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1. I’d like to correct a few myths about the European Union in relation to bureaucracy and red tape.
1. I’d like to correct a few myths about the European Union in relation to bureaucracy and red tape.
2. The purpose of the EU is not to create more bureaucracy. The purpose is to cut holes in the bureaucracy of member states to make it easier for members to do business with each other and be mobile.
3. Because it does that, they don’t want one member cheating and dropping production standards to gain an unfair advantage. That’s why there is some regulation of standards. (This is what they mean by a level playing field)
4. To decide if those EU standards add an unreasonable level of red tape or not, you first need to look at what standards you would want to have anyway in the UK. Do you want stuff in your shops that isn’t safe?
5. Even if you decide you want stuff in your shops that isn’t safe, if consumers can’t tell by looking at it on the shelf, then it creates a competitive advantage for sellers of unsafe products who have lower costs. Good producers then go out of business.
6. There’s no real reason why the EU commission couldn’t allow members to produce goods that are unsafe if they are clearly marked as “for export only”. But why would you want to export unsafe goods and how do you stop unscrupulous people relabelling and reselling them at home?
7. Do you want an international reputation as a country that makes and sells unsafe or poor quality goods?
8. Companies that want to export typically need to demonstrate their goods are safe and manufacturing to EU (or “British” or “German” standards) is generally a good idea. Divergence of British standards therefore isn’t a good idea.
9. Now, UK companies based outside the EU not only have to worry about domestic UK red tape (which might now be different to EU rules), they also need to comply with the rules of 27 different countries if they want to sell internationally in the same places as before Brexit.
10. So Brexit can only create red tape for Brits and subject them to much more European red tape (and new British red tape).
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