David, Labeling Laws of the EU States, even if modified to permit (indefinitely) non-SI "supplementary indications," would still *require* SI units as the *primary* indications, and allow non-SI units *only* as supplementary indications.
Therefore, US products with non-SI units appearing in first places, and SI units appearing in second places could still by rejected at ports of entry to EU States. Labeling sequences common on US products (non SI first, then SI second) are still vulnerable to rejection! Gene. --- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:23:44 -0700 (PDT) >From: David <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:43892] RE: EU Metric Directive >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >I found this on the USMA website here: >http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/eu-update.html > >"Various press reports in May 2007 indicate that the European Commission has >dropped its opposition to “supplementary indications,” the EU measurement >directive's term for dual units. According to a spokesperson, EU Industry >Commissioner Günter Verheugen will introduce a proposal to eliminate the 1 >January 2010 ban on supplementary indications. > >This proposal wouldn't eliminate the requirement to use metric units, of >course; it would merely allow the option to also include other units. Perhaps >paradoxically, this could benefit U.S. metrication efforts: By changing >European law to permit U.S. dual-marked goods to be imported, rather than >banning them in 2010, Europe increases pressure on the U.S. to return the >favor by amending the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to permit metric-only >labels, allowing imports of European goods with metric-only labels. That, in >turn, would give U.S. companies the option of dropping non-metric >measurements from their labels." > >What are the current laws in Europe on the import of dual-marked goods. I >mean, doesn't Europe already permit dual-labeled goods to be imported?
