 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/35 
27 September 2004 
 
 (04-4043) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  FRANCE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of the Interior 
Directorate of Civil Defence and Security Place Beauvau 
75800 PARIS Cedex 08 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Heating and ventilation 
installations, electrical installations, and fire hose reels. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Order Approving 
Provisions Supplementing and Amending the Safe ty Regulations Governing Fire and Panic 
Hazards in Establishments Open  to the Public (16 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation relates primarily to heating and ventilation 
installations, electrical installations, and fire hose reels.  It rectifies a number of defects in 
previous regulations by amending certain articles in order to improve readability. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 This draft Order aims to: 
 - integrate technical innovations  and behavioural development; 
 - improve the readability of the text by adapting it to changes in practical 
 application; 
 - ensure consistency in these area s with regulations concerning other 
 branches of activity. 
8. Relevant documents:   None G/TBT/N/FRA/35 
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 9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  December 2004  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body: 
CINORTECH (National Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations) 
AFNOR (French Standards Association) 11, avenue Francis de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS-LA PLAINE Cedex 
 