G/TBT/N/FRA/207  
6 January  2021 
(21-0180) 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 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 Construction  
(Office for the Technical Quality and Technical Regulation of Construction)  
Tour Sequoia, place Carpeaux  
92055 La Défense 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, otherwise 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 construction of a building or 
part of a building in a durable manner;  
- "Decorative products" : products used as wall, floor and ceiling co verings;  
- "Electrical, electronic and HVAC equipment" : technical systems integrated into the 
building or part of a building or its plot, contributing to the operation of the building for 
heating, cooling, ventilation, local energy production, lighting, do mestic hot water and 
other systems relating to sanitation, safety, fire safety, mobility of building occupants, 
building automation and regulation, and energy and communication networks.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté portant 
approbation de la méthode de calcul prévue à l'article R. 111 -20-5 du code de la 
construction et de l'habitation  (Order approving the calculation method provided for in 
Article R. 111 -20-5 of the Building and Housing Code) . A three -page document with 3 
annexes of 88, 1391 and 319 pages respectively, in French. (1798 pages, in French)  G/TBT/N/FRA/207  
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  6. Description of content : The notified draft Order approving the calculation method 
provided for in Article R. 111 -20-5 of the Building and Housing C ode approves the 
calculation method used to verify compliance with the requirements established in the 
draft Decree relating to the energy and environmental performance requirements 
applicable to the construction of residential, office or primary or second ary education 
buildings in Metropolitan France.  
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 building components' climate change 
impact (which often accounts for more than 50% of the climate change impact of new 
buildings) . It is also considered necessary to improve 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 . In order to quantify a 
building's energy and enviro nmental performance, it must be possible to estimate its 
conventional energy consumption, climate change impact and indoor comfort in summer 
following standard rules for various  construction projects . This is the purpose of the 
calculation method approved by the draft Order ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 9 May 
2010 on the energy performance of buildings, amended by Directive (EU) 
2018/844 of the European Parliamen t and of the Council of 3 0 May 2 018, in 
particular Articles 3, 4 and 6  
• Code de la construction et de l'habitation  (Building and Housing Code) (Articles L. 
111-9 L.134 -2, L. 151 -1) 
• Code de l'urbanisme  (Urban Planning Code) (Articles L. 462 -1, R*. 421 -2, R*. 
421-5) 
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  
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 Règleme nts 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