SV: [sdiy] Cut-off for non-metric units into EC

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "mcb, inc." <mcbinc at panix.com>
Subject: Re: SV: [sdiy] Cut-off for non-metric units into EC
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:34:22 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0611191832140.10535 at panix1.panix.com>

> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, karl dalen wrote:
> 
> > Interessting, had no idea about it.
> >
> > --- Magnus Danielson <cfmd at bredband.net> skrev:
> >
> >> Three years away, the 2009-12-31 is the cut-off date for when non-SI units is
> >> allowed in trade within and into EC.
> 
> I'm interested in a reference to this one.

This caugth my eye:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI#Trade

And this is the hard facts:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31980L0181:EN:NOT

> The only material impact of the regulation that I can see is to increase
> costs to US businesses (and pretty much only to US businesses).  The
> rationalizations for this one ought to be even weaker then WEEE
> and RoHS....

With three years to the cut-off, most of the products can be handled by
updating datasheets and manuals. Few things actually measure in non-SI units.

Same units cuts costs for everyone. The transition always hurts. The cut-off
has already been moved 20 years. This was decided back in 1979, so there have
been plenty of time to adjust. I just wanted to make people aware of something
I haven't heard people talk about, and just guess how much money people will
save by reacting now (and fix their end) rather than doing it after the cut-
off?

There is always a number of these change of rules happening. It doesn't care
which market which does them, the others hurts if they do not adapt. The whole
units issue is a long-runing one and we have been moving towards this since
the 19th centrury.

Cheers,
Magnus