. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/56 
17 July 2006 
 (06-3441) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:   French 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   FRANCE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible:   Ministère de l'Emploi, de la Cohésion Sociale et du Logement, 
Direction Générale de l'Urbanisme, de  l'Habitat et de la Construction   (Ministry of 
Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing, Directorate-General of Town Planning, 
Housing and Construction) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition where applicable):   Built environment 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Projet d'arrêté relatif 
à l'accessibilité aux personnes handicapées des établissements recevant du public et des 
installations ouvertes au public lors de leur construction ou de leur création  (Draft Order 
on the accessibility to handicapped persons of bu ildings and facilities open to the public at 
the time of construction or creation) (18 pages, in French). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Order sets out the technical provisions 
established to implement Articles R.111-19 to  R.111-19-6 of the Building and Housing 
Code introduced by Decree No. 2006-555 of 17 May 2006.  It also lays down the new 
requirements with regard to the accessibility  to handicapped persons of both new and 
existing buildings used to create establis hments and facilities open to the public.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 This Implementing Order seeks to translate the requirements of Decree 
No. 2006-555 into mandatory technical provisions (statutory thresholds). 
8. Relevant documents:    
 Loi no 2005-102 du 11 février 2005 pour l'é galité des droits et des chances, la 
participation et la citoyenneté des perso nnes handicapées (voir articles 41 à 43 et 51)  (Law 
No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities for and the participation and citizenship of handicappe d persons (see Articles 41 to 43 and 51); 
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  8. Relevant documents: (cont'd) 
  Décret nº 2006-555 du 17 mai 2006 rela tif à l'accessibilité des établissements 
recevant du public, des installations ouvertes au public et des bâtiments d'habitation et 
modifiant le code de la c onstruction et de l'habitation  (Decree No. 2006-555 of 17 May 
2006 on the accessibility of buildings and facilities open to the public and housing and 
amending the Building and Housing Code).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:    
Proposed date of entry into force:     October 2006 
January 2007 
10. Final date for comments:  September 2006 
11. National enquiry point [   ] or add ress, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and 
Web site addresses, if available, of other body:   
CINORTECH/AFNOR 
11 Avenue de Pressensé 93571 Saint Denis-la-Plaine Cedex