Jersey Finance have posted the following:
that Jersey and Guernsey are to establish an office in Caen
to represent both islands' interests with French authorities.
The Bureau des Iles Anglo-Normandes replaces the Bureau de
Jersey and will support relations with France in areas such as
energy, fisheries, civil contingencies, transport links, tourism,
education and language links, and business development.
Jersey's Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip
Bailhache, said: "Our objective remains to maintain and further
develop mutually beneficial links with Lower Normandy, Brittany, La
Manche, and Ille-et-Vilaine.
"I am delighted that this new partnership with Guernsey will
enable us to share the financial costs and will help us to build
stronger relationships with the French central government in
Paris."
The Bureau des Iles Anglo-Normandes (BIAN) is expected to be
launched in early 2014 and will be funded jointly by Jersey and
Guernsey.
Whilst the installation is a regional one, it is to be hoped
that its presence on the French Mainland will enable the
Islands' status within the European Union and the European
Communities to be correctly represented.
The rectification of the failings of the French parliamentary
report on the TIEAs for both Islands prepared under the hand of
Sénateur Alain Cousin, which completely misrepresented this, may be
an important item on the Bureau's agenda, both in Normandy and
later in Paris.
Its analysis of the EC relationship is wrong on virtually every
point. For the report in French see : http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/rapports/r2568.asp
For reference full acknowledgement to
http://www.jerseyfinance.je/news/Jersey-and-Guernsey-create-joint-French-bureau#.UqnUf-JFtRY