G/TBT/N/FRA/204  
9 November  2020 
(20-7987) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : FRANCE  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministère de la transition écologique  (Ministry for the Ecological Transition)  
Direction générale de la prévention des risques - Bureau de la prévention des déchets et 
des filières à responsabilité élargie du producteur , BPREP (Directorate -General for Risk 
Prevention, Office for Waste Prevention and Sectors of Extended Producer 
Responsibility)  
Tour Séquoia  
92055 La Défense Cedex  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designate d 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) : Products 
placed on the market for household use and subject to the principle of extended producer 
responsibility  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Décret relatif à 
la signalétique d'information des consommateurs sur la règle de tri des déchets issus des 
produits soumis au principe de responsabilité élargie du producteur (Decree on consumer 
information symbols indicating the sorting rule for waste resultin g from products subject 
to the principle of extended producer responsibility) (5 pages, in French)  
6. Description of content : The notified Decree lays down the conditions governing the 
application of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code ai med at ensuring that 
any product placed on the market for household use and subject to the principle of 
extended producer responsibility, excluding household glass drinks packaging, is labelled 
with a symbol informing the consumer that this product is subj ect to a sorting rule and 
with information specifying the methods for sorting or d epositing  waste resulting from the 
product.  
 
To that end, it specifies the procedures for applying Article L.  541-9-3 of the 
Environmental Code . It also sets out the conditions for the establishment of symbols to 
inform consumers that the products are subject to a deposit system, pursuant to Article 
L. 541-10-11 of the same Code.  
The variability in the markings on products, including packaging, that relate to the sorti ng 
of waste resulting from these products hampers separate waste collection performance 
and the functioning of recycling schemes . It is therefore necessary to clarify consumer G/TBT/N/FRA/204  
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  information on the rules for sorting waste resulting from products on sale, in o rder to 
harmonize the information available, promote understanding and facilitate citizen action.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment (improving performance in the collection and 
recycling of waste resulting from products subject to the principle of extended producer 
responsibility and marketed for household use)  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Articles L.541 -9-3 et L.541 -10-11 du code de l'environnement  
9. Proposed date of  adoption : 10 January 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 January 2 022 
10. Final date for comments : 15 December 2 020 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Association Française de Normalisation , AFNOR (French Standardization Association)  
Centre d'Information sur les Normes et Règlements Techniques , CINORTECH 
(Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations)  
11, Avenue Francis de Pressensé  
93571 La Plaine Saint Denis CEDEX  
Tel.: +33 1 41 62 87 43  
Fax: +33 1 41 17 91 69  
di9834@afnor.org ; jeanloup.commo@afnor.org ; martine.vaquier@afnor.org  
http://www.afnor.org  
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