. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/FRA/7
11 October 2001
(01-4935)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Interministerial standards delegate 64-70 Allée de Bercy- Télédoc
811, 75574 Paris cédex 12.
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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):   Portable fire
extinguishers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Order Concerning the
Mandatory Application of Standards (2 pages, in French)
6. Description of content:   This Order makes changes to the Order of 24 October 1984, and
provides for the mandatory application of standards designed to guarantee the suitability
and performance of portable fire extinguishers.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   In
view of the entry into force of Directive 97/23/EC, the previous Order of 21 April 1997
needs to be changed because:
(a) One of the standards, which is mandatory under Article 1, paragraph 1, of
this Order (NF EN 3-5 of June 1996), contains a paragraph (4.6)
establishing specifications which meet a requirement provided for by the
Directive.  This paragraph therefore becomes redundant, and its application
is no longer mandatory.
(b) During the transitional period provided for in Article 20 of Directive
97/23/EC, the equipment covered by Article 1, paragraph 2 is required to
be:
- Not only consistent with the standards guaranteeing the suitability
and performance of devices, which are mandatory in France under
paragraph 1 of the same Article;
- But also, in order to prevent risk due to pressure, consistent either
with the basic safety requirements of the Directive or the ad hoc
standards rendered mandatory by Article 1, paragraph 2 of the
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8. Relevant documents:   Order of 24 October 1984, concerning the mandatory application of
standards, changed most recently by the Orders of 21 April 1997 and 28 November 1999.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }As soon as possible given the urgencyrequested.
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
CINORTECH,
AFNOR,
11 Avenue Francis de Pressensé.