EU PLANS DRIVING LICENCE DATA SWAP
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved in principle a proposed European Union (EU) regulation which would allow police and other law enforcement officials within the EU's Schengen open border area to inspect registration documentation held in all countries of this zone. Britain and Ireland are not part of Schengen, which covers EU member states Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, along with Iceland and Norway. The information will be accessed through the ...
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