EU first wanted metric only labeling by 1990. One year before, the whining began. "We aren't ready."
EU put it off 10 years, and said you have until 2000. In 1999, again, from the same people (Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue, and others), "waa waa waa, we aren't ready." (Nothing had been done in the meantime.) The EU caved and gave another 10 years. Anyone wanna make a bet about what will happen in 2009? Keep giving 10 years more, and nothing will happen. No more caving in. And I don't think the labels are identical even if the measurement issue wasn't there. If you export a product to Germany are you going to put the English label on it? All they are saying is: leave the FFU off the labels. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 14:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32412] Re: USMA announcement Some critics of U.S. metrication might frame the EU/NIST conference as "European interference with U.S. commerce." At such a juncture, NIST, and the rest of us, need to stand firm and quote the 1988 amendment to the Metric Conversion Act, which designates metric as the preferred U.S. system for trade and commerce. Congress said it, and that settles it! ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:43 Subject: [USMA:32408] Re: USMA announcement > I'm hoping that the EU stands firm. Even without that, many US companies want > the ammendment, as noted in the two recent NIST conferences on the matter. > > Jim > > On Wednesday 09 March 2005 12:11, Hillger, Don wrote: > > >From USMA President, Lorelle Young: > > > > ______________________ > > > > > > > > Last week, officials from the NIST Laws and Metric Group met with EU > > officials in Brussels to discuss their Metric Directive and learned that > > they intend to proceed with the implementation of the metric only > > directive in 2010 unless the EU industry requests a delay. They also > > told us they want to see the U.S. adopt the FPLA amendment to > > demonstrate that we are making progress. More details will follow when > > the official report of the meeting is released. > > > > > > > > ______________________ > > -- > James R. Frysinger > Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist > Senior Member, IEEE > > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > > Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 > >
