The replacement refs may be enforcing the letter of the law, but over time the NFL and its officials have developed nuanced enforcements of those rules in recognitionof the fast paced nature of the professional football game.
Despite the concerns over language, MEPs were broadly supportive of the rules on mutual recognition and called for the time taken to recognise the qualifications of EU professionals such as doctors and engineers applying to work in another member state to be sped up.
Yet given the reputation of English courts, and long-standing rules in other countries about recognitionof their judgments, it is hard to find a legal counter-attack.