G/TBT/N/FRA/166  
7 January 2016  
(16-0135)  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 
DiGITIP 5 - bâtiment le Bervil 12 rue Villiot-75572 PARIS Cedex 12 josiane.portou-dupin@finances.gouv.fr  or d9834.france@finances.gouv.fr  
Tel.: + 33 1 53 44 98 24 
Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie 
Direction générale de la prévention des risques 
Service de la prévention des nuisances et de la qualité de l'environnement 
Bureau de la qualité écologique des produits 92055 La Défense Cedex 
nadia.herbelot@developpement-durable.gouv.fr 
Name and address (including telephon e 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): Disposable 
plastic bags for packaging goods at points of sale.  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Décret relatif aux 
modalités de mise en œuvre de la limitation des sacs en matières plastiques à usage 
unique  (Decree on the methods for implementing a limitation on disposable plastic bags) 
(3 pages, in French) 
6. Description of content: The notified Decree defines the conditions for the 
implementation of the legislative provisions of the Environmental Code that seek to ban 
the provision of disposable plastic bags, with the exception, for bags other than carrier 
bags, of compostable bags that may be disposed of with household composting waste and 
which are entirely or partially composed of bios ourced materials. To this end, it establishes 
the methods of application of point II of Ar ticle L. 541-10-5 of the Environmental Code 
and, in particular, the definition and characteri stics of disposable plastic bags, carrier bags 
and compostable bags that may be disposed of with household composting waste, as well as the expected composition of "biosourced" plastic bags. Lastly, it specifies the 
information that must be displayed on plastic bags to inform the consumer of their 
composition and use. 
The Decree was drawn up to implement Direct ive 2015/720 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags, most notably Article 1 thereof, and is the 
text that transposes this Directive.  G/TBT/N/FRA/166 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The Decree was drawn up to implement Directive 2015/720 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards 
reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags, most notably Article 1 thereof, and is the text that transposes this Directive. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Directive 2015/720 of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 29 April 2015 
amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards reducing the consumption of lightweight 
plastic carrier bags 
 Article 75 of Law No. 2015-992 of 17 August  2015 on the energy transition for green 
growth, amending Article L. 541-10 -5 of the Environmental Code 
 Decree on the methods for implementing a limitation on disposable plastic bags 
(subject of the present notification) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 1 January 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2016  
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 addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie 
Direction générale de la prévention des risques 
Service de la prévention des nuisances et de la qualité de l'environnement Bureau de la qualité écologique des produits 
92055 La Défense Cedex 
nadia.herbelot@developpement-durable.gouv.fr 
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