G/TBT/N/FRA/172  
12 April 2017  
(17-1970) 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 websit e 
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 the electrical power of lifts.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté portant  
modification de dispositions du règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de 
panique dans les établissements recevant du public  (Order amending provisions of the 
regulations concerning fire safety and public order in establishments accessible  to the 
public) (2 pages, in French)  
6. Description of content : In a move to simplify regulations, the threshold limits for 
electrical power installed in lift shafts are being made consistent between establishments 
accessible to the public (ERP) and high -rise buildings (IGH) . A correction is also being 
made to the reference to an Article AM (Interior fittings, decoration and furniture).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : According to § 1 -d of the curren t Article AS4, the total electrical power 
installed in a shaft is limited to 15 kVA . In numerous cases, this evacuation capacity for 
people with disabilities will be insufficient . In other articles covering electrical power 
installed in a shaft, the power limit is set at 40 kVA  or even 100 kVA (CO 53 of the ERP 
regulations and GH 30 of the IGH regulations) . Furthermore, the reference to the AM 
articles should be updated to take into account the revision of the latter.  
8. Relevant documents : Arrêté du 25 ju in 1980 approuvant le règlement de sécurité contre 
les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public  (Order of 
25 June 1 980 approving regulations concerning fire safety and public order in 
establishments accessible to the publ ic)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 1 June 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 July 2 017  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  G/TBT/N/FRA/172  
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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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