. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/71 
2 October 2007 
 (07-4174) 
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 du Logement et de la Ville (Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs) 
Direction générale de l’Urbanisme, de  l’Habitat et de la Construction (Directorate-General 
of Town Planning, Housing and Construction) 
Name and address (including telephone 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 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):  
 Construction of and a lterations to buildings 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté modifiant 
l'arrêté du 1er août 2006 fixant les dispositi ons prises pour l’application des articles 
R. 111-18 à R. 111-18-7 du code de la construction et de l’habitation relatives à 
l’accessibilité aux personnes handicapées des bâ timents d’habitation collectifs et des 
maisons individuelles lors de leur construction  (Order amending the Order of 
1 August 2006 setting out the provisions established to implement Articles R. 111-18 to R. 111-18-7 of the Building and Housing Code in respect of the accessibility to persons 
with disabilities of collective residential build ings and detached houses at the time of 
construction) (8 pages, in French). 
6. Description of content:   The notified text amends, cl arifies and supplements certain 
requirements introduced by the Order of 1 August 2006 setting out the provisions 
established to implement Articles R. 111-18 to  R. 111-18-7 of the Building and Housing 
Code in respect of the accessibility to persons  with disabilities of collective residential 
buildings and detached houses at the time of construction. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 The notified Order sets out the amendmen ts and additions to the above-mentioned 
Order of 1 August 2006 require d for its implementation. G/TBT/N/FRA/71 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Loi n° 2005-102 du 11 février 2005 pour l’égalité des droits et des chances, la participation 
et la citoyenneté des personnes handicapées  (Law No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on 
equal rights and opportunities for and the pa rticipation and citizenship of handicapped 
persons) (see Articles 41 to 43 and 51); 
Décret n° 2006-555 du 17 mai 2006 relatif à l’ accessibilité des établissements recevant du 
public, des installations ouvertes au public et des bâtiments d’habitation et modifiant le 
code de la construc tion et de l’habitation  (Decree No. 2006-555 of 17 May 2006 on the 
accessibility of buildings and facilities open to  the public and of housing and amending the 
Building and Housing Code); 
Arrêté du 1er août 2006 fixant les dispositi ons prises pour l’application des articles 
R.111-18 à R. 111-18-7 du code de la c onstruction et de l’habitation relatives à 
l’accessibilité aux personnes handicapées des bâ timents d’habitation collectifs et des 
maisons individuelles lors de leur construction  (Order of 1 August 2006 setting out the 
provisions established to implement Articles R. 111-18 to R. 111-18-7 of the Building and 
Housing Code in respect of the accessibility to persons with disabilities of collective 
residential buildings and detached houses at the time of construction). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }December 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   December 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
National enquiry point: 
CINORTECH 
AFNOR 11 avenue Francis Pressensé  
93571 Saint Denis La Plaine Cedex