Did you actually read the regulation you linked to? It defines a standard for the quality classification of cucumbers. It doesn't require cucumbers to be strai

Did you actually read the regulation you linked to? It defines a standard for the quality classification of cucumbers. It doesn't require cucumbers to be straight, it just requires them to meet certain criteria to be declared a certain class of cucumber. It didn't prevent anyone from selling bent cucumbers as long as they were classified accordingly. In fact, what I just said is exactly what the blog post linked in the comment you're responding to is said and which you're completely ignoring. The EU didn't pass a law requiring cucumbers to be straight. The EU passed a standard for classifying cucumbers. Exactly the kind of standard that would have been passed by each country individually if the EU didn't exist (as evidenced by non-EU countries having such standards).