. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/109 
10 February 2010 
 (10-0739) 
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'Intérieur, de l'outre- mer et des collectivités territoriales  (Ministry of the 
Interior, Overseas Departments and Territories, and Territorial Collectivities) 
Direction de la Sécurité Civile  (Directorate of Civil Security) 
Sous-direction de la gestion des risques  (Risk Management Department) 
Bureau de la réglementation incendie  (Fire Regulation Division) 
Place Beauvau, 75800 PARIS cedex 08 
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):  Frontage construction 
elements (sections, glazing materials, insulating materials, rendering, etc.) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté portant 
approbation de diverses dispositions complétant  et modifiant le règlement de sécurité 
contre les risques d'incendie et de panique  dans les établissements recevant du public 
(Order approving certain provisions supplem enting and amending the safety regulations 
governing fire and panic hazards in buildings open to the public) (43 pages, in French). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Order sets out c onstruction solutions for building 
frontages with a view to preventing floor-to-floor fire spread. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The previous Technical Instruction on build ing frontages, which was introduced in the 
early 1980s, needed to be updated to take new construction techniques into consideration.  
There was also a need to clar ify certain conditions relating to the implementation of the 
text.  Furthermore, the environmental require ments for external building insulation and the 
use of wood in constructions have led to th e development of appropriate fire protection 
solutions. G/TBT/N/FRA/109 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Arrêté du 25 juin 1980 modifié por tant approbation des dispositions 
générales du règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les 
établissements recevant du public (Order of 25 June 1980, as amended, approving the 
general provisions of the safety  regulations governing fire a nd panic hazards in buildings 
open to the public). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2010 
September 2010 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 
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 de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS-LA-PLAINE cedex 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.o rg/crnattachments/2010/tbt/fra/10_0500_00_f.pdf