> Example the vacuum cleaners: do we seriously need these things enforced from the EU? If you want to sell them in the EU common market then yes, they do need

> Example the vacuum cleaners: do we seriously need these things enforced from the EU? If you want to sell them in the EU common market then yes, they do need to enforce standards for the sale of vacuum cleaners. If you want to build vacuum cleaners that don't meet those standards then you can still do so within the EU and sell them in the USA, Canada, Russia... assuming they too don't have standards you need to meet.