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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.242
11 May 1999
(99-1942)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:  Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry – Directorate for Gas,
Electricity and Coal
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):  Electric power          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Order Concerning the
Technical Conditions of Connection to the P ublic Transportation Network of Electricity-
Producing Installations having an Installed Capacity not Greater than 120MW (103 pages,
including 101 annexed).
6. Description of content:  The Order lays down the technical conditions to which electricity-
producing installations having an installed capacity not greater than 120MW must conform
in the context of their connection to the public transportation network.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
technical conditions for the connection of electricity-producing installations to the public
power transportation network must be defined in order to prevent such connections from
harming the management of the network.          
8. Relevant documents:
- Energy Distribution Act of  15 June 1906, as amended;
- Electricity and Gas (Nationalization) Act of 8 April 1946, as amended;- Decree of 20 May 1955 regulating the relations between the establishments covered
by Articles 2 and 23 of the Act of 8 April 1946 and the independent producers of
electricity, as amended;
- Decree of 23 December 1994 approving the standard conditions of contract of the
concession to Electricité de France of the general power supply network;
- First codicil of 10 April 1995 to the Convention of 27 November 1958 for the
concession to Electricité de France, a national service, of the general power supplynetwork.G/TBT/Notif.99.242
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  Second half of 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  (CINORTECH)          