Posts Tagged ‘EU Law’
Posted on April 1, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Farmer Giles banned from using combine harvester
An EU law bans British farmers from using their combine harvesters on wet soil
Posted on April 1, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Romania full of horses
Hundreds of unwanted horses have been left to roam the streets and parks of Romania’s major cities after an EU law which bans horse-drawn carts from main roads.
Posted on April 1, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
EU law could force 3,000 more post office to close
The Post Office spent £1 billion on setting up payments for pensions and other benefits which provide sub-postmasters with 12% of their income. Under EU law, this service must now be put out to tender, and the likelihood of losing the contract will mean the closure of another 3,000 branches in 2010.
Posted on April 1, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
EU Controlling the radio waves
A control of radio wavelengths directive from the EU has meant that one of Britain’s most admired charities, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was asked to increase its annual payment for using a dedicated radio wavelength from ¬£38,000 to ¬£260,000.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Biofuel policy target
To grow the crops needed to meet the EU’s biofuels policy target, costing up to £50 billion by 2020, it would require all the farmland the EU currently uses to grow food, at a time when world food prices are soaring.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Call that an Island?
There are EU laws on what legally constitutes an island- anything with a bridge to it is not an island, nor is it an island if it is less than 1km from the mainland, it is not an island if it has less than 50 permanent residents or if it contains an EU capital city.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
EU directives on the loudness of lawnmowers
There are three seperate EU directives on the loudness of lawnmowers.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Dont cross unless the green man is the correct shade of green!
There are EU regulations on the green-ness of the person on the pedestrian crossing lights.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Juniper oil regulated by EU
All medicinal substances which have a physiological action have to be licensed under EU laws. Juniper oil has a physiological action - yet if you have three or four non-medicinal gins in the pub, you’d get more juniper oil than you would when taking a herbal remedy.
Posted on March 31, 2009 - by AbsurdEU
Sorry Sir your Kiwi is too small
Bristol market trader Tim Down, 53, was forced to bin 5000 kiwi fruits worth £1,000 because they were 1mm smaller than EU rules allow. He was forbidden from even giving away the perfectly healthy fruit.