I am in Ireland at the moment, this morning I read this report. Groan!!!! I wonder why the European Commission has not simply proposed the abandonment of SI and the adoption of ifp throughout the EU, it is that bad. The EC really seems to think that SI is a barrier to trade. They have taken all these cost claims as if they were gospel truth, they will not even remove the exemption for rail transport; it was and remains lumped in with sea and air transport for SI-exemptions. There is even a claim that Japan and Canada require the use of pounds for packaging fruit. I smell the foul air of 1812 here!!!!!
Han > Datum: 28/06/07 01:27 > Van: "James R Frysinger" > Aan: "U.S. Metric Association" > CC: > Onderwerp : [USMA:38945] Indefinite postponement of EU deadline getting closer > > A report has been released just now in the EU regarding ED 80/181/EEC. This > is a staff report but it is leading to indefinite postponement of the > end-of-2009 deadline date for requiring SI-only labeling in the EU > marketplace. See > http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/public_consultat_report_26jun07.pdf > > I have not fully studied this, but I am amazed at some of the claimed costs > that were asserted by various market groups should SI-only labeling be > required. Methinks someone is blowing smoke and using mirrors. Is it really > going to cost $10 per package of cosmetics to drop the non-SI units? > > Jim > > > > > >
