>bureaucratic loophole allowing them to make their standards into de facto-law while avoiding that those standards then become part of the public domain
I get this kind of doublespeak a lot in Germany.
For example, if a police officer suspects you of drunk driving, you are not required by law to take a breath test. You are required to take a blood test back at the station. The breath test is considered voluntary.
Then there is the public health system. Insurance companies are not really part of the government, so you can't vote them out of office. But somehow they are still have a mandate to issue legally binding orders of seizure if you happen to disagree with the math in their invoices. They also act as their own oversight department. You are mandated to do business with at least one of them.
Also, traffic tickets are not fines. They are just a voluntary payment to convince the city not to issue you a real fine, which is about 10x higher. Of course, you can't contest it, because you agreed to it.
Guess DIN is just another wagon in the gravy train...
I get this kind of doublespeak a lot in Germany.
For example, if a police officer suspects you of drunk driving, you are not required by law to take a breath test. You are required to take a blood test back at the station. The breath test is considered voluntary.
Then there is the public health system. Insurance companies are not really part of the government, so you can't vote them out of office. But somehow they are still have a mandate to issue legally binding orders of seizure if you happen to disagree with the math in their invoices. They also act as their own oversight department. You are mandated to do business with at least one of them.
Also, traffic tickets are not fines. They are just a voluntary payment to convince the city not to issue you a real fine, which is about 10x higher. Of course, you can't contest it, because you agreed to it.
Guess DIN is just another wagon in the gravy train...