23 December 1998

    I have updated my Crypto Law Survey to version 14.1.

    http://cwis.kub.nl/~frw/people/koops/lawsurvy.htm

    INTERNATIONAL
    Wassenaar Arrangement (December 1998 changes)

    ASIA & PACIFIC
    China (no use restrictions)
    Indonesia (use restrictions?)
    Kyrgyzstan (no export controls)
    Vietnam (import controls)

    EUROPE
    EU (to implement Wassenaar changes?)
    Poland (free GSN import)
    Slovenia (no domestic controls)
    Spain (Telecoms Law may forebode key recovery)

    NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
    Chile (no controls)
    Colombia (no controls)
    Costa Rica (no domestic controls)
    Mexico (no use restrictions)
    Puerto Rico (no controls)
    United States (new export relaxations; Junger dismissed; TACDFIPSFKMI
    charter extended; copyright act may hinder crypto research)
    Uruguay (no controls)

    Please note that the UK entry still needs updating.

    Bert-Jaap Koops
    Tilburg University
    23 December 1998

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