----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Darius; I went back and looked at my notes and I think that your two points were exactly what the officer was talking about - the requirement to free access. Of course there are ways to fulfill directives without truly fulfilling them, and I think that is what we are running into with the 1:50,000. Russell At 11:08 AM 7/15/97 EDT, you wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >At 08:53 15/07/97 -0400, you wrote: >>----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >>According to the Greek military (as recently told to us by them during >>discussions) the 1:50,000 are indeed legal for Greek citizens to purchase, >>but they are not allowed for export. > >I am mildly curious as to how this all relates to > >(a) the EU regulations on free trade and commerce between member states > (which would suggest that if Greek citizens are allowed to buy them, > then other EU citizens should have equal access); and > >(b) the EU Freedom of Access to Environmental Information Directive, which > requires that any government-collected information about the > environment should be made available on request, at reasonable cost > and with no need for explanations from the enquirer as to why s/he > requires the information. I wonder can it be argued that topographic > information is "environmental" and hence subject to these provisions? > >Anyone like to offer their thoughts on this? It's probably all wishful >thinking on my part! And of course this only applies to inter-Union trade. > >Darius >*************************************************************************** >Darius Bartlett Darius Bartlett >Department of Geography Roinn na Tireolaiochta >University College Cork Colaste na hOllscoile Corcaigh >Cork, Ireland Corcaigh, Eire > >Phone: (+353) 21 902835 Fax: (+353) 21 271980 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/geography/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was transmitted using 100% recycled electrons.... >*************************************************************************** > OMNI Resources [log in to unmask] http://www.omnimap.com/catalog