G/TBT/N/FRA/180  
17 October  2017 
(17-5593) 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) : This Order 
concerns fire safety in 'PS' establishments open to the public (indoor car parks).  
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 dispositions générales du 
règlement de sécurité contre  les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements 
recevant du public (ERP) de type PS (parcs de stationnement couverts)  (Order of xxxxx 
amending the Order of 2 5 June 1 980 approving general fire safety and anti -panic 
regulations in 'PS' establis hments open to the public (indoor car parks)) (5 pages, in 
French)  
6. Description of content : The Order has the following objectives:  
- to bring fire safety measures for public indoor car parks into line with new uses and new 
technologies, particularly w ith a view to making rescue operations safer ; and 
- to streamline regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The Order seeks to make operations in public indoor car parks safer for 
firefighters and to foster  new ac tivities requested by operators while maintaining a suitable 
level of public safety.  
8. Relevant documents : Arrêté du xxxxx modifiant l'arrêté du 25 ju in 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 PS 
(parcs de stationnement couverts)  (Order of xxxxx amending the Order of 25 June 1 980 
approving general fire safety and anti -panic regulations in 'PS' establishments open to the 
public (indoor car parks))  
9. Proposed date of adoption : December 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 January 2 018  G/TBT/N/FRA/180  
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  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 website addresses, if available, of other body:  
CINORTECH  
AFNOR  
11 avenue Francis de Pressensé  
93571 SAINT -DENIS - LA PLAINE cedex  
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