To all, I have prepared this letter to Mrs Bernot but I will keep it on hold in the folder Concepts for a few months yet. If she receives too many letters now, she may get irritated. Han Dear Mrs. Bernot, Last autumn I wrote to you about the labels that Estee Lauder uses on the products sold in the EU. I quote this from one of your letters: "TABD has called on the European Union to demonstrate similar regulatory flexibility so that manufacturers have the option to use either metric only, or metric plus a supplemental unit of measurement depending on the needs of the end user." Apart from everything else, this is proof that the TABD wants metric countries to put up with ifp for all eternity The French or French Canadian end-user does not need the once liquide in the first place. . Secondly: EL labels are still ifp English, ifp French, metric supplemental. Still 5 FL.OZ/OZ.LIQ/150 mL Labels like that which flaunt USC as the international system of units which it is absolutely not, are so offensive to me that I do not buy anything from such companies, no matter from what country that company originates. EL labeling conflicts with the quote above: metric + supplemental. 1. Canada does not require ifp labelling anymore, it ist just allowed. Her requirements only cover language issues. Metric units and symbols are the same in all languages. 2. The 'Franco/American' unit once liquide is illegal in France and in Canada; the latter country only recognizes the Imperial fluid ounce which *may*, not *must* be placed on labels. 4. The French authorities might decide sooner or later to ban the oz.liq. on anything imported in France. It is their right to take that action. 3. Knowing that until 2010 'supplemental' units are allowed in the EU I asked in my last message to you that Estee Lauder just does that, meaning labelling its products like: 150 mL/5 fl.oz. So, please, have Estee Lauder change its labels to the format metric/ifp. ** To some members of the list. This is achievable. Going for metric only at present is not. I want the offensive labels out now and ifp out in 2010. Yours sincerely, Han Maenen, The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED]
