Ezra, It may be that Member State laws exist in response to Directive 80/181 *and* to the Directive of 2009, and that I have just not been successful in finding them (except for those by Great Britain which we know about). Gene.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 05:49:46 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: [USMA:46587] Re: Labeling Laws of EU Member States >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Certainly, Gene. > > But I'm wondering what the EU member states actually > did in response to Directive 80/181 back in 2000. If > most (maybe all) member states did nothing at the > time (which wouldn't surprise me), then there > wouldn't have been any changes to laws, etc. that > had to be made to comply with this indefinite > extension that permits supplementary indications. > > In other words, the member states may have just > stuck with the status quo ante as far as their laws > are concerned. Consequently, this whole thing may > have been nothing more than a giant "no op" for all > the member states. > > I'm just speculating as to why the new (changed) > laws may not be findable is all that I'm saying. > > -- Ezra > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 8:28:54 PM GMT -08:00 > US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [USMA:46586] Re: Labeling Laws of EU Member > States > > Ezra, > > The Directive 80/181 *excluded* "supplementary > indications" (i.e. inch-pound units) after 2010 Jan > 1. > > The Directive of 2009 made inch-pound units > acceptable beyond 2010 Jan 1. > > That required a *significant* change in the laws of > the EU Member States called for not later than 2009 > Dec 31. > > It is these *new laws* that I'm looking for. > > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:34:47 +0000 (UTC) > >From: [email protected] > >Subject: [USMA:46583] Re: Labeling Laws of EU > Member States > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > > Of course, if the member states already had > laws, > > regulations, and administrative provisions in > place > > from the last time this issue of supplementary > > indications came up (back in 2000, if I recall > > correctly), then I guess none of them needed to > do > > anything except send the Commission the text of > the > > existing measures, which would be trivial to > > accomplish. Since the new directive didn't > really > > change anything, I can easily imagine the above > > being the case. > > > > -- Ezra > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 4:21:34 PM GMT > -08:00 > > US/Canada Pacific > > Subject: [USMA:46582] Re: Labeling Laws of EU > Member > > States > > > > The new laws were due no later than 31 December > > 2009. > >...
