This house was built in 1911, the population was over 20k which puts the population density at the time at over 4000 per square mile. That's not exactly rural.
You say The Law as if it's something magical, come down from Mt. Sinai.
Instead of the political decision of a bunch of unelected Brussels would-be "elites" which would never pass a general referendum. If they ever had such things, which they generally don't.
Would we call a rule that "phones must have a USB-C connector" The Law? No, it's just lawyers with too much time on their hands.
I don't think you understand how the EU legislative system works.
The EU is composed of multiple bodies, one of which is unelected people, one of which is people chosen by someone who is elected (roughly) and one of which is people directly elected by EU citizens.
This last body is a Parliament, and is where laws happen.
Once laws are voted, each individual country has a delay to transform it into a local law.
According to Snopes, the mass of the water held back by the dam (39 trillion kilograms, or 42 billion tons) is sufficient to change the rotation of the earth:
