Original sentence: (Other derogations, such as the roads, are expected to remain in Imperial).By law, loose goods sold with reference to units of quantity have to be weighed and sold using the metric system and, according to current British law, after 31 December 2009 the use of non-metric measures on labelling will be banned.However, EU trade commissioner Gunther Verheugen made it known on 9 May 2007 that he accepted the arguments of lobbyists and intends to recommend to the Commission that imperial measurements may also be displayed indefinitely as "supplementary indications" - as a second label.In Britain, the process is still incomplete
Edited sentence: However, EU trade commissioner Gunther Verheugen made it known on 9 May 2007 that he intends to recommend to the Commission that Imperial signage should not be banned after 31 December 2009.In Britain, the process is still incomplete, and according to current British law after 31 December 2009 the use of non-metric measures on labelling will be banned, although the existing derogations, such as the roads,are expected to remain in Imperial.This was been hailed as a major victory by both the Conservative party and anti-metric groups such as the British Weights and Measures Association