Hi, new poster here. In a nutshell I can't see it happening... I suspect a compromise will ultimately be struck. Conversely, I am not surprised that the FPLA hasn't been amended....yet. Though I'm not well-versed on the issue, its clear both sides would lose if neither yielded. Also if only one were to yield there would still be trade dilemas. My guess is that this particular EU directive will be suspended indefinitely, while FPLA will be amended.
Lets be honest here, many American consumers are familiar with certain inch-pound sizes (I can't see milk exclusively marked "3.79 L." with no mention of gallon by 2010, etc), and should there be extras or a packaging run duplicated, they'll want the potential market still open. Now, a EU-made product thats all metric would need only slap a sticker on for US sales, rather than tear off or marker out the contents. Besides, doesn't this directive also ban inch/pound from advertisements, brochures and even websites? This realistically would cause too much commotion in commerce. Perhaps they haven't amended it yet so it could be used as a potential bargaining chip. On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:10:24 -0600, "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I was looking through the NIST metric page for any updated information on > amending the FPLA and found this PDF which was a business alert released > by > the NIST a couple months back.. > > http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Metric/upload/Business_Alert_2010.pdf > > The composer of the document seems to not be for or against metric > transition but the document did a good job of summarizing the relevant > information. > > I found it shocking that several organizations within the EU are actually > pressuring the EU to continue the use of dual labelling simply because US > companies haven't switched, but I'm sure this deadline will not get > extended > once more. > > Has there been any more relevant movement or information on the issue > that > anyone is aware of or is it doomed to a slow quiet death in a > congressional > commitee ? > > Mike > > -- > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" -- Bernard Rachtmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again
