Re: French import restrictions

Werner Koch (wk@isil.d.shuttle.de)
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:22:37 +0200

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Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> writes:

> can anyone tell me if France has a personal-use exemption for crypto
> imports? I'm off down to the boat in Antibes tommorow, and the weather

Don't know about import/export restrictions but the fact is that the use
of any cryptography is strictly forbidden in France - except for some
systems which are registered with the government (including the keys).

Maybe Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr> can tell you more.

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