. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/FRA/92 
16 December 2008 
 (08-6154) 
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 la concurrence, de la  consommation et de la répression des frauds  
(Directorate-General for Competition, C onsumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention) 
Bureau E3 
59 boulevard Vincent Auriol 
Télédoc 241 75703 Paris Cedex 13 Tel.: 01 44 97 31 17 Fax: 01 44 97 06 51 
E-mail: e3@dgccrf.finances.gouv.fr 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Raw materials and 
semi-manufactured or manufactur ed products made entirely or partly of leather or of 
materials with the appearance of leather, excluding footwear and personal protective equipment. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Arrêté relatif à 
l’application du décret portant application du c ode de la consommation en ce qui concerne 
les produits en cuir et similaires du cuir  (Order relating to the implementation of the 
Consumer Code in respect of products made of leather and similar materials) (4 pages) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Order contains the definitions of animal species, 
tanning methods, surface types, and finishes previously established by the Decree of 18 February 1986 concerning trade in products ma de of leather and similar materials.  
Including these definitions in an Order will make it easier to amend them if necessary.  The 
following adjustments have been made in relation to the existing provisions: 
- The draft Order sets forth the symbols that may be used alongside the names of the various 
raw materials.  Separate symbols are given for leather and split leather; G/TBT/N/FRA/92 
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) 
 - The draft Order also takes into account the "s emi-aniline" type of finish referred to in 
Standard EN 13336 ("Upholstery Leather Characteristics"), which was not provided for in French regulations.  The text thus eliminat es any risk of legal uncertainty for products 
associated with the "semi-aniline" type of finish , most notably with a view to maintaining a 
competitive balance between French and foreign operators.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The draft Order will enable cons umers to be better informed. 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree of 18 February 1986 (Official Journal of 27 February 1986), 
as amended by Decrees Nos. 89-292 of 10 May 1989, published in the Official Journal of 
11 May 1989, and 96-477 of 30 May 1996, published in the Offici al Journal of 2 June 1996, 
applying the Law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and forgery in respect of products and services 
(as codified in the Consumer Code) to trad e in products made of leather and similar 
materials. 
Standard EN 13336 of December 2004 on upholstery leather characteristics. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of receipt of the notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
National enquiry point: 
CINORTECH AFNOR 
11 avenue Francis de Pressensé 
93571 SAINT-DENIS – LA PLAINE Cedex France http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/tbt/fra/08_3968_00_f.pdf