The combination of market size, market importance, relatively stringent standards and regulatory capacity of the European Union can have the effect that firms trading internationally find that it is not economically, legally or technically practical to maintain lower standards in non-EU markets.
Kombinationen af markedsstørrelse, markedsbetydning og forholdsvis strenge standarder i EU kan medføre, at virksomheder, der handler internationalt, finder, at det ikke er lovligt eller teknisk muligt eller økonomisk rentabelt at opretholde lavere standarder på markeder uden for EU.