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| ''European Union (EU)''.
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| | A simple error of data entry when two digits in a number are reversed (transposed). |
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| Collective term for the 26 European countries - 22 EU member states, plus four other countries - which have open borders between them.
| | When two adjacent digits are transposed the error will always be divisible by 9. |
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| | If 3,460 should be 3,640 |
| | the difference is 180 (3,640-3,460=180) |
| | 180/9 = 20. |
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| The 22 participating EU member states are:
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| :Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
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| The other four members of the Schengen Area are:
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| :Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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| ====Four EU member states expected to join Schengen====
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| The following EU member states are expected to join the Schengen Area in due course:
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| :Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania.
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| ====Two EU member states opted out of Schengen====
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| Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) have opted out of the Schengen arrangements.
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| A referendum held in the UK in June 2016 resulted in a vote in favour of the UK leaving the European Union itself.
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| ====Origins====
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| The originating Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985 in the Luxembourg village of Schengen, by five countries:
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| :Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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| | Similar errors with non-numerical data. |
| | For example ABC entered wrongly as ACB. |
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Brexit]] | | * [[Double counting]] |
| * [[European Free Trade Association]]
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| * [[European Union]]
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| __NOTOC__
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1.
A simple error of data entry when two digits in a number are reversed (transposed).
When two adjacent digits are transposed the error will always be divisible by 9.
For example:
If 3,460 should be 3,640
the difference is 180 (3,640-3,460=180)
180/9 = 20.
2.
Similar errors with non-numerical data.
For example ABC entered wrongly as ACB.
See also
