X-Message-Number: 23673 From: "Trygve B.Bauge" <> Subject: EU and cryonic related travels and transactions Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:49:37 +0100 Paul and Maureen wrote: >In the interests of accuracy it should noted that Norway is NOT a member of >the EC (strictly speaking it's not just England that is a member, it's the >United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) >see http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html Though Norway is not a member of EU, we have an association with EU, a kind of European economic collaberation agreement, and we are also part of the Schengen agreement. Basically the Nordic countries have had a free travel and labour market since just after World War II, and when Denmark, Sweden and Finland joined EU, they insisted that Norway and Iceland though not members of EU, should still be included in a free travel and labour arrangement with EU. Thus we are part of the Schengen agreement, that also includes most countries in EU. Thus for all practical purposes it shouldn't be a problem for local or foreign cryonisists to move or do transactions between Norway and the other Schengen countries. Great Britain and Ireland are not part of Schengen, neither is Switzerland, (the last is not as thightly associated with EU either), so there might be some problems with travel and transfers including these countries. At least the need for a passport, probably customs inspections too, possibly quarantines and who knows what else. Sincerely, Trygve Life-Extension Systems, Universal Liberty, The Global Village Project, The Norw. Icebathing Club, Action 88/Residental Assoc. at Hovsetervn. 88 Trygve Bauge, pb. 59 Hovseter, N-0705 Oslo, Norway. Ph(47)22-14-80-78 Visit Trygve's Meta Portal (tm) www.trygve.bauge.com Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23673