Thanks Ken! Next, I'll try to find the text of items remaining below.
Ken Cooper<[email protected]>wrote: Mechtly asked: >"1. In each of the Member States of the EU, what law(s) were enacted in >response to the EU Metric Directive? Ken Replied: >The following (current) legislation refers to or was amended in response to >the provisions of 80/181/EEC or the previous directive 71/354/EEC > >The Weights & Measures Act 1985 ... >Units of Measurement Regulations 1986 ... >Weights & Measures (Miscellaneous Foods Order 1994 ... >Units of Measurements Regulations 1994 ... >Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 ... >Weights & Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 ... Mechtly asked: "2. In each of the Member States of the EU, what amendments, if any, were enacted to permit "supplementary indications" beyond 2010 January 1?" Ken replied: >None as yet (as far as I am aware) in any EU state. There is definitely no >current >UK legislation that "permits" supplementary indications after 1/1/2010. >Conversely, >there is no actual current UK legislation which specifically forbids >supplementary >indications after 1/1/2010. > >On 1/1/2010, Imperial loses its status as a "supplementary indication".. IMO, >that >doesn't mean that it is forbidden from appearing (as long as the metric >measure is >primary) > >An up-to-date copy of O'Keefe's "The Law of Weights & Measures" will answer >question 1. >With regard to your second question, the EU's consultations, proposals & > >amendments may be viewed at the following locations > ... >http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/commission_services_work_doc.pdf. > ... >http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/public_consultat_report_26jun07.pdf > >Final Communication re Amendments > >http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0785:FIN:EN:HTML >
