“Exceeding the strict terms of EC Directives governments and agencies were suspected – wilfully or unconsciously – to “tag on” additional national measures on the back of European Directives, resulting in unnecessary burdens and competitive disadvantages for domestic business. In the UK these national add-ons are commonly reffered to as gold-plating(7)”

“(7) The Dutch wording for this is ‘nationale kop’.”

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Holmes reached into his jacket and fished out a watch that was definately not his.
"Look at this watch, Mrs. Hudson, what inferences may you draw from its physical appearance?"
She took it and flipped it in her hand. It seemed to be made of gold, although it did not seem to be functioning. The hands on the watch were stationary. She felt slightly foolish, she had never observed watches in detail before.
Mrs. Hudson shrugged indifferently, "that the owner is rich?"
Holmes took it over and with a pin, scratched the side of the watch, revealing silvery metallic sheen beneath the layer of gold.
"Not quite. It seems that the watch is gold-plated, which means that the former owner wanted to create an impression of wealth. Also, the watch is clearly not functional, upon further examination, there a droplets of water in the crevices, which indicates that he had, at one point of time -" Holmes reasoned to her, despite the obvious fact that she had little interest in his reasoning.
"Devoid of entertainment, aren't you?" Mrs. Hudson remarked, "You have resorted to buying second-hand items from pawn shops just to exercise your methods of deduction."
"Have I mentioned that you would make an excellent detective?"
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