. That can be done softly, in a manner like the French did to Japan on car trade back in the day. Considerer how long a single inspector would take to do a comprehensive safety survey
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On a point of accuracy, I never heard of that (whilst working in that industry). There was ,however, the well-publicised requirement for all video-recorders to be examined at the Poitiers customs-post - many hundreds of km from major ports. IIRC cars were simply limited in number on an EU-wide basis