. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/FRA/126 
8 August 2011 
 (11-3988) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   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, des collectivités territoriales et de l'immigration  
(Ministry of the Interior, Overseas Departme nts and Territories, Territorial Collectivities 
and Immigration) 
Direction de la Sécurité Civile  (Directorate of Civil Security) 
Sous-direction de la gestion des ri sques (Risk Management Department) 
Bureau de la réglementation incendie (Fire Regulation Division) Mrs Tamimount and Captain Gauer Place Beauvau 75800 PARIS cedex 08 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, 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 products 
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 - 
petits hôtels (Order approving certain provisions supplementing and amending the safety 
regulations governing fire and panic hazards in  buildings open to the public - small hotels) 
(8 pages, in French). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Order amends the regulations governing fire and 
panic hazards in small hotels. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The main purpose of the amending Order is to make the applicable regulations more 
flexible and take into account the specificity of very small hotels, in accordance with the 
recommendations of an inter-ministerial in spection mission responsible for assessing the 
2006 fire safety regulations for small hotels. G/TBT/N/FRA/126 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Arrêté du 25 juin 1980 modifié port ant règlement de sécurité contre 
les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public et ses 
arrêtés modificatifs, déjà notifiés (dont l'a rrêté du 24 juillet 2006 relatif aux petits hôtels) 
(Order of 25 June 1980, as amended, establishi ng the safety regulations governing fire and 
panic hazards in buildings open to the public, and the amending orders thereto, which have 
already been notified (including the Order of 24 July 2006 on small hotels). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } October 2011 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
National enquiry point 
CINORTECH AFNOR 11 avenue Francis de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS-LA PLAINE cedex 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/FRA/11_2478_00_f.pdf