Likewise, experts (here: we, the people of hackernews) should consult with other experts. Like those diplomats that write agreements like this. It seems to me

Likewise, experts (here: we, the people of hackernews) should consult with other experts. Like those diplomats that write agreements like this. It seems to me that the purpose of ANNEX LAW-1 is to incorporate existing EU law into this agreement. It seems like they wanted to avoid creating a new text, just because the old one was, well, old. We probably have something similar in our programming professions: If I am to split a monolith into microservices, I'd avoid rewriting the business logic at the same time. Reuse the existing business logic, and then revisit it once the architecture itself is stable.