G/TBT/N/FRA/146  
 
28 February 2013  
(13-1091)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Délégué interministériel aux normes - SQUALPI  
Bâtiment Sieyès - TELEDOC 151 61, Bd Vincent Auriol 75703 Paris Cedex 13 
Tel.: 01 44 97 24 55 
E-mail: d9834.france@finances.gouv.fr   
 
Name and address (including teleph one and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if diffe rent 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Personal stereos 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Projet d'arrêté 
portant application de l'article L. 5232-1 du code de la santé publique relatif aux 
baladeurs musicaux  (Draft Order implementing Article L. 5232-1 of the Public Health 
Code relating to personal stereos) (3 pages, in French) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Order has two objectives: 
- to ensure that the safety requirements for personal stereos sold on the French 
market protect users from sound levels that could damage their hearing; and 
- to bring French regulations concerning health requirements for personal stereos 
into line with the safety requirements provided for in Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety. G/TBT/N/FRA/146 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Article L. 5232-1 of the Public Health Code (legislative basis for the notified draft Order) 
establishes general requirements to ensure (1) that personal stereos and their listening devices are designed and manufactured in such a way as to pose no danger to the hearing of users and (2) that users are informed of the potential risks associated with 
listening excessively to personal stereos.  
The draft Order seeks to supplement the provis ions set forth in Article L. 5232-1 of the 
Public Health Code by referring to Euro pean standards adopted by the European 
Commission. The adoption of standards for personal stereos and any other device used 
to listen to recorded or broadcasted sounds, whether or not linked to videos, constitutes 
both a public health measure and a consumer protection measure, in line with the 
objectives of Directive 2001/95. 
8. Relevant documents:   Article L. 5232-1 of the Public Health Code. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   May 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  30 April 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
CINORTECH  
AFNOR 
11 avenue Francis de Pressensé 93571 SAINT - DENIS –LA PLAINE cedex 
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