| Author (Person) | Delaney, David |
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| Series Title | The European Journal |
| Series Details | Vol.8, No.5, April 2001, p29-30 |
| Publication Date | April 2001 |
| ISSN | 1351-6620 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Article looks at the case of Steven Thoburn, a market trader in Sunderland (UK) who sold bananas using scales that measured only in pounds and ounces rather than both imperial and metric units. This prompted Sunderland City Council to prosecute him under European law aimed at implementing metrication across the European Union. Local magistrates found him guilty. |
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| Source Link | http://www.europeanfoundation.org/ |
| Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
