On 17/04/16 13:50, John Rumm wrote:
On 17/04/2016 00:39, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

the street. And of course about the regulations stifling UK industry -
that somehow only apply to the UK and not other member countries.

Regulations that stifle our economy may well have similar effects
elsewhere... Although that is not really a part of the debate about
whether we should remain, and more one for general reform of the EU.


If they are adhered to.

Most EU countries ignore regulations, accept that their popliticians are
corrupt, and just trade cash..

Except France and Geremany,for whom the regulations ree made.


regulation has impact on the wider world, way beyond the EU. For
example CAP, paying farmers to over produce certain crops etc that then
need to be dumped onto the world market at below cost price. This has a
massive negative effect on developing economies in that it prevents them
developing their own sustainable agriculture through destroying the
market for their produce.

The impact of legislation does depend on sector, and also how the EU
legislation is enacted into the domestic legislation of the member
state. That also assumes that the EU is not subtly targeting its
legislation at a particular country. e.g. Attempting to raise extra
funds from financial services knowing that it will hit the UK harder
than most, or from the automotive industry, thus affecting the Germans
more than others.

For large UK business, the regulator burden is not really an issue - if
they are doing lots of business into the EU, they need to comply with
much of it anyway. For small and medium UK business - most of which
don't do business directly with the EU, its more of a burden. (the shear
volume of legislation (both EU and national) is a burden for small
business, since they don't have the staff to even read the stuff, let
alone comply with it. Keep in mind also the *most* of the UKs businesses
are small and medium sized. They also generate most of the GDP and
employment.

The there is also the way in which EU legislation is integrated into
national law. We do seem to have a habit of "doing it by the book" and
also gold plating it. Others seem to be much better at simply ignoring
the bits that they don't like!






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