G/TBT/N/FRA/190  
23 November 2018  
(18-7369) 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  (Ministry of the Interior)  
Direction générale de la Sécurité civile et de la gestion des crises  (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) : 
Refrigerants used in high -rise build ings. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté du xxxxx 
modifiant l'arrêté du 30 décembre 2011 portant règlement de sécurité pour la 
construction des immeubles de grande hauteur (IGH) et leur protection contre les risques  
d'incendie et de panique  (Order of xxxxx amending the Order of 3 0 December 2 011 
establishing safety regulations for the construction of high -rise buildings and the 
protection of such buildings against fire and panic hazards) (2 pages, in French)  
6. Desc ription of content : The notified Order seeks to maintain the restriction on the use 
of flammable fluids in high -rise buildings and to prevent the creation of a loophole through 
the reference made by Article GH 37 of the safety regulations for high -rise bui ldings to 
Article CH 35 of the safety regulations for establishments open to the public.  
Certain Articles of the fire safety regulations for establishments open to the public, most 
notably Article CH 35, are in the process of being amended with a view to a uthorizing the 
use of flammable refrigerants, which until now have been prohibited . Article GH 37(2) of 
the fire safety regulations for high -rise buildings refers to the provisions of Article CH 35.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable : To maintain an adequate level of safety in high -rise buildings pending a 
specific risk assessment study.  
8. Relevant documents : Arrêté du xxxxx modifiant l'arrêté du 30 décembre 2011 portant 
règlement de sécurité pour la construction des immeubles de grande hauteur (IGH) et 
leur protection contre les risques d'incendie et de panique .  G/TBT/N/FRA/190  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : 20 December 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 January 2 019  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days fro m 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:  
Ministère de l'intérieur  
Direction générale de la Sécurité civile et de la  gestion des crises  
Place Beauvau  
75800 PARIS cedex 08  
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