On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:58:07 -0400, Viking wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:58:06 +0200, Martin wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:35:20 -0400, Viking wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:10:03 +0200, Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=38958
>>>
>>>Usual story: customers wronged, corporation fined--government gets
>>>rich. Customers end with nada.
>>
>>It has effected the price of beer all over Europe, since 1995.
>>The EU action has opened a can of works. The price to bars and restaurants is
>>still fixed significantly higher, than it is to supermarkets. As a result a beer
>>at a beach cafe that should cost EUR 1.10 costs EUR 1.90
>>
>>Gawd knows what is going on in UK where the beer is even more expensive.
>
>Another case of EU government over-regulation gone wrong,
In what way is consumer protection another case of EU government over-regulation
gone wrong?
> I'm afraid.
>Reminds me of that anti-CO2 measure in Belgium, where they're using
>helicopters (big CO2 emissions) to make sure people aren't using
>barbeques (little CO2 emissions).
I don't see a connection.
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Martin
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