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ID113169
Title ProperEurope in the throes
LanguageENG
AuthorPignal, Stanley
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)BRUSSELS-In a detailed three-page memo published nearly two decades ago, an unnamed European Union official set about codifying just what constitutes a good banana. Few could have predicted that "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2257/94 of 16 September 1994 laying down quality standards for bananas" would ever attract much outside attention. Even by the lexicon of regulatory documents, it is a turgid read. It lays down technical specifications for fruit imported or grown in the EU: their size ("minimum 14 cm"), how their crown is cut ("not beveled or torn") and their shape ("free from abnormal curvature"). The blameless Eurocrat behind it could not have guessed that his proposals, which became law the following year, would morph into a cause célèbre among detractors of the European Union.
`In' analytical NoteWorld Policy Journal Vol. 29, No.1; Spring 2012: p.61-71
Journal SourceWorld Policy Journal Vol. 29, No.1; Spring 2012: p.61-71
Key WordsEuropean Union ;  United Kingdom ;  International Trade