daily:

NEW EU ENCRYPTION EXPORT RULE LOOSER THAN U.S. The European Union has agreed to relax the rules for exporting encryption software, lifting almost all restrictions on encryption exports among the 15 EU countries and 10 other countries -- the U.S., Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland -- which together make up over 80% of the world market. The new EU rules eliminate the need to secure approval from national licensing bodies and do away with security checks for all encryption products with the exception of so-called crypto-analytic tools, which can be used to test systems and crack codes. Companies will need only to promise that the end user of the encryption product is in one of the 25 countries approved. Exports to countries outside that group will be subject to current restrictions. The move puts U.S. encryption companies once again at a disadvantage, despite a liberalization of export rules that took effect in January. And although U.S. companies are likely to respond by pushing for further reforms, it's not likely that the government will oblige. (Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2000) http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB956867771608897487.htm

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