Subject: Re: EU or not?<br/>
Date: Sep 13, 2002 @ 13:30<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2036668013">Peter,<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Acc. to my info, this was on Feb. 1, 1985.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>You&#39;re quite right. I got this mixed-up with the date of home rule, <br/>
although from memory, I&#39;m sure the Greenlanders actually made the decision <br/>
to withdraw from the EEA some years before 1985.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;The Canary Islands are, as far as I know, a normal Spanish region,<br/>
&gt;consisting of two provinces, and definitely part of the EU because<br/>
&gt;they are a part of Spain proper.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I&#39;d agree, but they would seem to have a similar status to the Channel <br/>
Islands as they&#39;re not considered to be part of the EU for customs purposes.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Well, no one is living there or doing anything there that might care...<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Not yet, but how long before some enterprising person tries to do a <br/>
&#39;Sealand&#39; there?<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>