Subject: Re: Pre-EU customs enforcement in Baarle<br/>
Date: Oct 01, 2000 @ 17:38<br/>
Author: brwhyte@hotmail.com (brwhyte@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-889288959">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@egroups.com">BoundaryPoint@egroups.com</a>, &quot;Bill Hanrahan&quot; &lt;hanrahan@k...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Please excuse this if it&#39;s been discussed already...I&#39;ve wondered <br/>
&gt; what the customs enforcement situation was like in Baarle prior to <br/>
&gt; the EU.  Peter or Jesper?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I believe the Benelux customs union post-war was in force. PreWar <br/>
however, there were problems. If you read Dutch, buy De Belgische <br/>
Enclaves in Nederland by Dr F A Brekelmans, published in 1965 in <br/>
Tilburg. It is available fomr online secondhand booksellers.<br/>
Try www.bibliofind.com  or www.abebooks.com<br/>
Both have keyword search facilities.<br/>
A good place to hunt for the left-right hand drive book mentioned <br/>
earlier too.<br/>
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<br/>
Brendan</div>