The size of strawberries for sale in shops is decided by the European Commission in a regulation "binding in
its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States".
The national parliaments or the European Parliament has no say. It is one of 80,000 rules which cannot be
changed by the voters. See under "Strawberries and
"Number of laws"
We have managed to establish the existence of more than 80,000 pieces of law in the EU where the fundamental
principle of democracy does not apply.
LEGISLATION TOTAL 31813 SECONDARY LEGISLATION 27611
Regulations 8588
Directives 1985
Decisions 14236
Other acts 2802 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 4202
Agreements with non-Member States or international organisations 1521
Agreements between Member States 104
Acts of bodies created by international agreements 2577 NON-BINDING ACTS 4564
Recommendations 240
Communications 4195
White papers 30
Green papers 99 VERDICTS FROM THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE 11878 STANDARDS TOTAL 44838CEN (European Committee for Standardization) 13425
CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) 21343
ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) 5287
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS (WHO & FAO food standards system) 4783 GRAND TOTAL 93093
