Upgrading to Illustrator CS4 english from FreeHand MX french

I wonder if a french version's FreeHand serial number will be accepted by an english version of the Illustrator CS4 upgrade ?
Does anybody have an idea ?
Thanks,
Boyan

Call customer service and ask if it was the English version it would have to be Great Britain as they say on my master collection package Only for distribution in North America so you might not even be able to activate it or register it with an address in France.
BTW I do work in Paris and I noticed that the cost of anything photographic or computer related was way higher then here in the States. Even removable media. I bought a portable hard drive by La Cie there and it costs $100 more in paris then the New York. That was $300 as opposed to $200 here.
I agree I think it is a bit unfair. However it is my understanding that the salaries in Europe are generally higher then in New York which means they are very much higher then the rest of the U.S. which may be the reason. So I think it kind of even outs. Also the problem might be on your side of the fence as the import laws require fees or tariffs to be paid and might also level fines against companies that allow certain products to circumvent local import rules.
I know once a I sent some slides to the UK and I wrote a value on them of $300, but was not aware that it meant an invoice value, the customs imposed a $179 import fee on them and there was no if ands or buts about it.
Though they still use film in Europe it is kind of cray to do so I can get a pack of Ready Load 4X5 film for about $75.00 it cost more then twice that in Paris. It is considered a competing product so the tariff is huge but some people tell me it is not the Tariff or the VAT.
But my experience says it is and also it might be more expensive to do business in Europe.
So it is hard to tell why and some products from overseas are cheaper as well in the us then they are in US then in Europe fm where they originate?
I wonder what really drives this discrepancy.

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