Failure to influence EU law burdens business

United Kingdom Ministers’ failure to engage early in the European Union decision-making process and influence new laws has added £45bn ($90bn) to the burden on British business over the past decade, a study by the British Chambers of Commerce in collaboration with the London and Manchester business schools, has found, April 2008. It says there is a disconnect between UK efforts to assess the impact of EU legislation and the actual process of adopting and implementing those laws.