Did you know what "gold plating" means and how it affects our economy? | It describes the national over-implementation of EU law, where Germany often acts more strictly than Brussels requires. | This practice overlays EU minimum standards with an additional layer of national special rules and stricter regulations. | For companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this results in a massive increase in administrative burden and a bureaucratic nightmare. | Well-intentioned laws quickly become a burden for SMEs. | These expensive extras noticeably slow down the German economy and jeopardize its competitiveness. | What often sounds like "greater protection" on paper turns out to be a costly bureaucratic trap in practice. | We examine the dilemma of why well-intentioned regulations often have the opposite effect. | Discover the reasons why Germany frequently takes a gold-plated special path when implementing EU law. | Learn all about the expensive consequences of this practice for companies and Germany as a business location. [...]

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