France
Pétur Benediktsson was appointed first Ambassador of Iceland to France in 1946. Opening in 1947 of the honorary consulates in Boulogne and Bordeaux.
List of icelandic companies based in France
The French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce
Treaties Between the Countries:
1742 Commerce
1813 Right to detract
1873 Measurement of ships
1877 Extradition
1880 Subscriptions to newspapers
1886 Property of deceased sailors
1906 Measurment of ships
1910 Trademarks
1911 Arbitration
1912 & 1913 Protection of industrial designs
1926 Bills & certificates of origin
Conciliation & arbitration
1930 Literature, scientce & education
1947 Abolition of short-term visa requirements
1951 Trade
1957 Trade
1972 Trademarks
1981 Air transportation taxes
1983 Scientific & cultural cooperation
Travel documents
1990 Film coproduction
Abolisihing double taxation on income
1992 Shellfish
1994 Traité de Spitzberg du 9.2.1920 (depository France)
Information about France from OECD
Iceland is a member of the following international organisations based in France :
- Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1950)
Iceland Permanent mission to the COE
- OECD, Paris (1961)
- UNESCO, Paris (1964)
- INTERPOL, Lyon (1971)
- EUTELSAT, Paris (1987)
- International Astronomical Union (1988)
- European Audiovisual Observatory & European Fund for co-production of cinematography, EURIMAGES, Strasbourg (1992)
- OIE, Paris (1998)
- BIE, Paris (1999)
and is an associate member of the International Legal Metrologcial Orgnisation, Paris (OIML).
Links:
- France Tourist board
- The French Parliament
- French ministries
- The president of France
- Associations of friends of Iceland in France
