"This is another stupid EU regulation that has been pushed through by continentals trying to protect their interests."
Just how binding are these EU regulations? Can the UK tell them that they won't abide by certain regs? I've heard the currency is something that the UK doesn't like. They didn't seem to go along with it.
The UK (and, I think Denmark and a couple of other countries), very wisely chose chose not to adopt the Euro.
Hopefully there will be some loophole that can get round this. I have tried, and failed to find just how binding EU regulations are on individual countries - perhaps someone can help me out ...