An EU directive is automatically part of the law of EU member states. If the directive is insufficient to stand on its own, then it is up to the member state to add the additional substance - for example, if an EU state requires that the motor industry quotes fuel consumption without stating the units, then it is implicit in the member states' law that units specified in the directive must be used.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 08 February 2010 16:28 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:46588] Re: Labeling Laws of EU Member States 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. > >...
