Get the facts on EU regulation

10 July 2018

Do EU rules prevent safer lorries?

Lorry design specifications are set by the EU, but the UK initially opposed its plans to allow safer lorries on the road.

27 March 2018

Lorries at Dover

The Port of Dover has previously said that between 1% and 3% of lorries arriving at Dover are not from the EU, but we haven’t been able to confirm the …

26 July 2017

Does the EU say it's safe to eat chicken rinsed in chlorine?

The EU's food standards arm says there are "no safety concerns" with the process of washing chicken with chlorine, but has raised other concerns about hygiene.

Does the EU say it's safe to eat chicken rinsed in chlorine?

3 February 2017

Are we all getting 14 weeks holiday?

A graph in the Brexit white paper got the number of weeks UK law gives workers in annual holiday and EU law gives workers in paid maternity leave round the …

22 July 2016

Ask Full Fact: British steel and EU rules

EU regulations do prevent some government actions to support the steel industry, but there are other actions the government can take.

Ask Full Fact: British steel and EU rules

22 June 2016

Ask Full Fact: quick answers to your questions

We've provided sources and answers to some more of your EU questions.

Ask Full Fact: quick answers to your questions

20 May 2016

Bees, neonicotinoids and the EU

We've checked the impact leaving the EU would have on neonicotinoid restrictions. Leaving would mean we’re no longer covered by these restrictions.

12 May 2016

First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next?

Following the introduction of new EU laws on the power consumption of vacuum cleaners, it was speculated that hairdryers and lawn mowers might be next in line.

First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next?

25 April 2016

EU facts behind the claims: regulation and the single market

In partnership with experts at the UK in a Changing Europe project, we've taken a look at the facts behind the claims on the cost of EU regulation.

EU facts behind the claims: regulation and the single market

29 June 2015

The EU, the Gherkin and 'freedom of panorama'

Restrictions on 'freedom of panorama' - reproducing images of public buildings and art - have been proposed in an EU committee, but are a long way from law.

The EU, the Gherkin and 'freedom of panorama'

EU regulation

Do EU rules prevent safer lorries?

Lorries at Dover

Does the EU say it's safe to eat chicken rinsed in chlorine?

Are we all getting 14 weeks holiday?

Ask Full Fact: British steel and EU rules

Ask Full Fact: quick answers to your questions

Bees, neonicotinoids and the EU

First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next?

EU facts behind the claims: regulation and the single market

The EU, the Gherkin and 'freedom of panorama'

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