2002-10-10 I find the last paragraph very interesting:
Mr Dell added: "However, we have to enforce the law. If we make an exception in this case, it would set a precedent and we would have pubs up and down the country demanding the right to be able to serve their drinks in half-litres and litres." Is this guy saying that deep down inside, the pub owners in Britain really want to sell in litre amounts? Does anyone know what "force" is behind maintaining the law requiring pints and what is preventing the law from being changed? Here's something to think about: "Some of them have told me they will buy their own flutes and steins and ask me to serve their beer in them. If customers brought in their own litre glasses, could the pubs legally fill them? This would be one way of subverting the law. And finally, this: Trading standards officials - who normally order shops and stores to serve goods in metric measures - say beer must be sold in Imperial pint and half-pint glasses. Does this mean that even imperial quarts are banned too? John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-10 13:27 Subject: [USMA:22598] Re: UK beer - challenge On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:15:17 +0100, Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2002-10-09 19:45 UTC: >> http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_686659.html?menu= > >A troublesome event, indeed. Do you have any particular suggestions for >effective petitioning and support in this case? After all, what she >experiences is an obstacle against free movement of goods and services >in Europe, so I am sure the European Commission might be interested in >hearing that Austrian 1 litre beer jars are illegal in UK pubs merely >for being properly calibrated and labeled in an international standard >unit of volume, as is customary and appropriate for >Austrian/Bavarian-style serving of beer all over the world. The UKMA has issued a press release on this. We will be discussing this in a committee meeting tomorrow. The BBC now has a story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2313029.stm, which mentions that the publican "intends to take her case to the European Parliament". The same thought had occurred to me about 'free movement of goods and services". What hasn't been mentioned in the press, but was mentioned in today's BBC Radio 'You and Yours', (you can listen to it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/ - 19 min into the programme) which interviewed Ms Schultz, that she offered both the Austrian glasses AND traditional pint glasses. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
