04-08-2006, 11:50 AM
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Size Matters
http://www.ukip.org/ukip_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=2400
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According to the Royal Mail, size does matter. The trouble is, you don't know how big it is!
If you don't know your millimetres from your millipedes and a gram from your gran then sending a letter may turn into a nightmare.
New rules on the price of posting a letter have sneaked in yet more European standardisation, with the categories on size and weight only being available in millimetres and grams.
UKIP's Nigel Farage MEP commented on the new rules, saying "A trip to the post office will be like being on Countdown where Carol Vorderman says "think of a number" and there will be a 'guess your weight' machine in the corner."
He added: "It's ridiculous, when the vast majority of people in this country use pounds, ounces and inches, that the post office should impose these measures. This is yet another example of creeping European standardisation forced on us by this ridiculous Gvernment."
Rules governing postal services in the European Union lay out the categories for weights, but do not say anything about dimensions.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "This is how it all works now", and blamed the lack of imperial measurements on "European Union legislation".
Mr Farage added: "This Government is guilty of pushing the Euro agenda onto us but is failing to take any responsibility. Isn't it about time they admitted their intentions to take us further into the European Union, instead of cheating the British public?".
Notes
The directive governing postal services is 2002/39/EC and can be found at:
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&n umdoc=32002L0039&model=guichett
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