G/TBT/N/FRA/205  
6 January  2021 
(21-0179) Page: 1/3 
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 l'Aménagement, du Logement et de la Nature  
(Directorate -General for Planning, Housing and Nature)  
Direction de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme et des Paysages  
(Housing, Urban Planning and Landscape Department)  
Sous-Direction de la Qualité et du Développement Durable dans la Construction  
(Unit for Quality and Sustainable Development in Construction)  
Bureau de la Qualité Technique et de la Réglementation Technique de la Con struction  
(Office for the Technical Quality and Technical Regulation of Construction)  
Tour Sequoia, place Carpeaux - 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX  
FRANCE  
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 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, other wise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Construction products, decorative products and electrical, electronic and HVAC equipment 
as defined below:  
- "Construction products" : products incorporated into the c onstruction of a building or 
part of a building in a durable  manner;  
- "Decorative products" : products used as wall, floor and ceiling coverings;  
- "Electrical, electronic and HVAC equipment" : technical systems integrated into the 
building or part of a bui lding or its plot, contributing to the operation of the building for 
heating, cooling, ventilation, local energy production, lighting, domestic hot water and 
other systems relating to sanitation, safety, fire safety, mobility of building occupants, 
buildin g automation and regulation, and energy and communication networks . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Décret relatif 
aux exigences de performance énergétique et environnementale des constructions de 
bâtiments d'habitation , de bureaux ou d'enseignement primaire ou secondaire en France 
métropolitaine  (Decree relating to the energy and environmental performance 
requirements applicable to the construction of residential, office or primary or secondary 
education buildings in Me tropolitan France ) (14 pages, in French)  G/TBT/N/FRA/205  
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  6. Description of content : The notified draft Decree relating to the energy and 
environmental performance requirements applicable to the construction of residential, 
office or primary or secondary education buildings in Metropolitan France defines the 
indicators that are to provide the basis for regulatory requirements on energy and 
environmental performance applicable to new buildings for residential, office or primary 
or secondary education purpos es. It specifies the dates of entry into force and 
development of these requirements.  
The main requirements involve:  
- limiting energy needs  for heating, cooling and artificial lighting;  
- limiting energy consumption for six types of appliance (heating, co oling, domestic hot 
water, lighting, mobility of building occupants, ancillary appliances), and limiting the 
impact on climate change associated with such energy consumption;  
- limiting the impact of the building components on climate change;  
- limiting indoor discomfort during the summer period . 
The draft Decree also provides for the mandatory calculation of certain indicators . This 
should lead the sector to anticipate future requirements, with minimum levels to be 
achieved and provide additional informati on on the impact of the building on  global 
warming . Resource  requirements are also provided for in order to safeguard performance 
(most of the previous regulation has been retained).   
The draft Decree also provides for specific performance requirements for  certain 
components.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : By signing the Paris Agreement in 2015, France made a firm commitment to 
the fight against climate change . This ambition was reaffirmed in the energy -climate Law, 
which provides for the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2050 ; improving the energy 
and environmental performance of new buildings is an important tool for the fulfilment of 
this objective . This requires reducing the energy needs of buildings, curbing the reliance 
on fossil or non -renewable energy, and lessening the impact of building components on 
climate change (which often account for more than 50% of the climate change impact of 
new buildings) . It is also considered necessary to i mprove indoor comfort during the 
summer period to ensure buildings remain comfortable in a warming climate, and to limit 
subsequent energy consumption for the purposes of cooling . The draft Decree seeks to 
translate the legislative requirements . Two Orders  define its application ; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council  of 19 May 
2010 on the energy performance of buildings, amended by Directive (EU) 
2018/844 of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 3 0 May 2 018, in 
particular Articles 3, 4 and 6  
• Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 1 
December 2 018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, 
in particular Article 15  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 1 July 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 July 2 021 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/FRA/205  
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  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  
La Plaine Saint Denis CEDEX  
93571  
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