G/TBT/N/FRA/181  
17 October  2017 
(17-5594) 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 l'intérieur, Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile et 
de la Gestion des Crises  (Ministry of the Interior, Directorate -General of Civil Security and 
Crisis Management), Place Beauvau, 75800 PARIS cedex 08.  
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) : The notified 
Order concerns fire safety in type 'M' establishments (retail stores and shopping centres).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté du xxxxx 
modifiant l'arrêté du 25 juin 1980 portant approbation des disposit ions générales du 
règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements 
recevant du public (ERP) de type M (magasins de vente et centres commerciaux)  (Order of 
xxxxx amending the Order of 2 5 June 1 980 approving general f ire safety and anti -panic 
regulations in type 'M' establishments open to the public (retail stores and shopping 
centres)) (2  pages, in French)  
6. Description of content : The aim of the Order is to re -establish the obligations concerning 
fire protection e quipment in type 'M' establishments in category 1, 2 and 3, where the 
retail space does not exceed a maximum surface area of 3,000 m2.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To re-establish the regulations in  force prior to the amending Order of 1 3 June 
2017 concerning the 'M' group of establishments, on account of the amendment to § 1 of 
Article M 26 affecting the content of § 2 due to cross -referencing between paragraphs.  
8. Relevant documents : Arrêté du xx xxx modifiant l'arrêté du 25 juin 1980 portant 
approbation des dispositions générales du règlement de sécurité contre les risques 
d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public (ERP) de type M 
(magasins de vente et centres commerciaux)  (Order of xxxxx amending the Order of 2 5 
June 1 980 approving general fire safety and anti -panic regulations in type 'M' 
establishments open to the public (retail stores and shopping centres)).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : December 2 017 
Proposed date of  entry into force : 1 January 2 018  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  G/TBT/N/FRA/181  
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ]or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
CINORTECH  
AFNOR  
11 avenue Francis de Pressensé  
93571 SAINT -DENIS - LA PLAINE cedex  
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