As a result, regulations may appear to be less expensive than programs that are more cost-effective but require direct government spending.
The regulations appear to be tame and will not make much of a difference in what most consumers pay.
Those regulations appear to require huge numbers of electric vehicles, along with others running on methanol and natural gas.
With the latest rule invalidated, an earlier regulation holding the maximum number of machines under 500 appears to be in effect.
Related regulations appear in a range of other statutory instruments from 2013.
Judging by the reaction of consumers, the regulation appears to be stimulating competition.
Environmental regulations appear to be the main cost drivers in determining the severity of the disproportionate impact on small firms.
Indeed, it cannot be an accident that this regulation is appearing before the results of a feasibility study on the agency have been published.
Many of the East Germans at the embassy said the regulation appeared to be still in force.
The new regulations appeared to be immune from any further legal challenge.