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With a good interface you do not have to know the implementation. But the implementations here are leaking hard since everybody can and does implement the direc
by DelightOne 8y ago
With a good interface you do not have to know the implementation. But the implementations here are leaking hard since everybody can and does implement the directive differently, so you can't deal with the interface but you rather have to deal with each implementation separately!
So sadly no interface at all.
- vanderZwan 8y agoActually, the analogy does apply in the general to way the EU works, and your explanation is the exact opposite of how it usually works. The general rule of thumb is "as long as you meet the EU criteria, your product/service/etc is legal in all EU states", removing the need for figuring out red tape for each individual country. So if you have, say, a perfume that you want to sell, then as long as you follow the EU restrictions for which ingredients you are and are not allowed to use you should have access to the entire EU market. Before the EU existed you would have to find out the legal restrictions for each country separately. Contrary to its reputation, when it comes to international markets the EU has saved companies tons of money in terms of administration due to reducing red tape.
- DelightOne 8y agoAnd if you accidentally break a law because some countries did more than the directive?
- vanderZwan 8y agoIIRC you may make higher demands on your own country, but cannot restrict goods from foreign markets that meet the EU criteria (that's the entire point after all). It can get a bit weird. For example, IIRC Dutch laws regarding for cheese production safety are more strict than what EU laws require, with mandatory weekly testing for bacterial growth. However, any cheese meeting EU laws is allowed to be sold on the market.
- DelightOne 8y agoIf Google News meets EU criteria, then why did they leave Spain after Spain introduced ancillary copyright? So goods and services are not handled the same? Or is the idea wrong?
- vanderZwan 8y agoI'm not a lawyer, so I don't know all the fine details. I merely dated a woman for four years who had a master degree in EU studies and picked up a lot of things about the general process. Those are fine questions, but you'll have to do your own research to answer them I'm afraid.
- DelightOne 8y agoI understand. Will do. :-)