my point about court cases is that corporations already have an incentive
to implement extremely stringent quality controls and workplace safety, because UK's litigation culture makes them much more susceptible to massive payouts for worker injuries compared to other places in the EU.

I don't know enough about your field to discuss international co-operation, but knowing that tools like Thompson Reuters' Web of Knowledge exist means that there other incentives for international collaboration outside the established EU frameworks.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 7 Jul 2016, 14:23, Reply)