On 10/24/05, Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
To me the bigger question would be :- "when did the EU become a 'country'?"
>From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" < [email protected]>
>Subject: [USMA:34988] Re: Roundtable on Transatlantic Standards Issues:
>Meeting Notes
>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:49:23 +0100
>
>>14. The EU requires "metric-only" labeling on packaging. The U.S. has a
>deferral on the requirement until 2010, but this remains a problem for the
>long-term. The EU is the only country that prohibits non-metric labeling.
>Non-EU manufacturers should be given the flexibility to use dual labeling
>as
>long as they're meeting the metric requirement.
>
>If the EU should be forced to continue to *allow* dual labelling what right
>has the US to *ban* metric-only.
>
>Phil Hall
>
