G/TBT/N/FRA/226  
14 October  2022 
(22-7730) 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:  
Direction générale de l'aviation civile  (Directorate -General for Civil Aviation)/  
Direction de la sécurité de l'aviation civile (Directorate for Civil Aviation Security)  
50, rue Henry Farman  
75720 Paris Cedex 15  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers,  email and website 
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 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Unmanned 
civilian aircraft (drones)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté modifiant 
l'arrêté du 19 avril 2019 relatif au contenu de la notice d'information fournie avec les 
emballages des aéronefs circulant sans personne à bord et de leurs pièces détachées  
(Order amending the Order of 1 9 April 2 019 on t he content of the information notice 
supplied with the packaging of unmanned aircraft and spare parts thereof) (6 pages, in 
French)  
6. Description of content : The Order of 1 9 April 2 019 on the content of the information 
notice supplied with the packaging of unmanned aircraft and spare parts thereof aims to 
define the content of the information notice that must be supplied with unmanned civilian 
aircraft and the main spare parts thereof, pursuant to Article L. 425 -1 of the Consumer 
Code. The aim is to ensur e that purchasers of drones (new or second -hand) receive a 
minimum amount of information on the regulations concerning drones so that they act in 
a safe and respectful manner.  
The entry into force of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 1 2 Marc h 
2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third -country operators of unmanned aircraft 
systems defines European notices according to the aircraft 's class identification label.  
The amendments to the Order are as follows:  
- recognition of the European infor mation notice as equivalent to the Annex to the 
aforementioned Order of 1 9 April 2 019 (Article 1 -1), 
- clarification of the language of the notice as defined by Regulation (EU) 2019/945 
(Article 1 -2), G/TBT/N/FRA/226  
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  - modification of the content of the national notice br inging it into conformity with 
European regulations (new annex).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The entry into force of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 
12 March 2 019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third -country operators of 
unmanned aircraft systems defines European notices according to the aircraft 's class 
identification label . The amendment of the Order of 1 9 April 2 019 is necessary in order to 
recognize European n otices as compliant with the Order, and thus not to impose a double 
obligation on drone vendors, and on the other hand to adapt the contents of the notice 
to that of the European Regulation.  
The keeping of this national notice will enable the coverage of t he following aircraft for 
public safety or privacy considerations in accordance with Regulation 2018/1139 (Article 
56(8)), which explicitly provides for this possibility for Member States:  
- Traditional model aircraft, the design of which is not governed b y European rules;  
- Drones sold without a European class designation, which in principle after 2023 can only 
be used after an authorization issued by the Directorate -General for Civil Aviation on the 
basis of a safety analysis.  
Finally, a provision specify ing that the French language is to be used for the information 
required under the European Regulation is added ; Not specified  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Article L. 425 -1 of the Consumer Code  
- Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : 31 December 2 022 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and we bsite addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/fr/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2022&num=620  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/FRA/22_6948_00_f.pdf