> EU Metric Directive (80/181/EEC) Status: > > In September 2007, the EC published a proposal to > modify the Metric Directive to indefinitely allow > industry to use supplementary units along with > metric units. On November 29, 2007, the European > Parliament voted in favor of the European > Commission's proposed amendments to the EU Metric > Directive (which includes an indefinite extension to > supplementary indications, > > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A6-2007-0430+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN). > I understand that the Council has to vote next,... > Whether or not this latest proposal will be adopted > is still uncertain,...
> Additional resources can be found at: > ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/uni_ms_en.htm > ... > contact Ms. Ann Ngo, Office of > the European Union, Market Access & Compliance/ITA, > U.S. Department of Commerce (see below), who is the > DoC-EU Metric Directive point of contact. Ms. Ngo > maintains an email list and periodically distributes > EU Metric Directive/FPLA updates. > Ann Ngo > Office of the European Union > Market Access & Compliance > International Trade Administration > U.S. Department of Commerce > (202) 482-0010 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elizabeth Gentry provided the above information, which I have edited to delete lines of less relevance to the USMA. Gene.
