Gene,
Thanks for the additional info. I'm glad to hear that the Units of
Measurement Directive (what we have been calling the "metric directive") is
not yet before the EU Council.
Even if the Units of Measurement Directive is amended as proposed, the UK
could go much further than it has in enforcing the primacy of metric units
and widening the scope of that enforcement to advertising and product
descriptions. (But that will have to wait for another day and another
government, I'm afraid. :-(
Ezra
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Ezra,
Below are some brief excerpts from:
<www.counsilium.europa.eu/showPage.asp?id=242&lang=en&mode=g>
The Council is the main decision-making body of the EU.
The ministers of the Member States meet within the Council...
Depending on the issue on the agenda, each country will be represented by
the minister responsible for that subject...
The Council...passes laws, usually legislating jointly with the European
Parliament... END of Excerpts.
No currently posted agenda includes the EU Metric Directive.
Gene.
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:01:11 +0000
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Subject: [USMA:40473] Re: EU Metric Directive
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My next question is pretty obvious: why does Elizabeth say that approval
by the Council (and which council, exactly?) is "uncertain'? What does
that mean? When do they meet? What are the forces in play? etc. etc.
Anyone out there with suitable history and contacts able to drill down a
little further? I'd love to know!
Ezra
