I don't know. In the EU they have gone crazy with regulations. Many are made to exclude foreign competition. I remember seeing that a toothbrush must meet over 100 EU regulations and a bath towel must also meet over 100 regulations. If you have to do compliance certification with testing, inspection or paperwork validation then the costs become prohibitive and serve little or no public benefit.
The old joke.
Two guys were talking about General Motors. One said, “they have so many vice presidents, they even have a vice president of head rests.
The other one didn’t believe it so he called and asked to speak to the Vice President of headrests. “Certainly sir,” said the receptionist, “would that be drivers or passenger side?”
“most advanced countries”
some possible comparison countries:
Canada, France, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland
“In the EU they have gone crazy with regulations. Many are made to exclude foreign competition. I remember seeing that a toothbrush must meet over 100 EU regulations and a bath towel must also meet over 100 regulations.”
I despise the EU government, but what it does needs to be taken into reasoned consideration.