Martin, By "no change" on and after 2010 January 1 do you mean:
1. Primary Indications in the EU shall be in SI; 2. "Supplementary Indications" might be allowed to continue even after 2010 January 1 *if* the EU Parliament completes its approval procedures at some time in the future, and Member States amend their laws now in place requiring SI- only units after 2010 Jan 1? The above 1. and 2. are my reading of the present status on units of measurement in the EU. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:36:48 -0000 >From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:42247] Re: Sean Hannity metric discussion thread >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Two points: > > > > Firstly, it was a 1-Jan-2010 requirement, not 2011 > requirement. > > Secondly, the metric-only requirement has not been > officially dropped yet, the changes are still > winding their way through the EU bureaucracy, though > there is enough consensus for anyone to plan on > "no-change" regarding planning for 1-Jan-2010. (See > http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/prepack/unitmeas/uni_ms_en.htm > for details of progress of the EU directive). >
