Tories to allow companies to challenge EU red tape

UK Shadow Industry Secretary, Stephen O'Brien, has unveiled an eight-point plan to eliminate "gold-plating" of EU business regulation 'and slash the red tape rules strangling British firms', 18 August 2004.

United Kingdom: Conservative Party, Press Release: Conservatives combat 'gold-plated' EU rules, 18.8.04 http://www.conservatives.com/news/article.cfm?obj_id=114423

Conservative Research Department: Policy Unit: Reversing the drivers of regulation. The European Union, 2004 http://www.conservatives.com/getfile.cfm?file=driverseuroregulation&ref=POLICYDOCUMENT/1664&type=pdf

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