Editing Deregulation (section)

=== European Union ===
In 2003, there were amendments to EU directive on [[software patent]]s.<ref>{{citation|title=Amendment 23 to the proposed Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions|date=September 2003|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|url=http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs/committees/itre/20030219/488498en.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210231145/http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs/committees/itre/20030219/488498en.pdf|archive-date=February 10, 2006}}</ref>

Since 2006, the [[European Common Aviation Area]] has given carriers from one EU country the [[freedom of the air]] in most others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) | url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/agreements-conventions/agreement/?aid=2006052 |date=December 1, 2017 |publisher= [[European Council]] |accessdate=August 3, 2021}}</ref>

==== Ireland ====
The taxi industry was deregulated in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] in 2000,<ref name="ii"/> and the price of a license dropped overnight to €5,000. The number of taxis increased dramatically.

However, some existing taxi drivers were unhappy with the change, as they had invested up to €100,000 to purchase licenses from existing holders, and regarded them as assets. In October 2013 they brought a test case in the High Court for damages.<ref name="ii">{{cite news|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|title= Deregulation 'ruined taxi drivers overnight'|first=Tim|last=Healy|date=October 30, 2013|accessdate=August 3, 2021 |url=https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/deregulation-ruined-taxi-drivers-overnight-29709864.html}}</ref> Their claim was dismissed two years later.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[TheJournal.ie]]|title=The government just avoided a €360 million payout over taxis|date=October 16, 2016|accessdate=August 3, 2021|last=Hosford|first=Paul|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/taxis-high-court-challenge-2392615-Oct2015/}}</ref>