Thanks John! You read the UK laws more carefully than I did. Beyond the UK, I'll not be satisfied until I see the current Packaging and Labeling Laws in German, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish, and observe the distinctions between primary and supplementary indications. These languages represent the major Ports of Entry into the EU.
I believe that rejection of exports from the US is a real possibility, in at least some of the EU Member States, after 2010 Jan 1, if non-SI supplementary indications are treated as more important than indications in SI. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:10:44 -0700 (PDT) >From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:44816] Re: Metric-Only Laws >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> ... From section 8, paragraphs (3)(a) and (3)(f) seem clear. Quoting from >them: ... >the nominal quantity shall be expressed in the permitted metric units (except >for milk in returnable packages where it may be expressed in pints) with the >numerical value expressed in figures followed by the unit of measurement >expressed in words or the relevant permitted symbol; >(f) >any supplementary indications in imperial units allowed by section 8(5A) of >the 1985 Act F11 shall be expressed in the permitted imperial units with the >numerical value expressed in figures followed by the unit of measurement >expressed in words or the relevant permitted abbreviation and shall not be >more prominent (and in particular the figures and words or abbreviations shall >not be larger) than the metric indication;... >The UK has been "metric required, Imperial tolerated" for some time. The only >issue is whether or not Imperial is forbidden after 2010-01-01. Well, and the >existing exemptions like miles of road and pints of beer. Section (f) does >not require the Imperial markings as does FPLA. It sets the rules if they are >present.
