I picked up this old thread again to add something entirely off topic. The Eurocrats at Eurostat have collected every possible figure about the old and new member states and compared with the US. If you ever wondered how many people marry each year in Cyprus or how much cereals the Maltese consume, this is a link for you:
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/...ct=1-11032004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download What is interesting is that the trade between the former communist countries and the former Soviet Union is almost gone. Even the old Soviet republics of Estonia and Latvia have some 75% of their trade with the EU. This has had an impact on wiring practices and electrical equipment. Any influence the Soviet standards retain will be eliminated by CE-marking, voltage harmonisation and the common market. Boring but safer.
[This message has been edited by C-H (edited 04-12-2004).]
