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Gold-plating (European Union law)
Gold-plating is pejorative term to characterise the process where an EU directive is given additional powers when being transposed into the national laws of member states. In operational terms, the European Commission defines gold-plating "an excess of norms, guidelines and procedures accumulated at national, regional and local levels, which interfere with the expected policy goals to be achieved by such regulation".
Business lobbyists generally argue against it because additional regulation tends to raise costs for businesses, but there are the few companies that stand to benefit from it.