. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/108 
12 January 2010 
 (10-0082) 
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: 
Direction Générale de l'Aménagement, du Logement et de la Nature  (Directorate-General 
for Planning, Housing and Nature) 
Direction de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme et des Paysages (Housing, Urban Planning and 
Landscape Department) Sous-Direction de la Qualité et du Dével oppement Durable dans la Construction  (Unit for 
Quality and Sustainable Development in Construction) Bureau de la Normalisation et de la Réglementation Européenne 
Arche Sud - 92055 LA DEFENSE cedex 
FRANCE 
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, decorating 
and home improvement products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté relatif à 
l'étiquetage des produits de c onstruction et de décoration sur leurs émissions en substances 
volatiles polluantes (Order concerning the labelling of c onstruction and decorating products 
in respect of polluting volatile substance emissions) (6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  
- Clarification of the provisions of the draft Decree concerning the labelling of 
 construction and decorating products in respect of polluting volatile substance 
 emissions (notification number:); 
- list of substances covered by  the above-mentioned Decree; 
- description of specific information required on label; 
- Annex:  standards conferring presumption of conformity in respect of the 
 measurement of substance emissions. G/TBT/N/FRA/108 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
With a view to maintaining public health, the draft regulations seek to protect the interests 
of users of the products in question by ensuring that they are informed of the effects that 
these products may have on indoor air qu ality and consequently human health. 
The draft text endorses simple yet compulsory labelling that provides clear and easy to read 
information (suitable for both building prof essionals and end consumers) on the volatile 
pollutants emitted by the products concerned. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Articles L.224-1 and L.226-2 to L.226-10 of the Environment Code; - Article 40 of the Loi de programmation relative à la mise en œuvre du Grenelle de 
l'environnement (Law establishing the general principles of the Government's 
environmental programme) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:    
Proposed date of entry into force:     23 March 2010 
1 September 2011 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
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 
Also available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/FRA/10_0034_00_f.pdf