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In order for prevent the law from becoming feckless, there had to be an element of discretion on the part of the enforcers. It’s there to cut the bullshit of companies who use blatant trickery/loopholes to make themselves seem like a smaller company in order to reduce their potential fines.

But as I already said, the stability of the EU’s economy depends on fair application of the law. If the EU levies a 20 million Euro fine on a company with 20 million/year in revenue, the chilling effects of that action would cause much more than 20 million in damage to the EU economy. That should be blatantly obvious. Despite propaganda to the contrary, the EU has a very good record of behaving as a reasonable government entity, moreso than most. They’ve championed quite a few consumer-friendly pieces of legislation that have managed to not destroy the applicable sectors.

If you think this is a valid concern, I can only assume you’re just as worried about other outcomes that have insane, struck-by-lightning levels of unlikelihood, in which case you are not going to have the spare cycles to be able to successfully run a business anyway.